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An NJN Editorial: Have a doctor around while doing abortions? What a concept
State Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin, R-Pelham, has introduced a bill in the current legislative session that would require ... Read more
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Our Views: Lawmaking should be done in the open, even with a noble cause
[Editor’s note: Shortly after this editorial appeared in our March 13 print edition, the Alabama Supreme Court vacated ... Read more
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Our Views: School flexibility bill shows how fast AEA has lost its influence
Last week’s lightning-quick action — by Alabama State Legislature standards, anyway — on the so-called school flexibility bill ... Read more
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Our Views: No, Washington, the sky isn’t falling
There are some of us who remember when the word “sequester” — the root of the word “sequestration” ... Read more
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Our Views: Dr. Ben Carson to the nation’s ER, stat!
If you ascribe to the notion that the United States as a nation is sick, then we just ... Read more
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Our Views: The civil war of Rep. John Rogers
The always talkative State Rep. John Rogers, D-Birmingham, is at it again. Rogers has his knickers in a ... Read more
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Our Views: It’s time the state got out of the booze biz
A republican state senator from Decatur has announced that he will file a bill in the next legislative ... Read more
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Our Views: In times of tragedy, words of comfort: “Peace, be still”
Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett has not been in charge of the United Methodist Church’s North Alabama Conference for very ... Read more
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Our Views: In a season of peace and goodwill, an unspeakable horror
Those of us who put words together into sentences for public consumption are often looked upon to provide ... Read more
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Our Views: Debates give insight into candidates, but do they sway voters?
Monday night’s presidential debate, the last of three scheduled for this year, featuring President Barack Obama and challenger ... Read more