By Greg Markley Several years ago, an emeritus university professor read a Waffle House window sign that the diner no longer allowed smoking. The...
Just a pipe dream: Hope is gone that vaping is better than smoking
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Thinking and thanking
By Bruce Green Thanksgiving is a unique holiday. For starters, it is an American holiday as opposed to one celebrated internationally (like New...
Opelika Character Council’s Word of the Month for November: ‘Gratitude’
By Jan H. Gunter For the Opelika Observer As we enter the holiday season of Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah, the word “gratitude” is one of...
Violent crime in Alabama: ‘Enough is enough’
Special to the Opelika Observer By Steve Marshall Kamille McKinney. Aniah Blanchard. Sloan Harmon. During the last six weeks, the people of Alabama...
Caring and committed
By Bruce Green In 2 Corinthians 8 and 9, we have a minister to the Gentiles raising funds for Jewish people. That might sound a little strange to...
Letter to the editor: November is ‘National Hospice and Palliative Care Month’
November is National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and I would like to take this opportunity to encourage our community members to have...
As rate rises, M*A*S*H theme ‘Suicide is Painless’ is clearly not true
By Greg Markley It has been 50 years since a 14-year-old boy, helping his father create lyrics to describe the surrealism and cruelness of war,...
Message from the Mayor – We Salute You!
Veterans Day is always a special day in Opelika, as we honor the brave men and women who answered the call to serve and protect that which we hold...
Letter from the editor: ‘Thank you veterans for what you do’
Our military has always held a special place in my heart. Growing up in Salem, Alabama, only 45 minutes from Fort Benning, I took many field trips...