By Beth Pinyerd This past week in summer preschool, I had the pure joy of reading “The Very Lonely Firefly” by Eric Carle to the children. The very...
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Column Articles
Inside the Statehouse Women and Young Folks Prevail in 2022
By Steve Flowers OPINION — In my observations of Alabama politics, every election year brings an underlying election year surprise or two. The...
A ‘Hot’ Issue in 1977, Abortion Divided Our College Newspaper Staff
By GREG MARKLEY OPINION –– It was November 1977, four years after the controversial Roe v. Wade decision of the Supreme Court. That landmark...
The Main Thing
By WALTER ALBRITTON The popular Baptist preacher Peter Lord got an “Amen” from me when I heard him insist that churches need to “make the main thing...
This is Liberation!
By BRUCE GREEN Teaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Lightning is an example of electricity in a raw, uncontrolled form. We...
Tough
SEAN DIETRICH Three of us sat beside Mama’s above-ground pool, out in the wilds of Black Creek. We were beneath a dollar-store umbrella, and a...
What A Prince Looks Like
By WENDY HODGE dreamed the other night that my daughter was a little girl again. In my dream, she sat in front of the TV in the house she grew...
Cool Off With Refreshing Ice Cream Desserts
By Ann Cipperly On sultry Sunday afternoons, ice cream suppers were once a favorite southern pastime. Family members would gather under a shade tree...
Making the Grade: On the Road to Hamilton, Georgia
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE A few weeks ago, our good friend William brought a new member into his family: a black and white bundle of energy he named...