Our Opinions
Apologize for slavery
      There are many pressing issues that the Alabama Legislature could address that could have an immediate and positive effect on the state and its citizens. Apologizing for slavery 140 or so years after the fact would seem to be of little or no value today, some- mostly white folks- reason.
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Civil War heritage
      We may be appearing to jump sides, but we will also acknowledge that April is Confederate Heritage Month and a good time to plug a brand new trail that highlights Civil War sites in Baldwin and Mobile counties. Civil War addicts know that the two counties are a wealth of sites. The average citizen...
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The Clarke County Democrat
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Alabama Scene
Looking for college work
Bob Ingram
      I have scanned the classified advertising sections of the major daily newspapers to see if the two-year college system is looking for a replacement for Rep. Ken Guin, D-Carbon Hill, who has resigned from his position at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa.
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Editor's Notes
More civility and respect
Jim Cox
      Too many topics are crowding my notebook and I doubt I will do justice to any but let me touch on a few: **** Much has been said and written on radio shock jock Don Imus' lack of good judgment (as though he ever had any to start with) in calling Rutgers University women basketball players a bun...
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From Our Files
      97 years ago "News was brought here this week by people coming to court of a severe cyclone which struck the western part of the county Saturday. The cyclone was traveling in a northeasternly direction, striking the county near Coffeeville and being last heard of near Thomasville. It blew Mr. J. ...
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Pictures From Our Past
      This is Coffeeville High School, brand new in 1939 when it was pictured in the school's yearbook. The brick structure replaced a wooden one that burned in 1937, following a fiddlers' convention. Construction started in 1938. Note there is no landscaping and no driveway.
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Fulton's Roost Pole
By Linda Brown
      Although few people around today remember the Roost Pole, back in the '50s it was an important part of daily life in Fulton. When there was an original idea formed by the men in town, it was surely hatched at the Roost Pole.
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Inside the Statehouse
Many have sought reform
Steve Flowers
      This week's column is a continuation of the twoweek series written by former Gov. Albert Brewer who is a proponent of a new state constitution. This is the culmination of a fourweek series regarding Alabama's antiquated 1901 Constitution.
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Congress Reports
Preventing identity theft
Jo Bonner
      As technology has advanced so too have the opportunities for thieves who seek to steal a person's very identity. Identity theft is a frightening crime that is becoming more and more common. When a person's identity is stolen, their reputation can be destroyed, their sense of security shattered, a...
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Clarke County Democrat,
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