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Waiting for Godot, More ‘Honest Brokers’

By GREG MARKLEY OPINION –– All you see and hear about on most public affairs TV shows, and radio and podcast debates, is partisans yelling at each other. The hypocrisy is as thick as the humidity in an Alabama summer. If a Democrat falters in his personal life,...
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Assorted Chicken Salads Ideal For Summer Lunch, Supper

By Ann Cipperly When the temperature soars in July, chicken salad is refreshing for lunch or a light supper. Try an assortment of chicken salads to keep in the refrigerator for serving in sandwiches piled high with lettuce and slices of tomato, as an entrée with fresh...
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Dear God

By SEAN DIETRICH A potluck. A little church in the sticks. There were maybe 50 people at the covered-dish social. Attendees were of all ages. All classes. They represented all creeds, income brackets and SEC football allegiances. The casserole dishes were steaming,...
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Headlines

By WENDY HODGE There’s been a shooting at a mall in Indiana. A Nascar driver was stabbed to death while getting gas at a filling station. Someone with a gun interrupted a stand-up comedy show in Philadelphia. A bomb threat cleared out a government building in San...
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Kudzilla

Kudzilla

Apr 16, 2019

By Hardy Jackson Kudzu. Like the weather, everybody talks about it, but no one does anything about it. Introduced as an ornamental vine and later...

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Building Upon What Remains

Building Upon What Remains

Apr 16, 2019

By Sarah West Growing up in the south meant long summer days spent playing in the creek beds, discovering a snake wrapped round a ladder in a...

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Playing with Doodlebugs

Playing with Doodlebugs

Apr 16, 2019

By Beth Pinyerd As I substitute teach and outreach in different community children’s’ ministries, we are focusing on God’s creation during April....

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Playing with Doodlebugs

Easel of our life

Apr 16, 2019

By Beth Pinyerd For the Opelika Observer One of the special centers I enjoy children rotating through in a classroom is the art center, where a...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Apr 16, 2019

By Steve Flowers As I observe the legislature, it occurs to me that I am getting older. A lot of the legislators and lobbyists I have known over the...

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Playing with Doodlebugs

Baby Boomers learn compassion

Apr 10, 2019

During the months of April, May and June, we have many days of celebrating relationships - Easter, graduations, Mother’s Day, weddings, Father’s...

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Manners

Manners

Apr 10, 2019

By Hardy Jackson The South excelled in two things which the French deem essential to civilization: a code of manners and a native cuisine - John...

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