Opinion

Don’t blame those at bottom: The causes of this crisis

10-13-2008

Apparently, in the world of free-marketers even the blame trickles down. Listen to the right wing discuss the current financial crisis and invariably the finger of blame points to a pair of reliable targets: the government and poor people.

Editorials

Alabama, the new beach state: White sands vs. Mount Cheaha

10-13-2008

In the grand scheme of things, selecting the design for Alabama’s license plates is a low-rung priority on Goat Hill. Gov. Bob Riley, who does the selecting, has meatier items on his schedule than fretting over the state’s ubiquitous plates.

Columns

McCain: Holding on, for now

10-13-2008

WASHINGTON — Time was, the Baltimore Orioles manager was Earl Weaver, a short, irascible, Napoleonic figure who, when cranky, as he frequently was, would shout at an umpire, 'Are you going to get any better or is this it?' With, mercifully, only one debate to go, that is the question about John McCain’s campaign.

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Speak Out ... Page from Segall’s book?

10-13-2008

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10-12-2008 Headlines

• Our stripes: Who gets to define a ‘Real’ American?

• H. Brandt Ayers: Will GOP be reborn?

• Let’s seize McClellan opportunity

• A winning diagnosis

• Speak Out ... Obama offers change

10-11-2008 Headlines

• Dirty tricks of this election: Spigot opened on smears

• Speak Out ... Confidence in Rogers

10-10-2008 Headlines

• A foundation for the public

• A worthwhile study

• Hear their ideas

• Phillip Tutor: Don’t like it here? Then fix it

• James L. Evans: What prayer can do

• Protecting Alabama’s waterways

• Speak Out ... Ayers is being nice

10-09-2008 Headlines

• A missed opportunity: McClellan and the movies

• The governor's list

• Danger on Pakistan border

• Speak Out … Fallout from the bailout bill

10-08-2008 Headlines

• The news from Nashville: For now, Obama's lead safe

• Finding a way to get by: Riley's plan makes sense

• Harvey H. Jackson: He shoulda asked the preachers

• Catholics and abortion (again)

• Speak Out … U.S. government is corrupt; its powers should be reduced

10-07-2008 Headlines

• What the state is facing

• Ike: It could have been worse

• Join the conversation about tonight's debate

• Change the campaign subject

• Speak Out ... Yesterday's news today

10-06-2008 Headlines

• Fissures before us

• The definition of moral crimes

• McCain as Teddy Roosevelt

• Speak Out ... Keep our $700 billion

10-05-2008 Headlines

• An enduring philosophy

• Who needs the vice presidency? Not the U.S.

• H. Brandt Ayers: Steady as she goes

• Insanity of government interference

• Speak Out … New mayor for Weaver

10-04-2008 Headlines

• U.S. House wakes up: First step to bolster economy

• A milestone, but that's all: The incinerator's job remains

• Wal-Mart Moms as voters

• Speak Out … Bynum ignored

10-03-2008 Headlines

• Ban this idea, not books: A helpful reminder

• Was this really necessary? Immigrants and education

• Phillip Tutor: Believe in our youth

• James L. Evans: The privilege of tax exemption

• The bailout argument

• Law for poor didn't cause meltdown

• Speak Out … Gardner for fairness

10-02-2008 Headlines

• Talking about torture

• The new year

• Good for them

• The risk in Russia: It's rising, and U.S. must be aware

• Speak Out … When will leaders lead?

10-01-2008 Headlines

• A bad path for Anniston: Newcomers should unify, speak up

• 6 of Alabama's 7 did right

• Harvey H. Jackson: Back to the Hollow

• Blame the monopolies

• Pulpit bullies

• Speak Out … JSU should be school with a football team, not vice versa

09-30-2008 Headlines

• Party of No strikes again: Congress to Wall St. — Drop dead

• Playing politics

• Editorial notebook: The good soldier

• Drawing the line in D.C.

• Speak Out ... Letter left out facts

09-29-2008 Headlines

• Keep McClellan out of courts

• Good job, court

• Everyone, or no one

• McCain acting like drama queen

• Speak Out ... Knight journalist lauded

09-28-2008 Headlines

• Obama and McCain: How they voted

• H. Brandt Ayers: Here we go again

• Corporate money and courts

• Iraq's delayed casualties

• Speak Out … Capitalism self-corrects

• Speaker's Stand … A look at our country

09-27-2008 Headlines

• Why the courts exist: A good example to remember

• Recklessness in a dangerous time

• Sec. Gates making a lot of sense

• Speak Out … TBN shares the gospel

09-26-2008 Headlines

• We wish they hadn't: The result of suppressing info

• The Dogs' voice: A master, indeed

• Phillip Tutor: The Langford approach — Here?

• James L. Evans: The truth about torture

• Our economy, our crisis

• Undone by the wind

• Speak Out ... Thanks to Boothe

09-25-2008 Headlines

• The road to destruction: Roots of economic ailment

• Memo to McCain: Don't delay debate

• Speak Out ... Correcting Rogers' record on alleged support of Big Oil

• Speaker's Stand ... Unity and common sense

09-24-2008 Headlines

• An alternative proposal: Other ways to fix this crisis

• No longer 'cafeteria food'

• Harvey H. Jackson: Brown-bagging it, Sylacauga style

• What does black mean?

• The main event

• Speak Out ... Prep sports overdone

• Speaker's Stand ... Editorial had serious flaws

09-23-2008 Headlines

• Brightness before the dark: Alabama's economic reality

• A fact not fun to admit

• Discuss, then do

• Risk and reward

• Speak Out ... Anniston needs a Smith

09-22-2008 Headlines

• For the sake of McClellan: No lawsuits, more teamwork

• Warning: Zone with care — The lesson from Mobile

• Stewing for subsidies

• Speak Out ... Gas prices not justified

09-21-2008 Headlines

• Wall Street fallout: Getting bullish

• How America measures poverty

• H. Brandt Ayers: Enough is enough

• Final edition: The trees

• Offer of presidential advice

• Speak Out … The Star's slant

09-20-2008 Headlines

• Decisive action, indeed: Saving the economy

• America's absent executive: Bush's tepid response

• Now, maybe issues will matter

• Speak Out ... Give Obama a chance

09-19-2008 Headlines

• Let it be gloomy, only: Our economic mess

• Restoring people's lives

• Phillip Tutor: Tell the Fed it's bad here, too

• James L. Evans: Women, faith and politics

• America's economy: Will the freefall end?

• Speak Out ... Chapter and verse

09-18-2008 Headlines

• The dogs and a pony: It's quite a show

• McCain's folly

• Familiar failing

• The price of Ike: America's lesson in its latest catastrophe

• Speak Out ... Change or more of the same for Anniston City Council?

• Speaker's Stand ... Kudos to Shelby for leadership

09-17-2008 Headlines

• In search of leadership: Stemming our economic woes

• Slow down and re-evaluate: The JSU stadium/dorm plan

• Harvey H. Jackson: Arrrrrrr, me timbers are shivered

• Had enough of Palin-ology? Me, too

• The generation gap

• Speak Out ... Is America the land of the free? No, it still is the land of the rich

09-16-2008 Headlines

• Calling math, science teachers: A troubling trend

• Another lesson

• 'No problem'

• Is this the real Palin?

• Speak Out ... Know the Scripture

09-15-2008 Headlines

• Back to cutting bait: The sloppy tanker process

• Next year, in Dothan: Jewish families in Alabama

• A worthy school model

• Speak Out ... Thanks for Betty Carr

09-14-2008 Headlines

• Uncover myths about today's voters. Check.

• 45 years later: The message of Birmingham

• Sen. Biden: Where are you?

• H. Brandt Ayers: Remember Sept. 10?

• The choices of city residents

• Speak Out … The state's GOP

09-13-2008 Headlines

• Scripted answers: Twisted look at state's schools

• Speak Out … Pothole alley

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