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Voters Are Heroes

By PHIL WILLIAMS OPINION — In my study at home there are a number of memorials to my family’s service. There are three rifles hanging on the wall. My grandfather, my father and I each brought home these reminders from WWII, Vietnam and Afghanistan, respectively. There...

Representatives Address Communist Threats

BY REP MIKE ROGERS & REP. JIM BANKS OPINION — The United States confronts two near-peer nuclear-armed autocratic adversaries: Communist China and the Russian Federation. Both Beijing and Moscow seek to stamp out the sovereignty of nearby democratic nations. As the...

Third Congressional District in Alabama is Only District in U.S. Allowed to Vote for ‘SickofDC’ Nov. 8

CONTRIBUTED TOTHE OBSERVER LEE COUNTY — The people in the 3rd Congressional District of Alabama have a unique opportunity if they are tired of the status quo in Washington D.C. Thomas SickofDC Casson (actual legal name) has qualified and will be on the ballot for the...

Letter to the Editor: For Mayor Anders

OPINION — Dear Mayor [Anders], This is the last council meeting for this council, it has accomplished a lot for the city in ways of Brick & Mortar, but citizens sometime feel that the council does not listen to their concerns. Should this Ordinance revoking a...

Liberty in crisis, COVID-19 has changed everything

Liberty in crisis, COVID-19 has changed everything

Apr 1, 2020

By Zach Alsobrook Special to the Observer “That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any...

To Be A Bird

To Be A Bird

Mar 25, 2020

By Bradley Robertson Wow. What a wild, and perhaps adventurous, last couple weeks it has been. In processing all the events unfolding around us, my...

Courting down South

Courting down South

Mar 25, 2020

By Hardy Jackson Of all of the ways Southerners are stereotyped and slandered, few are more insulting than what “they” say about our rituals of...

As quarry victory shows, politics takes many forms

As quarry victory shows, politics takes many forms

Mar 25, 2020

By Greg Markley In a classic Folgers commercial, an Army sergeant gets up early to make coffee for his unit. “Top” arrives and the NCO says: “Good...

Alabama Medicaid should use every tool it has to save lives

Alabama Medicaid should use every tool it has to save lives

Mar 25, 2020

Written by Jim Carnes Special to the Opelika Observer Gov. Kay Ivey and her cabinet members deserve applause for taking swift and decisive action to...

On a hill far away

On a hill far away

Mar 18, 2020

By Bruce Green There are passages of Scripture that are profoundly rich, deep and endlessly expansive. They seem to tower over other texts and have...

Letter to the Editor – Take Time to Complete the U.S. Census

Letter to the Editor – Take Time to Complete the U.S. Census

Mar 12, 2020

To the Editor: Starting March 12, the United States will undertake a census to determine how many people live in this country. It happens every ten...

On a hill far away

I Wonder How That Happened?

Mar 12, 2020

By Bruce Green Submission is a prominent theme in 1 Peter. He speaks of the younger being submissive to the older (5:5), wives to their husbands...

On a hill far away

Thinking about reverence

Mar 5, 2020

By Bruce Green There’s something about Jesus’ cleansing of the temple that is startling. It seems out of character with Him, but it’s not. It’s...

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