By Steve Flowers As we close the book on 2020, we will close the door on national politics and get back to the basics, good old Alabama...
Column Articles
I was an eyewitness of Jimmy Carter’s inauguration
By Greg Markley Two weeks from today (Jan. 20, 2021) Joe Biden will be inaugurated as U.S. president after winning a tough election against...
The Old Year
By Sean Dietrich A nameless town. A tiny place you’ve never heard of. One without a stoplight. It’s a place so small that when you dial a wrong...
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with cheese boards, cheese party dishes
By Ann Cipperly On New Year’s Eve, there will be plenty of us ready for this year to be over and ring in 2021 with hopes of it being much better....
The Deeper Reach
By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika Can you imagine the social media firestorm Jesus would have instigated?...
We Lost Some Good Ones This Year
By Steve Flowers As is my annual ritual, my year-end column pays tribute to Alabama political legends who have passed away during the year. Sonny...
New U.S. Citizenship Test: good and not so good aspects
By Greg Markley A character in Shakespeare’s The Tempest says: “What’s past is prologue.” What is happening today follows onto what we were doing...
Happy Holidays
By Hardy Jackson Remember the “War on Christmas”? Remember when folks got their knickers bunched when someone wished them “Happy Holidays” instead...
Is there a ‘War on Christmas’? Not exactly, but times are indeed changing.
By Greg Markley All of us have our own memories of Christmas. This is irrespective of religion, for in the United States people of divergent faiths...