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Top-Heavy Government

CONTRIBUTED BY PHIL WILLIAMS OPINION — I was pumping gas at a local station near an interstate offramp once and thought I heard a bomb go off. It reminded me of the sound of a car bomb that went off next to my convoy in Baghdad. It was that loud. It turns out it was...

Letter to the Editor:

Hugh Freeze Hire Dear editor, AU Athletics submitted a press release to the Nov. 30th “Opelika Observer”, which announced Hugh Freeze as the new Auburn University head coach. The release proved as public relations puffery, but woeful as reporting. For example, several...

Letter to the Editor: Keep a Killer in Prison

OPINION — To the Editor: In September 1967, Eddie Seibold deliberately murdered three children asleep in their beds in Auburn, Alabama — Lynn Sinclair (age 9), Libba Sinclair (age 18) and Mary Durant (age 9). He also wounded the mother of two of the victims, Juanita...

Letter to the Editor: National Rural Health Day

OPINION — On Nov. 17 we celebrate National Rural Health Day, a time to remember your friends and neighbors in Alabama’s rural hospitals. Alabama’s rural hospitals are an essential part of our communities. Over 12,000 people are employed by these hospitals. In many...
Juneteenth

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...

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Letter to the Editor

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...

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Editor:

The conflicting reports concerning the proposed National Commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, include:  Senator...

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Letter to the editor

I have just completed reading the book “Glimmer of Hope”, the account of the March For Our Lives which had an estimated 800,000 peaceful...

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Letter to the Editor

The Family of the Late James Houston Spain, Jr., would like to express our sincere gratitude for the many acts of kindness displayed during our...

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