Column Articles

Making the Grade | On the road to IHOP

OPINION —If you are reading this column, I hope that you had a very merry Christmas and will have a healthy, happy New Year.As always, Mike and I loved celebrating Christmas. However, I have fallen off the “eat healthy and exercise” diabetic wagon — I hit the ground...

Sean of the South | The Marriage crisis

OPINION —Marriages are down 60% since the ‘70s. Divorce rates are soaring. And the New York Times reported that more 40-year-olds are choosing to live alone than ever before.Another recent survey of U.S. high-schoolers showed that the age of 12th graders who have ever...

Sean of the South | God rest ye merry columnist

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION —A supermarket checkout line. Cheesy holiday music is playing overhead. Not the fun kind of cheesy music, but the kind once heard in Kmart á la 1973.There is an old man at the head of our long checkout line, standing at the register. He digs...

Southern Hospitality | Serve hearty, comforting soup on chilly days

BY ANN CIPPERLY With Christmas over and the decorations tucked away, the cold days of January settle into a quiet, cozy time of resting from the rush of the holidays. After so much rich food for weeks, plan on comforting soup meals for your family. Whether it is...
On the Mark | Feb. 13, 2025

On the Mark | Feb. 13, 2025

OPINION —  Opelika High School Principal Kelli Fischer confirmed to me via telephone last week that OHS Athletic Director Jamie Williams will...

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A Taste of Grace | Romans and the wrath of God

A Taste of Grace | Not Ashamed!

BY BRUCE GREEN OPINION — In Romans 1:16-17, Paul speaks of how he is not ashamed of the gospel—the good news about what God has done for us through...

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