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Naysayers wrong about state’s job creation
When I first arrived in the beautiful state of Alabama in the late 1960s, bitter feelings were still among the races, which caused an image problem for Alabama with prospective national and international corporations.
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Political football: Handicapping the politics of Alabama and Louisiana ahead of Monday’s big BCS title game
Louisiana’s state government is throwing a party Monday, but Baton Rouge officials are worried about low turnout. That’s because just down the road in New Orleans, football teams from the University of Alabama and Louisiana State University meet that evening for the BCS National Championship.
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The Newt I knew at W. Georgia: Gingrich and teaching the Baby Boomers
The results of the Iowa presidential caucus are in. Newt Gingrich is no longer the “not-Romney” flavor of the week.
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Headlines to watch for in 2012
From the serious to the strange, the coming year should be a dandy.
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‘Our opportunity for making others happy’: A 110-year-old message of peace and brotherhood for Anniston
On Dec. 21, 1901, editors of The Anniston Evening Star implored residents of this young, industrial town to adopt a spirit of giving at Christmas. The meaning of their editorial, reprinted here, still resonates with its humanitarian wishes.
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In Bethlehem, persistent hope
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The Roman Catholic Patriarch of the Holy Land’s celebration of mass in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem this Christmas Eve occurs at a time when events in the region are in many ways different than in previous years. Despite storm clouds on the horizon, there is reason to hope that regional peace may yet be in the cards.
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Alabama: Who we are
Alabama is Dixie: kudzu and football and much more. But, as Auburn University historian Wayne Flynt has explained in detail to The Star, modern-day Alabama is diverse in its people, its activities and its regions.
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What’s God got to do with it?
by W.P. Nelson
Special to The Star
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W.P. (Buddy) Nelson, pastor of First Baptist Church at McClellan, delivered the message at the Interfaith Community Thanksgiving service last Sunday. Today, we offer a portion of his message.
Giving thanks for U.S.’s abundance
by Susan Shaer
Special to The Star
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My images of Thanksgiving and the holiday season are like a Norman Rockwell tableau: happy, smiling faces giving thanks and taking time to list the big things of health, family and security.
A case for food-stamp reform
by Jeff Sessions
Special to The Star
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America is struggling through one of the most dangerous economic periods in its history. President Obama’s own fiscal commission co-chairs described the threat in blunt words.
Meddling laws and tomatoes: How Legislature erred yet again
by Wayne Flynt
Special to The Star
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In the last days of September when I most enjoy Chandler Mountain tomatoes, I stopped at two markets where I usually buy them, and they had only tomatoes from Tennessee and North Carolina. The pickup trucks filled with Sand Mountain tomatoes parked along U.S. 280 last year were gone.
Toxic terror has faded into history
by Glen Browder
Special to The Star
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The CBS news program 60 Minutes is nowhere around these days. Neither are The Daily Show, NPR, CNN, The New York Times, The Washington Post or the other national media that for years have been fanning fears of toxic doom in northeast Alabama.
Sincere hope for community’s future
by David C. Christian
Special to The Star
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At the outset of the effort to destroy chemical weapons stored at Anniston Army Depot, there were two major concerns that led others and myself to oppose the Army’s plans for incineration.
Let’s end our toxic burden
by Robert W. Downing
Special to The Star
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Whew, what a heck of a ride! We can now thank the Good Lord that those toxic, horrible, hazardous things we call chemical weapons are gone from our midst. But wait, what’s that I hear?
  • Proud of the achievement
    by Tim Garrett
    Special to The Star
    10.09.11 - 02:55 am
  • We did the job
    by James Eli Henderson
    Special to The Star
    10.09.11 - 02:54 am
  • Stored. Burned. Finished.
    by Phillip Tutor
    Commentary Editor
    09.25.11 - 03:00 am

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