Sean Dietrich Articles

Sean of the South | A Thanksgiving to remember

OPINION — Wake up early. Still dark outside. It is 30-odd degrees on Lake Martin and I can’t feel my unmentionables. The 1940s cabin is poorly insulated. You could store Ben & Jerry’s products in the living room. I make coffee. Sit on the couch, wedging...

Sean of the South | Happy Thanksgiving

OPINION —It’s a few minutes until Thanksgiving. I thought I’d stay up and watch the clock change. I’m sipping tea, listening to gentle music playing in the background.I think it’s Bing Crosby, or maybe Nat King Cole. The volume is too low to tell. Either way, it...

Sean of the South | My two cents

OPINION — The last penny has been minted. The humble American “pence” shall be no more. It’s too expensive to produce. It just doesn’t make sense. No pun implied. The penny costs roughly four cents to manufacture. It’s simply not efficient. The Treasury...

Sean of the South | This Veteran’s Day

OPINION —Boaz is a town about as big as your average water heater closet. It was a quiet night. The sun had set. Houses were lit from the insides.The Bevill Center was packed. The parking lot was slammed. Families of all kinds gathered in the auditorium for this...

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Sean of the South | Challenge Accepted

Nov 4, 2025

OPINION — KAILUA, Hawaii — It’s dark outside. It’s late. Or is it early? Hard to remember. Been a long day.Here she comes. Jogging. People are...

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Sean of the South | The Loneliest Generation

Oct 21, 2025

OPINION — Sixty-one percent of American adults say they’re lonely. Sixty-one percent. Think about that. You probably missed this information, but...

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Sean of the South | What I wish

Oct 14, 2025

OPINION —You know what I wish? I wish I could hug everyone in the world.I think I’d start by hugging the young waitress in the restaurant where I...

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Sean of the South | I set out to change America

Oct 7, 2025

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — It was only an experiment. I wanted to see if I could change America in only one day by being the nicest person on earth...

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Sean of the South | What happens in diners, stays in diners

Sep 30, 2025

OPINION — The little boy was with his mom, sitting in a truckstop diner. The boy was bald, wearing a loose T-shirt. A large bandage showed from...

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Sean of the South | The morning news

Sep 23, 2025

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — I woke up looking for God. I always look for Him in the mornings. Sometimes, however, He’s hard to find. Sometimes He...

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Sean of the South | The boots were made for texting

Sep 16, 2025

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — How I ended up walking into a sliding glass door in a supermarket is pretty simple. I got a text from my wife. I looked...

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Sean of the South | Some very good dogs

Sep 9, 2025

BY SEAN DIETRICH OPINION — It was the dogs. The dogs are what got me. A few years ago, we visited the 9/11 Memorial Museum, and we saw a lot....

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Sean of the South | Have Mercy

Sep 2, 2025

Have mercy. Have mercy on the children, God.Ordinary American school kids. Good kids. Kids who were at a church worship service in Minnesota when a...

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