By Sean Dietrich I had dinner with an old friend. I haven’t seen him in years. He looks different since he moved to Tennessee. He has a shaggy...
Good Old Boys
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Column Articles
Opelika soccer splits with American Christian, Auburn last week
By D Mark Mitchell The Opelika High and Middle school athletic departments were busy with multiple teams playing the week after spring break....
A new day dawns
By Sarah West The drowsy sound of an orchestra plays as Fred Astaire sings, “heaven, I’m in heaven…” Tousled blossoms sway outside my window. The...
Your child is a promise
By Beth Pinyerd As a teacher, I love to plan butterfly release parties for science classes in the springtime. All butterflies undergo a “complete...
Savor the fun of a spring picnic
By Beth Pinyerd For the Opelika Observer New life is bursting out all over with beautiful flowers and luscious green foliage. In the early part of...
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers After their successful special five-day Special Session, the Legislature has been in their regular session for a few weeks now. The...
A challenge on the right
By Samuel Moore-Sobel “…I’m very concerned about where we are, where the Republican Party is, and where the country is…,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan...
A bet is a bet – Part 1
By Wendy Hodge There is a box next to my bed that is full of pages in my sister’s handwriting… children’s stories she wrote. They are delightful....
Read with care
By Hardy Jackson The Bible: read with care. “For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; and the time...