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May 14, 2009
Editorial: Let’s hope state House flooded with good ideas
The Alabama State House flooded last Thursday. Not with filibusters or passage of bills that make our state a better place to work and live. Not with calls for Constitutional reform or banning PAC-to-PAC transfers.
May 11, 2009
Editorial: It’s time to fold flag issue and move on
The Auburn City Council condemned Rev. Arthur Dowdell’s actions and urged the Ward 1 representative on the council to apologize at its regular meeting last Tuesday night.
May 04, 2009
Editorial: Congress’ priorities out of whack as it debates BCS
Like the idea of a playoff or dislike the idea of a playoff in major college football, the actions Friday in Congress were enough to make any reasonable American citizen shake his head and wonder what is going on with the people we call our government.
May 01, 2009
Editorial: State ethics law deserves complete overhaul
Like the state constitution, Alabama’s ethics law needs an overhaul. But unlike the state constitution, Alabama’s ethics law actually has a chance for overhaul in the current session.
April 30, 2009
Editorial: Statewide judges should forego party affiliation
Republican legislators were right to block a vote in the Alabama House that would have allowed Marshall County residents to elect circuit and district judges in nonpartisan elections.
April 29, 2009
Editorial: Supreme Court’s (expletive) vote too (expletive) close
National broadcasters should be threatened with fines if foul language is broadcast on live television. One would think that would be a no-brainer.
April 28, 2009
Editorial: Steps should already be taken to help prevent disease
By now you’ve heard about the fear of a pandemic stemming from the swine influenza virus.
April 25, 2009
Editorial: Debate warranted, councilman’s actions are not
The St. Andrew’s Cross, best known for adorning the Confederate Battle Flag, stirs many emotions. Depending upon which side of history you’re standing and often the color of your skin, the emotions can be quite different. For some, it represents regional pride, honor, bravery and sacrifice. For many others, it represents hatred, bigotry, failure and terror.
April 24, 2009
Editorial: Commissioners should have right to deny quarries
The time when county commissioners reserved the right to grant land or deny land to companies is long overdue. Fortunately, that might be about to change.
April 23, 2009
Editorial: Beauty pageant wrong place for gay marriage debate
Carrie Prejean was asked a question in front of a national television audience and gave an honest answer.
April 22, 2009
Editorial: No bones about it, catfish labeling bill must pass
People deserve the right to know the origin of their food. To keep this information hidden from consumers is a shame.
April 21, 2009
Editorial: Senate needs to get on ball and ban PAC to PACs
Time and again Alabama legislators announce they would support a bill to ban PAC-to-PAC transfers. After all, keeping who is funneling money to whom a secret stinks of possible corruption.
April 15, 2009
Editorial: Plant closing a punch in community’s gut
It was nothing short of a punch in the gut. News Monday that the BFGoodrich plant in Opelika would close its doors after 46 years of tire manufacturing is a major blow to the Opelika-Auburn community, and obviously to the more than 1,000 employees who depended upon the plant’s survival to feed their families.
April 14, 2009
Editorial: Don’t conceal who’s carrying concealed handguns
You know that guy down the street that is always so unfriendly and doesn’t talk to anyone? Yeah, the one who laughs for no apparent reason and screams at all the kids when they ride their bikes. How about that co-worker who always talks about how everyone is going to pay one day soon? We hope you don’t know anyone like that. But, if you do, wouldn’t you like to know if they are packing a concealed handgun?
April 13, 2009
Editorial: Death penalty moratorium is positive step, but not enough
Alabama’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-1 Wednesday for a bill that places a three-year moratorium on executions. What this does is ensure that the punishment is administered “fairly and impartially.”
April 10, 2009
Editorial: Bridges’ grocery tax plan worthy of consideration
Any plan to repeal the 4 percent grocery tax is worth considering. This newspaper strongly endorsed the bill repeatedly presented by Rep. John Knight, D-Montgomery, and defeated in the Legislature. There’s no reason why folks shouldn’t give DuWayne Bridges’ proposal a long, hard look.
April 09, 2009
Editorial: Legislators who refuse pay hikes deserve applause
Actions of nine members of the Alabama House of Representatives deserve applause.
April 08, 2009
Editorial: Senator deserves no special treatment in DUI charge
Sen. Zeb Little, D-Cullman, Alabama’s Senate majority leader, was arrested Friday in Jefferson County on DUI charges, among other things.
April 07, 2009
Editorial: Flora sets example for others to follow for years to come
No one has made Opelika more beautiful than Shirley Flora.
April 03, 2009
Editorial: Time isn’t right for lawmakers to accept raises
Evidently, the state’s dire economic situation won’t affect Alabama lawmakers. They made sure of that.
April 02, 2009
Editorial: Davis a throwback coach Auburn will cherish
Before there was a spread offense, high-dollar contracts and daily Internet coverage over who would be the next assistant to the assistant outside linebackers coach, there were men who loved the game without the gadgets, widespread commercialization and intense media coverage.
April 01, 2009
Editorial: Graduation rates better, but hard work ahead
Alabama’s graduation rates continue to lag behind many states nationwide. The good news is the state’s graduation rates continue to improve.
March 31, 2009
Editorial: Consolidated heart pill worth further investigation
We’re in the age of consolidation, minimizing and cutting back. Banks are consolidating. Large manufacturers are consolidating. We’re even consolidating our loans in an effort to minimize our personal debt.
March 27, 2009
Editorial: Drug-testing could fight cartels, help Americans
Violence in Mexico is an issue that all Americans should be concerned with. Not only could the powerful drug cartels, which help feed illegal narcotics into this nation, potentially overpower the Mexican military, but the fighting could even spill over our borders.
March 26, 2009
Editorial: Sending jobs overseas makes little sense for feds
The government has a plan to aid unemployment. The government has a plan to stimulate the economy. The government has a plan …
March 25, 2009
School budgets can’t rest on stimulus gift
The key to Alabama’s future workforce lies in its ability to educate its citizens. But when 3,800 Alabama educators faced the threat of losing their positions in May due to budget restraints, the future of education in Alabama — and how to fund it — remained in peril.
March 24, 2009
Editorial: Payton leaving legacy of success at Tuskegee University
Tuskegee University President Benjamin F. Payton created a legacy in Macon County and leaves his successor a pair of mighty large shoes to fill.
March 23, 2009
Editorial: Let the residents be heard
When it comes to pairing bars and daycares, hopefully what comes to mind is playground equipment — some over-head bars, maybe even, some monkey bars. But a recent discussion at the Auburn Planning Commission meeting paired the two in a way that has stirred anything put images of fun and frolicking for some local folks. And rightfully so.
Editorial: Can’t defend freedom by denying it
A former high-ranking Bush Administration official said this week that many of the detainees at Guantanamo were not guilty of anything except being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Editorial: Open government more important than ever
But just because it’s a no-brainer for us to laud the advantages of open government doesn’t make it any less important. It is our opinion that there has rarely been a time when we more desperately need good government.
