Opinions Articles

Number of Opioid Prescriptions Continues to Decrease in Alabama

CONTRIBUTED BYMEDICAL ASSOCIATION  STATE OF ALABAMA OPINION —  Alabama physicians are taking action to reduce the number and potency of opioid prescriptions and to increase access to medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdoses, according to a new...

Raising Awareness About Mental Health

CONTRIBUTED BYSEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE OPINION — The COVID-19 pandemic brought on a series of challenges unlike any we’ve witnessed during our lifetime. Society as we knew it shut down. We forced students into online classrooms, restricted nursing home...

Dates to Recognize and Honor Americans

Local veteran service organizations want all citizens to recognize and remember two special days in the month of September. The first date is Sept. 11. This day is known as Patriot Day. Twenty-one years ago on this day America was under attack. We must pause and...

The Fist Bump That Was Seen ‘Round the World

CONTRIBUTED TO THE OBSERVER OPINION — On his four-day trip to the Middle East, President Joe Biden gave a new definition to  former President Barack Obama’s foreign policy of “Leading from Behind,” and it is not good. “The Shot Heard ‘Round the World” refers to...
Death Row Discipleship

Death Row Discipleship

By Bruce Green In 2 Corinthians 1:8-11, Paul speaks to the Corinthians about an extreme crisis he and his companions faced while in the province of...

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Let’s Roll:

Let’s Roll:

Why do so many Americans NOT fly the flag? By Greg Markley Today, students from grammar school to university are learning about Sept. 11, 2001....

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Death Row Discipleship

Selling out to good

By Bruce Green Finn Daly is six years old and lives in West Hartford, Connecticut. He has Down Syndrome and autism. He also has a great love and...

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