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Gov. Robert Bentley talks with reporters in Montgomery last week. Photo: Dave Martin/Associated Press
The year Alabama legislators took over schools
My father grew up poor and never finished high school but was incredibly resourceful. He could “figure things out.” He did his own plumbing, wiring and construction. But on occasion, Dad’s chief asset became a liability. So confident was he in his ability to fix anything that he refused to admit that he didn’t know everything.
Mar 10, 2013 |  0 comments | 22 22 recommendations | email to a friend
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Protesters of Alabama’s illegal-immigration law gather last year in Montgomery. Photo: Associated Press
What is South’s role? Southern Democrats may derail immigration reform
Ever since President Obama announced his intention to fight — again — for broad-ranging immigration reform in his Feb. 13 State of the Union address, media coverage has been dominated by his struggle to find common ground with the so-called Gang of Eight key U.S. Senators, including Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
Mar 03, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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William M. “Billy” Beasley is a Democrat from Clayton who serves in the Alabama Senate. Photo: Special to The Star
A health-care provider’s alternate perspective
As a rural pharmacist who runs a small business, I am a part of the health-care delivery system. I dispense prescriptions to people in all walks of life, race, creed and colors. I serve those covered under Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance. I know what people go through to make sure they have the drugs they need. Many of them juggle payments for bills and food for their families with paying for the drugs and procedures they need.
Feb 24, 2013 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
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Alabamian of the Year: Carolyn Akers, CEO of the Mobile Area Education Foundation
The road from poverty to prosperity runs right through the schoolhouse door, goes the wise saying. If that’s the case, then Carolyn Akers is the best example of a road engineer for public schools that we can think of.
Dec 30, 2012 |  0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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Headlines to watch for in 2013
From the serious to the strange, the coming year should be a dandy.
Dec 23, 2012 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
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A farmer works his fields in Cleburne County. Photo: Trent Penny/The Anniston Star
‘The lack of understanding among people of where their food and fiber comes from’
John McMillan is a small-government guy with a big government office. On Twitter, Alabama’s agriculture commissioner isn’t afraid to play the role of arch-conservative, cheering on the Tea Party and forwarding videos with titles like “Obama supporters: Vandals and Thieves.”
Dec 16, 2012 |  0 comments | 15 15 recommendations | email to a friend
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Illustration: Tim Brinton/Special to The Star
Southern voters: Overall, are they more purple (diverse) than Republican red?
One of the biggest stories coming out of the 2012 elections was the changing demographics of U.S. voters. The increasing racial diversity of the nation’s electorate was key to President Obama’s victory — and cast growing doubts on the long-term viability of a Republican Party if it continued to draw its strongest support from whiter and older voters.
Dec 09, 2012 |  0 comments | 16 16 recommendations | email to a friend
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An educational success story in Alabama
by Larry Lee
Special to The Star
Nov 18, 2012 |  0 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Kathy Spidle could’ve been at home on this Tuesday night instead of at Grove Hill Elementary School. After all, she’s principal of the school and spends many hours in the building going about her “day” job.
How Alabama voted: With few exceptions, it was Romney
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
Nov 11, 2012 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Alabama’s nine electoral votes were virtually predestined for Republican Mitt Romney in last Tuesday’s presidential election. Nevertheless, post-election analysis shows just how red that red-state Alabama really is.
Escaping from Sandy
by Jaime Miller
Special to The Star
Nov 11, 2012 |  0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
“Hi, this is Tammy with the Hilton Garden Inn-Edison. We have no power, no hot water and no room for board. How may I assist you?” For family and friends of mine, these were the first greetings they received following Hurricane Sandy, and I don’t think we will ever forget them.
The Greek crisis, as seen from a small town
by Ray Hartwell
Special to The Star
Oct 21, 2012 |  0 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Locate Athens, Greece, on a map and trace a line due north. You’ll cross the mainland and a patch of the Aegean Sea before your finger reaches the eastern end of the island of Skopelos. My wife and I spent some time there last month. We saw up close how the country’s ongoing economic crisis is affecting Greeks on an island that’s essentially a small country town.
Lessons of his life: ‘I am thankful that he was my teacher and my friend’
by David Satcher
Special to The Star
Aug 26, 2012 |  0 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
Let me begin by thanking Barbara Dunn and the Dunn family for intrusting to me the opportunity to present the eulogy at this celebration of life for James A. “Pappy” Dunn. In a sense, I feel inadequate to give the eulogy for Pappy Dunn because his was such a great and impactful life that it is difficult to do justice to it in the form of a eulogy, but I am committed to try. There are two points I would like to make.
Is voter ID law necessary? Questions and answers with Rep. Kerry Rich, sponsor of Alabama law, and Olivia Turner, executive director of the ACLU of Alabama
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Aug 19, 2012 |  0 comments | 17 17 recommendations | email to a friend
The Star asked people on both sides of Alabama’s voter-ID law to explain - Is the voter-ID law necessary?
The closing college door in Alabama
by Wayne Flynt
Special to The Star
Aug 12, 2012 |  0 comments | 20 20 recommendations | email to a friend
One of the delights of growing old is the ability to admit your failures and flaws. That’s because there is no use in denying what everyone can clearly see.

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