Editorials
Editorial: Thanks for nothing. Seriously. — Inaction works best for Alabama’s Common Core standards
“Sometimes nothing is a pretty cool hand.” — The title character in the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke” On occasion, government acts best when it sits still. That happened in the recently completed session when the Alabama Legislature did not tamper with the state’s College and Career Ready Standards.
May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Should have seen this coming — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and atheists at his state parks
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently decided to let Gideons International place Protestant Bibles in cabins at Georgia state parks, just as it does in hotel rooms all across the nation and around the world. What happened next should have surprised no one.
May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Running on a shoestring — Alabama probation system struggles with insufficient funding
Alabama prisons house 11,982 more inmates than the system and its facilities are designed to hold. Last year the state raided a trust fund to put more cash into the state prison system (among other items in the General Fund).
May 22, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Truth about Medicaid expansion — More proof that Gov. Bentley is ‘out of step’ in Alabama
As a physician and Alabama’s governor, Robert Bentley shouldn’t need a reminder about how important Medicaid is to the state’s residents. Or does he?
May 22, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sen. President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, left, talks with Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Daphne, on the final day of the regular legislative session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery. Photo: Dave Martin/The Associated Press
Editorial: Legislative lessons — Alabama’s 2013 session riddled with telling political signs
Five lessons from the recently concluded session of the Alabama Legislature.
May 21, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Dig deep and save lives
Though it would save lives, there’s no way — logistically or financially — to build enough underground storm shelters to protect everyone from tornadoes. But we can do better.
May 21, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Sloppiness at the IRS — Underpaid, overworked employees may be at center of controversy
The controversy over the IRS applying extra scrutiny to Tea Party groups seeking nonprofit status is a teachable moment. What precisely should be taught is a matter of perspective.
May 20, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Iraq’s latest bloody day
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 20, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Like so many wars before it, the Iraq War must wait on sufficient time to pass — decades, or more — before its history is completely understood.
Editorial: Concern for the workers — Rep. Brooks is obscuring primary purpose for his comments
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Late in the 19th and early in the 20th century, miners in the United States went on strike for better pay, shorter hours and safer working conditions. Mine owners brought in strikebreakers, men who were so desperate for work that they would risk their lives to reach the job and risk them again to do the work. Most of the strikebreakers were black.
Editorial: Conservatives or radicals — Politics in Alabama could use prudence
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama politics has never had a shortage of self-proclaimed conservatives. Whether they had a “D” or an “R” behind their name, most office-seekers in the state self-apply the label “proud Alabama conservative.”
Editorial: Another bipartisan accomplishment
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Bipartisanship is not automatically a good thing, especially when it comes from the Alabama Legislature.
Editorial: Failing to protect
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, wrote a disturbing message Thursday. “Today ... the Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment,” he said. Obviously.
Editorial: The great unraveling — Credit Bentley for trying to slow the Alabama Accountability Act
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 15, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Somebody finally found the emergency brake on Alabama’s school tax-credit monstrosity and gave it a good yank.
Editorial: The war that won’t end — Still waiting for serious negotiations between Alabama, Florida, Georgia
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 15, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The tri-state water war began in 1990 when Georgia, Florida and Alabama could not resolve the question of how much water Georgia could take from lakes Lanier and Allatoona, which are federal reservoirs in the Peach State.

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