Back to School, Back to Safety
Children across the county are heading back to school this week and a new school year brings new coursework, new challenges and new opportunities to expand one’s mind and abilities.
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LOOKING BACK
75 YEARS AGO AUGUST 4, 1950 Con. George Andrews of the 3rd Alabama District has announced the appointment of James (Tubby) Daniel Jr., of Clayton, as principal candidate to the United States Military Academy for the class of 1955. The class begins in July 1951. Tubby has just finished his high school studies at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Ga., where he excelled in scholastics and athletics. During the next year he will continue his studies in preparation for the course at West Point.
We are living in a graceless, gilded and lawless age
We are living in a graceless, gilded and lawless age. To reclaim our future, we must confront injustice with grace and courage.
The races are on – big questions answered
Those of us who follow Alabama politics had been awaiting late May like kids waiting for Santa Claus at Christmas.
Public needs to attend community meetings
A county courthouse is the centerpiece in most counties where the structure is a focal point of the county seat. Whether the county government offices are located in a newer courthouse or whether it is a restored historical structure, courthouses are located in the center of town often with traffic circling the building.
The storied history of the ‘loveseat’
When I was a little kid, my Aunt Dorothy had a very interesting piece of wicker-ware furniture in her home. It was a two-person, sofa-like creation in the rough shape of an 'S.' My brothers and I thought it was great fun to play on it because the seats of the sofa faced in opposite directions. We loved to play pretend that it was our rickshaw or our stagecoach. One of us would be the 'driver,' clucking to our Wells Fargo horses, while the other faced away and pretended to be an oil baron smoking cigars.
Alabama needs leaders who lift us up, not tear others down
Voters must reject the politics of cruelty and division in favor of those who lead with compassion, unity, and true public service.