Welcome, Sen. McCain - and a few questions
Our Opinions
      Thomasville, Clarke County and southwest Alabama will be in the national news this coming Monday when U.S. Sen. John McCain, the certain Republican nominee for president, comes to town. Welcome, Sen. Mc- Cain. We are glad to have you in our little corner of Alabama.
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Boise wins recognition for recycling
Congress Reports
      The 2008 American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) has awarded Boise, Inc.'s Jackson, Alabama paper mill its Business Leadership Recycling Award, which recognizes outstanding school, business, and community recycling efforts.
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Alabama's amazing story
Inside the Statehouse
      The phenomenal success story of Barack Obama's presidential campaign is the political story of the year, regardless of who wins the presidency. Concur rently, if polls are to be believed, he could very well indeed be our next president.
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More to war than fighting
Gone South
      It is Confederate History Month. Now let me say up front that I have a problem with giving a whole month to any particular group. Not that I am opposed to recognizing the historical significance of what a particular group has done, but rather that it seems to suggest that the group can be justif...
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