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November 15, 2009
Joe McAdory: Give me cable news, not cable opinions
I’m tired of CNN Headline News. I want headlines, not opinions of them. I’m tired of Fox News. I want to know what’s happening, not a one-sided view of events in Washington.
October 30, 2009
Joe McAdory: Gentlemen, start your radar guns
Attention Opelika police department: if you want to nab speeders please direct your cruisers to Williamson Avenue. You’ll more than meet your quota.
October 23, 2009
Joe McAdory: Letters to editor important, must follow guidelines
Some letters to the editor are hard-hitting and thought provoking. Some simply make fellow members of the community aware of specific needs. Some are responses to other letters and some are responses to stories in the newspaper or events either locally or nationally that impact our lives.
October 16, 2009
Joe McAdory: Bandy, Harris announce re-election bid
Regarding Lee County Commissioner John Andrew Harris, State Representative George Bandy and himself, Alabama Senate District 28 candidate Johnny Ford declared in a press release, “We will make a good team for the future of Lee County.”
October 09, 2009
Joe McAdory: Maybe Byrne and the AEA can meet in middle
The war is on between Republican gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne and state Democratic executive secretary Paul Hubbert.
October 05, 2009
Joe McAdory: Some bumps and bruises are necessary
Digging my fingers deep into the dirt, leaves or whatever else was available, I found myself sliding down the steep side of a north Georgia Mountain.
September 18, 2009
Joe McAdory: It’s time skin color wasn’t another news story
It’s not exactly Gov. George Wallace standing in front of the schoolhouse door in 1963, but the University of Alabama hasn’t had a black SGA president since 1976 when Cleophus Thomas Jr. held the position.
September 11, 2009
Joe McAdory: American unity has eroded away in post 9/11 era
As horrific and unforgivable as the 9/11 attacks were, they did one thing for America that hadn’t happened for a while. It brought the nation together.
August 27, 2009
Joe McAdory: Harris joins State Senate District 28 race
Senate District 28 already figured to be one of the most highly contested races in the state next year with four Democratic candidates already on the campaign trail. Enter a fifth candidate.
Veteran Booker T. Washington educator and former Auburn city councilman Samuel L. Harris tossed his name into the race to replace current Sen. Myron Penn, who has chosen not to seek re-election.
August 19, 2009
Joe McAdory: State poll divided along racial, party lines
Like the rest of the U.S., Alabama is split on President Obama’s job performance and his health care plan.
August 14, 2009
Joe McAdory: Pop culture martyrs not idols, needed help
Flipping through a rack of cardboard posters at one of those large retail stores the other day, I noticed a startling pattern.
August 07, 2009
Joe McAdory: Go ahead, tax me Mr. President
Go ahead, Mr. President, tax me. Go against your word and tax middle class America. We are used to broken political promises. We are used to picking up the slack and making up for capital low-income families cannot provide the federal government. We are used to picking up the slack and making up for capital the rich somehow do not provide the federal government.
July 24, 2009
Joe McAdory: Johnny Ford part of interesting Senate race
Just hours after it was discovered that Myron Penn, D-Union Springs, would not seek re-election in Alabama Senate District 28, former Tuskegee mayor Johnny Ford wheeled into the Opelika-Auburn News parking lot.
July 14, 2009
Joe McAdory: Bill Robinson was Picasso with a keyboard
Bill Robinson could pull a stone from the earth, examine it for a few moments, then poetically bring it to life with a few words. The stone would have a soul, its own tragic story, and somehow Bill would make you cry for that stone as it metaphorically represented something in your life.
July 09, 2009
Joe McAdory: Independence? Tell that to the creditors
We celebrated the anniversary of our nation’s independence last week with fireworks, food and festivities. American flags were hoisted high and images of the Statue of Liberty with colorful pyrotechnics choreographed to the tune of Stars and Stripes Forever dominated evening cable news programming.
June 19, 2009
Joe McAdory: Happiness for other people is Dad’s greatest reward
Mosquito Lagoon was about three miles wide and three feet deep. Within eyesight of Kennedy Space Center launch pads, the apex of the Indian River was a haven for speckled sea trout and shrimp.
June 08, 2009
Joe McAdory: Lessons learned from neighborhood geniuses
If it was broken, Mr. Thomas could fix it. He was a tall, balding man who eerily resembled Dwight Eisenhower, and his garage was like a tool shed on steroids — full of gadgets and doodads, small electronic parts, welding machinery and experimental projects.
May 22, 2009
Joe McAdory: ICU visit puts things into perspective
He lay still in his hospital bed, moaned quietly and stared off into what appeared to be his own little imaginary world. Tubes draped from his nostrils. An oxygen mask covered his face. Wires were attached to his chest. He had no legs and little, if any, movement at all. He appeared to have no hope, no thoughts, no feelings and no future.
May 18, 2009
Joe McAdory: William, Emma top baby names in Alabama
Congratulations, Bill, you’ve got the most popular boys baby name in all of Alabama. That’s right, according to the state’s Social Security Administration William (aka Bill, Will, Willie, Billy, and perhaps Billy Bob in some parts), was the leading choice in 2008 for new mothers.
May 11, 2009
Joe McAdory: Secession shouldn’t be on Georgia’s mind
Could the Chattahoochee River separate Alabama from a foreign country? Will we need passports to drive through Atlanta into the Carolinas or Tennessee? Will Georgia be regarded as the Peach Nation?
April 24, 2009
Joe McAdory: PETA, Talladega create extra crispy clash
For once, PETA has it right. The animal rights group wants Guinness World Records to ignore Sunday’s chicken dance extravaganza at Talladega Superspeedway to be held before the NASCAR Cup Series race.
April 20, 2009
Joe McAdory: It will always be Uniroyal to me
The sign outside the tire plant in southeast Opelika reads BFGoodrich. Well, the sign can say that, the plant-ownership papers can say that and the pay stubs of the plant employees can say that too. But to me, it has — and always will be — Uniroyal.
April 09, 2009
Joe McAdory: Politics—Olive branches, brass knuckles and a skirt
Is Joe Turnham carrying an olive branch or brass knuckles? Turnham, the state’s Democratic Party chairman and Auburn resident, gave Alabama Congressman Mike Rogers the opportunity to meet with Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and settle party differences if he publicly apologized for comments he made Monday at Auburn University-Montgomery.
April 03, 2009
Joe McAdory: Healthcare solutions come with side effects
My doctor gave me a prescription last month, one of those cholesterol-lowering pills. I researched the product on the Internet, even drove into the drug store parking lot.
March 23, 2009
Joe McAdory: Mankind has made many strides
It’s amazing what a little orange light in the sky can do to people. They clap. They snap pictures. They ooh and ahh. They point and show their young ones. Just a little orange light, gracefully racing toward the heavens. Such was the case on this gusty evening last Sunday.
March 06, 2009
Joe McAdory: Doctor’s legacy stretches far beyond building
A.D. McLain’s legacy wasn’t demolished last week when an EF-2 tornado slammed through “downtown” Salem, the intersection of Lee Roads 145 and 175.
February 27, 2009
Joe McAdory: I can’t drive 55, send texts and eat cheeseburgers
It was a dark and winding road. Uphill. Downhill. Left. Right. Go ahead and throw in some thick fog for good measure.
February 13, 2009
Joe McAdory: Some juices are better left on the shelf
I used anabolic steroids. I will not appear before a congressional hearing anytime soon. I will not be subject to random testing. Nor do I face the threat of a lifetime banishment from the newspaper industry for my wrongdoing. But I did it. I admit it, and I was wrong.
January 30, 2009
Joe McAdory: Hospital bed Twister played in cute green socks
Bladders don’t care if you’re chained to a hospital bed with heart monitor wires glued to your chest. Bladders don’t care if you’re prohibited from moving your leg or raising your head. Bladders don’t care if you’re strictly prohibited from crawling off the mattress and sneaking into the nearest bathroom.
January 22, 2009
Joe McAdory: I’ve got nuclear stress test donut disorder
I love glazed donuts. I could devour a box of them each morning, jump into a swimming pool full of them and chew my way out.
