Hunting kicks off
Our Opinions
      A Clarke County resident joked the other day that if you need to see a Mobile or Birmingham lawyer or doctor, don't make the trip but wait until the first week of hunting season. Most of them will be close by - in Barlow Bend, New Prospect or maybe Scyrene.
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Presidential pickings
      The deadline has passed and the candidates for Alabama's Feb. 5 presidential primary are in place. The hard job for voters will be to decide who they really want to vote for...or perhaps, against. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich didn't make the ballot. He's one of the long-shot Democrats and the only o...
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The Canoe Fight
Editor's Notes
      Sunday, Nov. 11 was Veterans Day. It was originally established as Armistice Day to mark the surrender of Germany to end World War I "on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour." Armistice Day was later changed to Veterans Day as a salute to all military veterans.
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Who will be GOP nominee?
Inside the Statehouse
      It is assumed by political pundits that Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for president next year. For six months she has consistently sustained a 20 point lead over her nearest rival, Barrack Obama. With less than three months to go before the Feb.
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ThyssenKrupp big for all of south Alabama
Congress Reports
      As I'm sure you know by now, earlier this year Thyssen- Krupp chose southwest Alabama as the site to build its new state of the art steel manufacturing and processing facility. Together, the ThyssenKrupp team and the people of Alabama are prepared to show all who are watching what a world-class ...
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Boxed WWII memories
      Gone South While watching Ken Burns' documentary, The War, I got to wondering what my father, veteran of World War II, would have said if they had interviewed him. Not much, I suspect.
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Quotes
      "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." Sir Winston Churchill "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon "A bone to the dog is not charity.
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