By SEAN DIETRICH "HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY?!" shouts the talking head on TV. I’m at an American diner. The kind with fried food and...
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Beware of Fentanyl: It Killed Singer Prince and Many Thousands More
OPINION — Fentanyl? Isn’t that some type of cold medicine? Perhaps it is a new rock group? Or a news dance pioneered on reality TV? No to all three....
Be Strong and Courageous
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — "Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will...
What Happened to Simon?
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Good fortune was mine last Sunday at Saint James Church on Vaughn Road. A young man by the name of Wyatt Manuel was...
Making the Grade: On the Road to Alexander City
By STACEY PATTON WALLACE As I’ve mentioned many times in this column, I was born and raised in Alexander City, Alabama (“Eleck” City to the locals)....
Buc-ee’s
By SEAN DIETRICH Buc-ee’s convenience store sits outside Athens, Alabama, like a giant squatting beaver. This Texas-based gas station place is not a...
Dawgs Dig In
OPELIKA — Opelika High School spring athletics — baseball, softball and soccer — were all in action last week. BASEBALL Opelika's varsity baseball...
Seven Miles from Jerusalem
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Two disciples who attended the Passover Feast are headed toward Emmaus (about seven miles from Jerusalem). As they...
Suppose Jesus Went Home with You Today
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — "Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he. He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to...