Opinions Articles

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...

Inflation is Everywhere

CONTRIBUTED BY SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE OPINION — You don’t have to look far to see that inflation is impacting everything, everywhere. Costs of gas, food  and housing are shooting up across the country to levels not seen since the early 1980s....
Marvin Dalton Henderson

Marvin Dalton Henderson

Marvin Dalton Henderson Mr. Marvin Dalton Henderson of Opelika, Alabama passed away peacefully with family at his side on Sunday, July 21, 2019. He...

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A transformed voice?

A transformed voice?

By Samuel Moore-Sobel Howard Stern is a changed man. Or that is at least what he is claiming as he touts his new book, “Howard Stern Comes Again.”...

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