High gas prices
Our Opinions
      Gasoline and diesel prices continue upward. Monday, the national average for regular gasoline was $3.65. Just a month ago it was $3.28 and a year ago it was $2.94. Diesel is much higher, over $4 per gallon. We can wring our hands all we want but high fuel prices are here to stay.
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Primary ballot run-down
Inside the Statehouse
Steve Flowers
      Presidential election years are generally less interesting or exciting political years in Alabama. We have very few state races on the ballot. Historically, we Alabamians have gotten more excited about state gubernatorial races than presidential races.
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Tanker rhetoric won't go away
Congress Reports
      There has been a lot of conversation in Washington - some of it rather heated - since the Air Force's decision on February 29 that Northrop Grumman would build America's new refueling tanker, the KC-45. The level of intensity following this announcement is, in many ways, understandable. As Ame...
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Retired minister gained his earliest confidence at CCHS
Letters to the Editor
      Dear Editor, Congratulations to Grove Hill and Clarke County for the high school building replacing the 1936 building! After completing nine grades at the Whatley Junior High School, I rode the bus to Grove Hill for three years, being in the last tenth grade (1935-36) class in the old two-story ...
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Situational language
From The Nethermost
      I've had several reasons to think about language recently. The language we use reflects more than just our educational background. The language we use also reflects the situation, and style. Take William F. Buckley for example. Like many Americans, I mourned his recent death.
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