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H. Brandt Ayers
Chairman & Publisher
 
H. Brandt Ayers: New face for GOP
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The governor dropped by the office recently as he does from time to time. It's always good to see Bob Riley. He's smart, o...
Phillip Tutor
Commentary Editor
 
Phillip Tutor: Crimson jerseys and lawsuits
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Daniel Moore makes money because the University of Alabama's football team wins games. Popularity breeds prosperity. That ...
Bob Davis
Editor
 
Bob Davis: The loss of a unique politician
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Lea Fite had a message for me in late 2003. As The Star's new editorial page editor, just arrived from Texas, I got the ch...
Paul Rilling
"Eye on The Star"
 
Paul Rilling: Explaining a newspaper's stances
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Reader D.H. Dothard of Jacksonville has a legitimate complaint if, as he wrote to Speak Out (Oct. 10, page 6A), The Star w...
 

General Interest

George Smith
Columnist
 
George Smith: Former Cub moving up, now a colonel
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George Smith's column for Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
Hardy Jackson
"Gone South"
 
Harvey H. Jackson: The Kindle and me: Hard to believe
3 days ago | 2 2 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Have I gone over to the enemy? I hadn't thought of it that way when I opened my Father's Day present and found a Kindle. I...
 

Living

Lisa Davis
Features Editor
 
Lisa Davis: Eulogy for a good dog
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Our dog died two weeks ago. I am dog-less for the first time in 21 years. Ruthie was the last survivor of a Troika of Grea...
Annette Maddox
"Small Talk"
 
Small Talk: Great getaways await at Bids for Kids
by Annette Maddox
Special to The Star
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Members of Anniston's noon Rotary Club are busy putting finishing touches on the annual Bids for Kids event, to be held on...
Prudence Hilburn
"The Gourmet Touch"
 
The Gourmet Touch: Make and freeze cornbread dressing, desserts
by Prudence Hilburn
3 days ago | 2 2 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Take the hassle out of preparing that big meal for Thanksgiving by planning ahead. First, of course, you will need to make...
Ann Angell
"The Personal Trainer"
 
The Personal Trainer: Four essential exercises you can do anywhere
by Ann Angell
Special to The Star
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If you are trying to get a jump on the fitness craze that occurs every January, get started with these four very doable mo...
Deirdre Long & Debbie Reaves
"Haute Homemade"
 
Haute Homemade: Fiber Art Show at JSU showcases knitting, quilting and needlework
by Star staff
6 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
The inaugural Community Fiber Art Show — featuring quilting, knitting, crochet, needlework and other fiber arts R...
Brett Buckner
"The Dirt"
 
Brett Buckner: True Halloween horror story
6 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
My Halloween nightmare will last long after the candy corn has been digested. Let's just say that a parent should never be...
Pat Kettles
"Uncorked"
 
Uncorked: Ironing out why white works with seafood
by Pat Kettles
3 days ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Last week I stuck my neck out on the proverbial limb by recommending only white wines for Lobsterfest 2009, sponsored by G...
Eve Pentecost
Personal Finance
 
Eve Pentecost: Where do we go for health care?
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Retirees and current workers need to think hard about the costs of medical care. According to a study by the Kaiser Family...
Hervey Folsom
"Artists in Action"
 
Artists in Action: Alabama author to speak at Houston Cole Library
by Hervey Folsom
Special to The Star
15 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
These days, authors are under lots of pressure from publishers and critics. If readers liked the author's initial book, pu...
 

Religion

Anthony Cook
Managing Editor
 
Anthony Cook: A reminder of who you are
12 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Consider a beautiful sculpture. When you look at it, you admire the detail, the intricacies, the great care that was taken...
James L. Evans
Columnist
 
James L. Evans: Sharing God's concern for poor
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There is a constant refrain in the faith tradition shared by Jews and Christians. It begins with the Law of Moses, flows t...
 

Pushing Buttons: Games & Gadgets

Dan Whisenhunt
Staff Writer
 
Pushing Buttons: The Internet — For better or for worse
15 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
I'm addicted to Netflix, and, more specifically, past seasons of The Office available for instant viewing on Netflix.
Chris Pittman
Staff Writer
 
Pushing Buttons: 'Guitar Hero' playing the blues
by Chris Pittman
Special to The Star
1 day 12 hrs ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
You can forget about "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" and "New Super Mario Bros. Wii." I just got my hands on the real cre...
John Dietrich
Staff Writer
 
Pushing Buttons: Postcards from the Yellow Submarine
by Dan Whisenhunt and John Dietrich
Staff Writers
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
You can't buy us love, but if you buy a copy of this game, you won't feel like a fool on the hill. "The Beatles: Rock Band...
 

Sports

Bran Strickland
Sports Editor
 
Fantasyland: If loving you is this wrong, I don't want you David Wright
by Bran Strickland
Sports Editor
3 months ago | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
As we at The Star are now embedded with various prep and college football teams, I can't help but to harken back to a happ...
Joe Medley
Sports Columnist
 
Joe Medley: Tide must answer strong showings by Gators, Texas
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With all apologies to Nick Saban, scribes make meager livings going rogue, and there's too much big picture surrounding Sa...
Nick Birdsong
High School Sports
 
Nick Birdsong: Time for the second season
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You know how coaches and players always say the postseason is a new season? Everybody's record is 0-0 now. That's my mantr...
John Dietrich
"Fantasyland"
 
Fantasyland: Strasburg, karma willing, will be mine
by John Dietrich
Sports Writer
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
I have to wonder if I really deserve Stephen Strasburg. In a super-deep keeper league I'm in, I have the No. 1 waiver clai...
Christa Turner
Asst. Sports Editor
 
Christa Turner: You might have seen a win, but NCAA says you didn't
4 months ago | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
It seems the NCAA has taken on a new role: Men in Black. You're saying you were in the stands for that huge Tide upset aga...
Al Muskewitz
Golf, JSU Sports
 
Al Muskewitz: Eco-friendly buzz word with new golf ball
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
People who know me as a newspaper man know I'm not one to endorse any product. And people who know me personally know I ha...
Charles Johnson
Outdoors
 
Charles Johnson: Outdoor Cleburne off to great start
3 days ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
In case you missed Outdoor Cleburne, it had its first quarterly meeting at the Heflin Recreation center a few weeks back...
 
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