Editorials
Editorial: Iraq’s latest bloody day
Like so many wars before it, the Iraq War must wait on sufficient time to pass — decades, or more — before its history is completely understood.
May 20, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Concern for the workers — Rep. Brooks is obscuring primary purpose for his comments
Late in the 19th and early in the 20th century, miners in the United States went on strike for better pay, shorter hours and safer working conditions. Mine owners brought in strikebreakers, men who were so desperate for work that they would risk their lives to reach the job and risk them again to do the work. Most of the strikebreakers were black.
May 17, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Conservatives or radicals — Politics in Alabama could use prudence
Alabama politics has never had a shortage of self-proclaimed conservatives. Whether they had a “D” or an “R” behind their name, most office-seekers in the state self-apply the label “proud Alabama conservative.”
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Another bipartisan accomplishment
Bipartisanship is not automatically a good thing, especially when it comes from the Alabama Legislature.
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Failing to protect
Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army chief of staff, wrote a disturbing message Thursday. “Today ... the Army is failing in its efforts to combat sexual assault and sexual harassment,” he said. Obviously.
May 16, 2013 |  0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: The great unraveling — Credit Bentley for trying to slow the Alabama Accountability Act
Somebody finally found the emergency brake on Alabama’s school tax-credit monstrosity and gave it a good yank.
May 15, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: The war that won’t end — Still waiting for serious negotiations between Alabama, Florida, Georgia
The tri-state water war began in 1990 when Georgia, Florida and Alabama could not resolve the question of how much water Georgia could take from lakes Lanier and Allatoona, which are federal reservoirs in the Peach State.
May 15, 2013 |  0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Editorial: Wrong number — It’s time to examine prosecutors’ sweeping powers to collect data
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 14, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Americans learned this week that the Department of Justice seized two month’s worth of phone records from Associated Press reporters in 2012. The reviews are in, and they are brutal.
Editorial: No, Legislature
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 14, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Study after study has stressed the importance of higher education for prosperity of the nation. Yet, state legislatures across the land have been cutting funding to colleges and universities.
Editorial: Bad decisions
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 14, 2013 |  0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Drunk driving is a choice. It is a decision made, not an easy byproduct of workday Happy Hours or weekend drink specials at the local bar.
Editorial: N.Q. Reynolds — Anniston pastor was cornerstone of city’s civil rights movement
May 13, 2013 |  0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rev. Nimrod Q. Reynolds was born into the Old South, which had many charms and a great evil — racial segregation — a system that demeaned the worth of all individuals of color regardless of their talents or attainments.
Editorial: Scrambling to the finish
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 13, 2013 |  0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
To steal a line from author Cornelius Ryan, Alabamians have six days to brace themselves for what may become the longest day for the state Legislature.
Editorial: Strange bedfellows — On gun bill, they aren’t so strange after all
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 10, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Any evidence of bipartisanship in the Alabama Legislature normally would be hailed as a significant step in the right direction.
Editorial: Paying for lack of judgment
by The Anniston Star Editorial Board
May 09, 2013 |  0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
In the late 1990s, Congress and the Clinton administration tackled the persistent problem of children without health insurance.

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