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Bar Food

By SEAN DIETRICH I am at a bar. It’s loud. There is live music. And cheeseburgers. I missed dinner tonight because I was making a speech at a dinner banquet. Which is ironic when you think about it. Everyone at this big banquet was eating hors d’oeuvres, sipping...
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Promises of Life Begin

I can clearly remember when I graduated from Opelika High School in 1971 at Clift Hare Football Stadium. I told my daddy and uncle that I was so glad to be finished. They both looked at me, laughed and told me that I had just begun. And yes, they were so right. The...
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Inside the Statehouse

Women in Alabama Politics OPINION — It is hard to imagine that it was only a little over 100 years ago that women were given the right to vote in the United States. The 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women full suffrage, was finally ratified in 1920....
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Amid Name Changes at Army Forts, Good Memories Will Endure

OPINION — As a soldier myself, a remark I heard often on Army deployments was, “Back at Bragg ….” The soldier who said it was invariably wearing the Airborne or Special Operations Forces patches from the base in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The comment was followed...
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IN THE STATEHOUSE

IN THE STATEHOUSE

Mar 25, 2021

2022 Will be a big year for Alabama politics By Steve Flowers All signs point to a Titanic political year in 2022. In fact, as I look back over the...

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Eggs and Bacon

Eggs and Bacon

Mar 25, 2021

By Sean Dietrich I was a young man. Four of us guys walked into an average Florida Panhandle Waffle House before sunrise. We did this every morning...

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Jesus, John and Mary

Jesus, John and Mary

Mar 25, 2021

By Bruce GreenTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika “Here is your son” (v. 26), Jesus said to His mother. In contrast to...

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A tribute to the Dentist

A tribute to the Dentist

Mar 25, 2021

By Harvey H. Jackson When I was young and just a bad little kid, My momma noticed funny things I did. Like shooting puppies with a BB gun. She said,...

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Cheers to Gladys!

Cheers to Gladys!

Mar 25, 2021

By Bradley Robertson Gladys was all things you would want in a friend, loads of fun, adventurous, a cackling laugh and you never quite knew what was...

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