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Letter to the Editor: The Gordo Ranger

The Lone Ranger: “If we ride together, we ride for justice.” Tonto: “Justice is what I seek, Kemosabe.” The Gordo Ranger: “Each life has a beginning, middle and an end. What’s important is not how long but how deeply and fully we live.” Kemosabes: “Your model of a...

Juneteenth

By JAMES FINCK With the creation this week of Juneteenth as a national holiday, I have seen several posts that, though meaning well in celebrating the day, have made mistakes about the history. Even my own college wrote that because the slaves in Texas had not heard...

Letter to the Editor

Critical Race Theory at its face is racism and a violation of our Constitution. The United States started as a country with many different people and different cultures. Our history has dark elements, specifically slavery, something everyone should recognize and be...

The Honorable Mayor Anders and Auburn City Council Members,

RE: I disagree with Ordinance No. 3288 dealing with short-term rental but what is really sad is how the implementation of that ordinance is being carried out.  (https://auburnalabama.org/short-term-rentals/Ordinance3288.pdf) We live in the house that my wife grew...
Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information reported: “In 2017 (as of July 7), there have been 9 weather and climate disaster...

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Alcohol is a dangerous drug

Alcohol is a dangerous drug

By Dr. Joe Godfrey First, let’s end the pretense about what alcohol is. A mixed cocktail isn’t a soft drink. A beer isn’t the equivalent of a bottle...

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Alcohol is a dangerous drug

No need for ABC Board

By Cameron Smith We don't need the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) in Alabama. It's a bureaucratic dinosaur waiting for its extinction-level...

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