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H. Brandt Ayers
Chairman & Publisher
3 days ago | 
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Some observations on the passing scene last week: An old friend in town on business dropped by for a chat, which we have n...
H. Brandt Ayers: Fist-pump Newt
10 days agoH. Brandt Ayers: Can two cultures merge?
17 days agoH. Brandt Ayers: It’s not just a game
24 days agoH. Brandt Ayers: What were they thinking?
1 month ago
Phillip Tutor
Commentary Editor
5 days ago |
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A week ago, Gov. Robert Bentley came to Calhoun County. He spent a few hours here, ate lunch and shook a bunch of hands, i...
Phillip Tutor: Anniston, D.C. and our doughboy
12 days agoPhillip Tutor: Which Alabama do you prefer?
26 days agoPhillip Tutor: Anniston aspirants, answer this
1 month ago
Bob Davis
Editor
3 days ago |
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Six more weeks of winter are on the way, Punxsutawney Phil predicted last Thursday. No word on if Pennsylvania’s famous gr...
Bob Davis: The visionary that Alabama needs
10 days agoBob Davis: The costs of a media fight
17 days agoBob Davis: Singing the courthouse blues
24 days agoBob Davis: The columnists who touch our lives
1 month ago
Paul Rilling
"Eye on The Star"
5 days ago |
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Readers who depended on The Star for guidance about what was open and closed on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday may hav...
Paul Rilling: Making stories better
1 month agoPaul Rilling: Finding sensitivity in Star’s coverage
5 months agoPaul Rilling: Avoiding commentary in news stories
6 months agoPaul Rilling: Blurry lines in news coverage
7 months agoGeneral Interest
George Smith
Columnist
Hardy Jackson
"Gone South"
6 days ago |
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Some friends, distressed as I am over what is happening to bourbon (see last week’s column), have asked me what can be don...
Harvey H. Jackson: The fate of bourbon and Dixie
13 days agoHarvey H. Jackson: Clearing my unusual files
20 days agoHarvey H. Jackson: A recipe for camp stew
27 days agoHarvey H. Jackson: An Alabama first, for sure
1 month agoLiving
Lisa Davis
Features Editor
3 days ago |
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I know some of you have been enjoying this unseasonably mild weather. I saw you at the park. I saw you at the golf course....
Lisa Davis: Fitted sheets to the wind
10 days agoLisa Davis: Where there’s a smoke alarm …
17 days agoLisa Davis: The world is all a-twitter
24 days agoLisa Davis: This quirky old house
1 month ago
Annette Maddox
"Small Talk"
3 days ago |
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Twenty-two years ago. That, my friends, is when a group of Sacred Heart School supporters got together and threw their ver...
Prudence Hilburn
"The Gourmet Touch"
13 hrs ago |
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Should I make a pot of chili now, or wait until the weather gets a little colder? At our house, any time is the right time...
The Gourmet Touch: Fritter the day away
7 days agoThe Gourmet Touch: Fire up the slow cooker
21 days agoThe Gourmet Touch: Desserts for dieters
28 days ago
Ann Angell
"The Personal Trainer"
3 days ago |
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Blame it on your metabolism. Those extra pounds are indeed your metabolism’s fault. What is metabolism anyway? In very sim...
Deirdre Long & Debbie Reaves
"Haute Homemade"
1 month ago |
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Cups runneth over during the holidays, and if you’re an odds-and-ends collector like me, you have a growing stash of corks...
Haute Homemade: Tips for last-minute costumes
3 months agoHaute Homemade: Bathtime luxuries made right at home
12 months ago
Brett Buckner
"The Dirt"
3 days ago |
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It was such a lovely, spring-like day that Jellybean and I decided to go to the park. My Lovely Wife was laid up on the co...
Brett Buckner: Dad and the sick day
10 days agoBrett Buckner: Tattoo who?
17 days agoBrett Buckner: The dating game
24 days ago
Pat Kettles
"Uncorked"
13 hrs ago |
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When I attended elementary school back in the Dark Ages, students decorated small brown paper bags with hearts and flowers...
Eve Pentecost
Personal Finance
22 months ago |
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Blackberry winter still hasn't arrived, but for the most part spring is here. I learned last gardening season that yard wo...
Personal Finance: Lose weight and save money
2 years agoEve Pentecost: Where do we go for health care?
2 years agoEve Pentecost: Is golf your ideal retirement?
2 years ago
Hervey Folsom
"Artists in Action"
5 days ago |
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Keith Kirchoff has an intimate relationship with the piano. He knows the grand piano inside and out — literally.
Shane Harris
"On Gardening"
10 days ago |
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Being a horticulturist by trade and a home gardener by hobby, I’m always excited each winter when stores start putting out...
On Gardening: Protecting plants in cold weather
1 month agoOn Gardening: It’s time to feed the birds
1 month agoReligion
Anthony Cook
Managing Editor
18 days ago |
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All of the Bible is good for and wisdom and guidance, even the parts we don’t agree with. But there are certain verses — I...
James L. Evans
Columnist
5 days ago |
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Occasionally, some readers of my column will complain to their local editor that my writing has no place in the religion s...
James L. Evans: Divided we stand
12 days agoJames L. Evans: Candidates hit sawdust trail
19 days agoJames L. Evans: Finding the relevance of faith
26 days agoJames L. Evans: Christianity and politics
1 month agoiSpy: Gadgets & Games
Chris Pittman
AnnistonStar.com
5 days ago |
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Elgato’s EyeTV HD is a small gray box that packs a powerful punch. It allows live streaming from your cable or satellite b...
RAZR has great camera, impressive speed
1 month agoiSpy: iTwin makes moving data easy and secure
1 month agoSports
Bran Strickland
Sports Editor
20 months ago |
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HOOVER — Really good or just hot? There’s a difference. Just like with hitters, where you’re pounding four home runs one...
Bran Strickland: Lost — A man finally admits it
2 years ago
Nick Birdsong
High School Sports
8 days ago |
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Two weeks ago, the Alabama Sports Writers Association handed out its post-season awards. Former Daphne running back T.J. Y...
Locals migrate to Florida for football
1 month agoAnd the winners are...
1 month agoA brief history lesson on Anniston football
2 months agoHorn gives pep talk to Panthers
2 months ago
Charles Johnson
Outdoors Editor
2 years ago |
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In about three weeks anglers, media personnel and bass fishing fans will descend on Lay Lake and Birmingham for the 40th B...
Joe Medley
Sports Columnist
5 days ago |
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The Show came to Oxford High School on Wednesday.
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