When I was a young man I was in the National Guard. Actually I was in two National Guards: the Alabama Guard and the Maryland Guard. I liked them...
A Word from the Editor – Citizen Soldiers
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Competition good for democracy
Alabama’s state primary elections are now less than a month away, and, for the most part, we see a slate of candidates that will drift into the...
Searching for Opelika’s “Rosies”
How many times have you read or heard about something and thought, “Darn, why didn’t I think of that!” or, worst still, “Why didn’t I do something...
Dangerous debt limit? No, not here
Last week, we used an old, tried and true journalistic device: raising a question in a headline that we proceeded to answer, or at least attempted...
‘Piddle, twiddle and resolve’
Sherman Edwards may have been penning song lyrics about the enmity in the Second Continental Congress when he wrote these lines, but we think those...
A history lesson for Mrs. Sikes
Our dear Mrs. Sikes, remember what happend to Dewey in 1948? It’s time for history to repeat itself once again. While our headline proudly declares...
‘Mother Hen’ has some words to, for bullies
There is a turning point in every kid’s life where he chooses what type of person he wants to become. Middle school is usually the playground for...
No one likes to think about death and dying, but it’s something that each of us will eventually face. There’s an incredible resource in our...
This Thanksgiving Day, as we gather with family and friends to count our blessings, let’s give thanks for the bounty we enjoy not just on this...