by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
BY WALT ALBRITTON BY WALTER ALBRITTON OPINION —As we say goodbye to Christmas, I want to share with you “Keeping Christmas” by Henry van Dyke. A Presbyterian pastor and professor of English literature at Princeton University, he was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania,...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION —I hope the past year has gone well for you and that the new one will be even better. I think New Year’s Day is a great holiday. It tends to get the short end of the attention stick because it comes right after Christmas and is usually...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, D. Mark Mitchell
BY D MARK MITCHELL BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION —Opelika Schools Superintendent Dr Farrell Seymore introduced Bryan Moore as the new OHS head football coach.The process began after Seymore fired head football coach Erik Speakman on Nov. 2.Seymore chose to take his time...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, Steve Flowers
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — As is my custom, my year-end column is devoted to acknowledging meaningful Alabama political leaders who passed away during the year. This year I will highlight only one. Roger Bedford passed away in October at 67. He was not just a...
by The Observer Staff | Dec 27, 2023 | Column, Greg Markley
BY GREG MARKLEY OPINION —For 2023, “authentic” is the Word of the Year for Merriam-Webster. Don’t let this distract you: No, it is not a new word as many top words in competitions are. It was judged as the most popular word for the year, based not on newness but on...
