By Steve Flowers Recently, I wrote about Alfa’s influence in Alabama politics. In my Aug. 8 column, I said the Alabama Farmers Federation still...
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Nealey Dozier Thompson has dream job working with Atlanta chefs
By Ann Cipperly When I walked into an Atlanta shop recently for a cooking class on Vietnamese kitchen techniques, I was pleasantly surprised to find...
Her Own Woman
By Sean Dietrich I’m just an old woman who raises pigs,” said Miss Wanda. “You’d be crazy to wanna write about me.” Maybe I am crazy. But right now,...
Frozen in Time
By Lucy Fuller The sun was shining bright. It was a beautiful day. Jody and I had nothing planned for the first weekend in months. We had nothing...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers The appointment of a United States Supreme Court Justice is one of the most profound legacies that a U. S. President can achieve....
New minister’s wife shares organizing tips, back-to-school recipes
By Ann Cipperly The mother of four children, Jennifer Rezek has developed organization ideas for getting her children ready for back to school....
Southern Baptists doing what Southern Baptists do
By Hardy Jackson Read the other day that Southern Baptists were making a foray into New England. Spending big money to plant churches all over the...
One-by-One
By Sean Dietrich I was a little boy. I was in a bad mood. My mother sent me to my room before supper. “You march upstairs, mister,” she told me....
Phantom Stops
By Wendy Hodge If you’ve read anything I’ve written thus far, you are aware that I am not good with directions, monkeys, or change in general....