OPINION — While Suzanne and Dr. Tom Tippett celebrated Easter traditions with their families growing up, they later found it more meaningful to call...
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Column Articles
Easter
BY SEAN DIETRICH A few years ago I attended my first Catholic mass in a busy church outside Birmingham. It was Easter Sunday. I sat in the nosebleed...
The One who holds the stars
BY BRUCE GREEN The opening picture of Jesus in the book of Revelation is a breath taking one. It’s not the Jesus we’re used to seeing in paintings...
The medicine my sick heart needed
BY WALT ALBRITTON OPINION — We buried our boy, our only child, on a lovely day in May. Our hearts were burdened with grief. That summer we sought...
Opelika High School roundup
BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — Opelika's varsity track and field team was unable to compete in the "River Region Invitational" because the meet was...
Running through the rain
BY BETH PINYERD OPINION — I love living in central Alabama where we experience a lot of Spring rains. I remember sitting on my parents’ screened...
Population and Political Power Now Rests in North Alabama
BY STEVE FLOWERS OPINION — Growing up as a teenager in the 1960s, I served as a page in the Alabama Legislature. One day when I was around 13 years...
Sabor a Mexico Mexican Grill
OPINION — Back in 1990, when I was a first year English teacher in LaGrange, Georgia, money was tight, to say the least. After paying my rent, car...
Dollar General
BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — The following actually happened. In a major American city. A guy emailed me about it.A young woman is in Dollar General....