OPINION — Last week, I focused on the infamous “Killer Rabbit” incident President Jimmy Carter endured in April 1979. He was criticized for lack of...
Carter Versus Guinea Disease; McConnell on Polio In Alabama
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Bulldogs Biting to Get Back
OPINION — We are less than two weeks from the start of high school football in Alabama. Locally, Lee-Scott and Chambers Academy will play the first...
The Homework Table
Here we are as students and families head into the second week of school and we begin to take on the adventures of homework. I can remember it like...
Inside the Statehouse
Friends and Lawyers OPINION — We continue this week with our series of stories about Alabama’s most colorful governor, the legendary Big Jim Folsom....
President Carter’s Trials, Triumphs — Part 1 — The Killer Rabbit
OPINION — As a sophomore at a New England college, I went to a history class in a new semester with two friends. We sat up front because I prefer...
Making the Grade: Staks Pancake Kitchen
On Nov. 5, 2005, Mike and I were married at Orr Street Baptist Church in my hometown of Alexander City, (“Eleck” City to the locals). We married...
Angel Eyes
The man was ordering a beer from the bartender when I noticed him staring in my direction. “You’re that writer, ain’t you?” he said. That depends....
Whose Praise Do I Value Most?
RELIGION — A verse in the Gospel of John caught my attention. In describing Jewish leaders who believed in Jesus but were afraid to admit it, John...
What is the Most Important Thing?
RELIGION — “The best version of yourself” is a phrase that’s worked its way into just about every corner of our culture. I think it’s fair to...