by Jan Turrentine | Sep 19, 2003 | Opinion
Ask almost anyone in the outer limits of the Baby Boomer category and beyond, and they will tell you that in order to be a really good Baptist, you don’t drink, smoke, cuss or chew. And then some will smile and add, “But who wants to be a good...
by Cliff Vaughn | Sep 18, 2003 | Opinion
If you know who Beyoncé Knowles and Rue McClanahan are, you’ll be shocked to see them on stage together. Did any of us ever think that would ever happen in any universe? But the real irony of “The Fighting Temptations”—a movie about a gospel choir...
by Gary Farley | Sep 18, 2003 | Opinion
After the diversions of the conflict over the Ten Commandments monument in the Judicial Building in Montgomery and the campaign and election regarding an amendment that would have reformed the tax structure of the state, the rural folk of Alabama can settle down to...
by Mike Parnell | Sep 17, 2003 | Opinion
A recent survey declared 1939 the greatest year for movies. That year W.C. Fields starred in “You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man,” one in a long line of con movies with flim-flam men, grifters and con men as protagonists. The title says it all: You...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | Sep 17, 2003 | Opinion
We recently observed Labor Day with news from the Department of Labor that our nation lost 700,000 manufacturing jobs since Labor Day 2002. In fact, since Bush II took office, 2.5 million jobs have been lost, about 80,000 a month. Higher-paying manufacturing jobs are...
by Jeffrey D. Vickery | Sep 16, 2003 | Opinion
As a parent, I stop sometimes in the morning with my first grade daughter and watch as students raise the flag at school. This Wednesday will likely find a different group of students gathered at the flagpole for the 14th annual “See You at the Pole”...
