I would just like to take a moment to say “Thank You” to Mr. Anthony Cook for what a great job he is doing as the editor of the Anniston Star. His commentaries always bring a sense of calm to the complexities of the city government while at the same time always emphasizing the positives such…

Writer and adventurer Wil Elrick recently made a presentation on Alabama history focusing on fun, interesting and weird topics at the Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun County. Elrick enjoys researching the state’s unusual history filled with legends and lore, Native American culture, ta…

Life to death. These three words have new meaning for our family since the recent passing of George Smith. No longer is it the time that begins at birth, but rather the last day or moment you spend with a love one who dies. The last “I love you” before sleep or the brief hug walking out the …

I read all the time in this great paper that Alabama is always looking for some more cash. Well, here’s three ideas that’ll make this great state wealthy.

So the state of Alabama got caught writing off murders as suicides and rapes as consensual sex and what do they plan on doing? Raising guards pay, hire more guards and bring better healthcare and a better mental health system.

Good for you, Anniston City Manager Jay Johnson, for someone to finally stand up against Councilmen Ben Little and David Reddick.

I was buying some peaches near the Post Office from George’s peachman buddy from Clanton. I jokingly said — I guess George Smith gets all the peaches he wants, gratis, since he gives you so much free advertising in The Star.

It would take way too many adjectives to properly describe George Smith. In his own special way, he contributed with words to the pages of The Anniston Star in the same way that Ken Elkins contributed with photographs. Both were masters at disarming everyday people to the point of giving up …

A sampling of the Star’s editorial page’s (4/1/19) response to Robert Mueller’s investigation about Russian collusion and the White House was telling. Bret Stephens of the New York Times contritely advises, “it behooves us not take him (Trump) for a fool.” Doyle McManus of the Los Angeles Ti…

Now that the Mueller report has been turned over to the Justice Department, Trump and the Republican leadership will fight tooth and nail to bury the report and keep it away from American people. What does he and the rest of the Republicans have to hide?

Recently you ran an article published by the NY Times about St. Clair Correctional Facility, and as usual, this article was written about how hard it is on the inmates there. What no one ever seems to look at is how hard it is on the staff, particularly the officers who work around those inm…

Thank you, U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, for your courage and commitment to the truth. Israel does have too much influence in our government. Nothing proves the truth of Rep. Omar’s words more than the orchestrated attacks on her and the rush to pass an “anti-hate” resolution aimed at her. Yet, Rep.…

Has there been an earthquake in Alabama that the news didn’t cover? Or, a terrorist bombing of bridges and overpasses on our highways? Or, a mega tornado that ripped up roadways?

Your editorial, “The stench of white nationalism,” in last Saturday’s (March 16) paper was well-written and timely, discussing and citing examples of the various hate crimes around the world in the recent past. Hopefully, it helps us all to identify and recognize the absurd prejudices that e…

Dear Bernie Sanders, I recently came upon a Facebook post you made in which you blamed climate change for the deadly tornadoes in Lee County, Alabama.

I don’t think we need a prison in or around Anniston. Anniston has always been “The Model City.” That would be an insult for the city.

Anthony Cook, in “Nations race relations spiraling downward … to our shame” (March 10), encourages us to look at the last 50 days to see racism. Cook mentions quite a few incidents that deserve denouncement, but he missed two obvious ones.

I applaud the Alabama House for banning drivers from holding cell phones in their hands while driving. Secondly, and more importantly, I commend those who are trying to get Common Core out of this state’s educational process.

Bernie Sanders, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other socialist experts have devised versions of a Green New Deal. Free stuff for all! I like that. What I don’t like is this -- free stuff costs money. Somebody pays for everything. Let me explain to these dreamers what a trillion is. A…

A “Speak Out” in Friday’s (March 8) Star tells that “Socialism would threaten end of America.” If the only two factors that we look at are socialism or capitalism, we tend to vilify Socialism and sanctify capitalism. The traditional argument to justify capitalism is to say that the market wi…

We are living in the last days. What purpose is your church at this time? Have you fulfilled or are you staying in the path that God wants you to go? The main goal of a church is to reach lost people. Preachers don’t preach about sin anymore because it might make people uncomfortable and the…

The Distant Leftist Inquisition scrapes all of the guilt from human nature as a whole and loads it on the backs of the pale male Anglo race leaving no escape route to unload (Kathleen Parker, 1 March), faith over facts soothed by the lullaby of “progress.” No single race or culture has a pat…

The Star reported on an  inmate of the Calhoun County Jail being charged with making a “terrorist threat” for murderous comments he allegedly made about a rehab director when speaking to his mother on a phone from within the jail. The charge brought with it a $1 million bond.

The latest effort to spread “freedom” in Venezuela one bullet at a time seems to contradict our ballyhooed love of “democracy.” God's Self-Anointed Ones, Donald Trump and Mike Pence, have determined that Venezuelan voters made a mistake electing Nicolas Maduro as president of Venezuela. Invo…