By WALTER ALBRITTON There have been times in my life when I was miserable and discouraged. Joy had taken a holiday. During one of those periods I...
Column Articles
Get Your Pen, Pencil, It’s National Day On Writing
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.” Ecclesiastes 3:1. By Beth Pinyerd Yesterday, Oct. 20, 2021, we...
Defense Spending Important for Alabama
By Steve Flowers During the Great Depression and coming out of World War II, the deep south had immense power in Washington. We were fortunate to...
Colin Powell Knew How to Treat People — Even The Unruly Press
By GREG MARKLEY Colin Powell, son of Jamaican immigrants in Harlem, rose to the zeniths of American authority—military, diplomatic and moral....
AFRAID
By SEAN DIETRICH Nighttime. I’m driving a two-lane highway. I like two-lanes. I like old fence posts. Old barns. I like all sorts of things. I like...
LAW AND ORDER
By WENDY HODGE It is Tuesday night, and my mother and I are watching reruns of Law and Order. I say we’re watching, but I’m the one watching. My...
Win at Home: Homefield Advantage
By WILLIE SPEARS How important is a home-field advantage? Over a large sample size, it is documented that the home team wins the average NFL game by...
Pepperell Baptist Church Celebrates 95th Anniversary With Special Service, Lunch
By Ann Cipperly On Sunday, Oct. 3, Pepperell Baptist Church celebrated its 95th anniversary with a homecoming service and lunch with 103 members and...
Making the Grade: Poplar Dawg’s Eatery
By Stacey Patton Wallace Lake Martin has over 750 miles of wooded shoreline and was at one time, the largest man-made lake in the world. I was...