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Honor through celebration of life

Everyone makes the same face when I respond to, “When’s your birthday?” Some people even offer condolences. But ...

Jaine Treadwell

‘Taking Christmas’ on Labor Day

“Taking Christmas” wasn’t anything that my mama did very often. But, after we’d had a house full of ...

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‘Dance with the one that brought you’

There’s a saying, “Dance with the one that brought you.” I think it applies to college sports, as ...

Daniel Sutter

A red state with a case of the blues

The state of the economy in Alabama is not good. Our state unemployment rate of 8.3 percent, which ...

Jaine Treadwell

Hey, do you remember when?

“Do you remember when ….?” Oh, how I love to hear those words. They almost always take me ...

Blogs

For Liberty, and the salute of labor

On Sept. 7, 1942, nearly 20,000 shipyard workers and guests gathered at Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard in Baltimore, Maryland. They ...

Blogs

Remembering dreams of space, heroes

When I was a child, I didn’t spend my time playing with dolls or worrying too much about ...

Opinion

Lessons learned under Golden Arches

I can still see my mother’s face as I handed her the job application. “I’m going to work ...

Blogs

Don’t be a bully, to bugs or people

I was driving down Elm Street near the police department earlier this week when I saw two female ...

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How simple life used to be

Remember how simple life used to be? A friend gave me an artsy-craftsy plaque with those words accompanying ...

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