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President Barack Obama speaks Thursday at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
HOT BLAST: A 'war on terrorists' turning point
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May 24, 2013 |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Thanks for nothing. Seriously. — Inaction works best for Alabama’s Common Core standards
“Sometimes nothing is a pretty cool hand.” — The title character in the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke” On occasion, government acts best when it sits still. That happened in the recently completed session when the Alabama Legislature did not tamper with the state’s College and Career Ready Standards.
May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Should have seen this coming — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal and atheists at his state parks
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal recently decided to let Gideons International place Protestant Bibles in cabins at Georgia state parks, just as it does in hotel rooms all across the nation and around the world. What happened next should have surprised no one.
May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Phillip Tutor: At McClellan, meet Col. Egbert
May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
To find Harry Clay Egbert at McClellan, drive over to the three-story building that sits across the road from Silver Chapel. Find the main door, the one that faces Buckner Center. Look up, through the limbs of pine trees and climbing vines. There you’ll find H.C.
Speak Out: Another freedom gone
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May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
I agree with Speak Out writer Phil Holliday. I served this country for 23 years to protect our freedoms, as many others have. Now Anniston’s elected officials have taken the right of every restaurant and bar owner to have their place a smoking or non-smoking place, posted on their entrance.
Speak Out: Boston Marathon horror
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May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
America was still grieving over the horrific incident in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting when the recent bombings at the Boston Marathon killed three people and injured more than a hundred, some severe. The waves of violence don’t stop in this country. It’s like an infestation. It gives the sick feeling of a lack of safety.
HOT BLAST: Go ahead, heckle the president. It's OK.
May 23, 2013 |  0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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HOT BLAST: The care and feeding (?) of trolls
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