Opinion

No more free rides: Detroit CEOs sing new tune

12-03-2008

When last we saw the CEOs of Detroit's Big Three, they flew in private jets — three of them — to Capitol Hill, where their smugness and unwillingness to embrace concessions led many Americans to toss away any remaining sympathy they might have had for the struggling U.S. automakers.

Editorials

How agriculture can help us

12-03-2008

Agriculture is big business in Alabama. As a Deep South state with lots of traditional rural communities, that reality is undeniable. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says that the state's farm receipts were $4.1 billion in 2007.

Columns

Harvey H. Jackson: The art of giving

12-03-2008

'At this festive season of the year, Mr. Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.'

Crying out for help

12-03-2008

At one level, it sounds like a very bad joke. In September, a safe haven law took effect in the state of Nebraska allowing parents to leave their children at hospitals without fear of prosecution. This, as a means of saving the lives of unwanted newborns who would otherwise be left in garbage heaps and motel rooms or simply murdered outright.

Mumbai explained

12-03-2008

DUBLIN — Looking at the faces of two young men who were among the purveyors of death at Mumbai, India's Taj Mahal and Oberoi hotels, Chhattrapati Shivaji Terminus station and Leopold's restaurant, makes Westerners recoil, and not just in horror.

Speak Out

Speak Out ... Go ahead and gloat, Bama fans: The Gators are comin'

12-03-2008

Feedback and commentary from Anniston Star readers.

Speaker's Stand ... Taxes and Alabama's poor

12-03-2008

Feedback and commentary from Anniston Star readers.

12-02-2008 Headlines

• Obama's new team: And the lesson of Mumbai

• Fairness for the children

• Alabamian of the Year

• New tact for war on terror

• Speak Out ... Star's story incomplete

12-01-2008 Headlines

• A statement about McClellan

• Who's in the pews?

• Treading water

• The rights of professors

• Speak Out ... Support March of Dimes

11-30-2008 Headlines

• Lessons of Dr. Seuss for the faith community

• H. Brandt Ayers: Iron Bowl, who cares?

• Bob Davis: Looking for an Alabamian of the Year

• Don't focus only on bin Laden

• Beggars and their jets

• Speak Out ... Support Animal Welfare

11-29-2008 Headlines

• The Detroit effect: Bailout would be felt here

• Speak Out ... Stop the barking

11-28-2008 Headlines

• A refreshing spirit

• Bleak Friday

• The drought's facts

• Phillip Tutor: A prayer that says it all

• James L. Evans: Analyzing the religious vote

• A tax cut for all Alabamians

• Preserving our farms: U.S. must protect, promote its farmers

• Speak Out ... Payback time?

11-27-2008 Headlines

• The words of Thanksgiving

• Thanksgiving, and we need it

• Coming soon: Friends for U.S.

• Speak Out ... An insult?

11-26-2008 Headlines

• The bargain in Calhoun County: A way to finish the parkway

• A spacey birthday

• Credit when it's due

• Harvey H. Jackson: I need your help

• Palin's next career move

• Our mission: Is it finished?

• We don't appreciate Poor George

• Speak Out ... Voting as a Christian

11-25-2008 Headlines

• The Keynesian formula: A return to what can work

• Repealing the grocery tax: Let's balance the books, too

• Tale of 2 presidents

• Speak Out ... Developing McClellan

11-24-2008 Headlines

• What are we searching for? America's quest for stability

• Paying for Alabama's roads

• The divided conservatives

• Speak Out ... The Star's priorities

11-23-2008 Headlines

• Boom! Election myths explode

• Song of the South: It's still the GOP's greatest hit

• Recession is what we need

• H. Brandt Ayers: Franklin Delano ... Obama?

• Bob Davis: Cleaning out the notebook

• Speak Out ... Family basis of success

11-22-2008 Headlines

• A template to follow: Consolidation in Clay County

• The pursuit of justice

• Speaker's Stand ... Applaud Davis for his courage

11-21-2008 Headlines

• The key to stimulation: One way to help the economy

• Rain, not discontent

• What a catch

• Phillip Tutor: Hear the voices at McClellan

• James L. Evans: Seasonal mood swings

• An invitation to join a movement

• Yes to universal health-care: To cut costs, slash Big Insurance profits

• No to universal health-care: Most Americans want free choice

• Speak Out ... Keep city manager

11-20-2008 Headlines

• For now, call it progress

• Extinct is forever

• Cash this

• Keeping cool over Lieberman

• The wild card in Obama's deck

• Speak Out ... Good for John Spain

11-19-2008 Headlines

• The tale of two bailouts: U.S. model vs. U.K. model

• Double-dipping: The real problem

• Another great beginning

• Baptists, Methodists and conclusions

• America's urgent plea: Pull out the checkbook, save automakers from disaster

• Business as (un)usual

• Speak Out ... Obama could display unity if he'd support Confederate issues

11-18-2008 Headlines

• Teaching about the Bible: Now there are choices

• Learn to play pretty: The Davis-Turnham squabble

• A honeymoon, for now

• Speak Out ... Honor retired educators

11-17-2008 Headlines

• Stop blaming, start fixing

• A pro-life measure

• Fly on the wall

• The importance of McConnell

• Speak Out ... Honoring Leonard

11-16-2008 Headlines

• 'Wake up and shop around': Medicare prescription drug program broadens its support net

• Missing campaign? Try the politics of sports

• Come visit us

• H. Brandt Ayers: Our shattered lives

• No reason to bring back the Fairness Doctrine

• Finding information on Medicare plans

• Free the GOP

• Speaker's Stand ... Support the president

• Speak Out ... Alabama should heed Obama's affirmative American strategy

11-15-2008 Headlines

• Uncertainty hurts: But Congress can help

• Speak Out ... Take a bow, America

11-14-2008 Headlines

• True leadership on display: County Commission does it right

• Finding profit in fighting fat

• Phillip Tutor: The South's need to read

• James L. Evans: Taxing the poor

• The oil market will not change

• Domestic oil will aid the economy

• Speak Out ... Excited about leaders

11-13-2008 Headlines

• Use the carrots and the sticks: Bailout must come with strings

• What's fair is fair

• Hush yo mouth

• Unions' creepy push

• Will the Obama administration avoid the Bush theory of unrestrained executive power?

• Speak Out ... Support school tax

11-12-2008 Headlines

• Testing spirit of cooperation: Let bipartisanship shine

• Count the votes, it's the law: Not 'pointless' in Alabama

• Name this child

• Harvey H. Jackson: Election's over, so breathe

• It's a breakdown

• Reading election tea leaves

• In search of the top dog

• Speak Out ... Christian right and left

11-11-2008 Headlines

• The veteran approach: What they mean to Alabama

• Moment in time

• Ominous trends for GOP

• Speak Out ... Don't steal Porta-Jon

11-10-2008 Headlines

• Not easy being poor: In Alabama, it's doubly tough

• A little less pain

• Hold on to it

• Ironies of Obama's election

• Speak Out ... Star's good choice

11-09-2008 Headlines

• Alabama: How we've voted

• H. Brandt Ayers: Affirmative Southern strategy

• Landslide that doesn't feel all liberal

• Republicans' road back

• Speak Out ... Working for good of all

• Speaker's Stand ... It's hugs that help children

11-08-2008 Headlines

• A ranking that feels good: A thank you to the Tide

• Speak Out ... Clean up your act

11-07-2008 Headlines

• Racial divide? Yes, but ...

• Their opportunity

• Hitting bottom

• Phillip Tutor: Those guys on Anniston's council

• James L. Evans: The audacity of hope

• Paul Rilling: The good, bad of political coverage

• Speak Out ... The Star did it best

11-06-2008 Headlines

• Rep. Rogers' to-do list: 2 more years for congressman

• The wrong way to govern: Let Oxford residents speak

• A sweet and colorful statement

• Religious Right R.I.P.

• Speak Out ... Honoring Vietnam vets

11-05-2008 Headlines

• Yes, he did: Obama wins historic victory

• As usual, it was the economy

• Harvey H. Jackson: Finding the news that fits

• Campaign of merit

• Where is our George Bailey?

• Speak Out ... Efficient use of traffic lights would help in Oxford, Anniston

• Speaker's Stand ... Impact of Laird's ruling

11-04-2008 Headlines

• Weather's good, so vote: Another reason to head to polls

• The cost of college in Alabama

• The lesson of this election

• Speak Out ... Plot to assassinate

11-03-2008 Headlines

• Riding out the recession: Alabama's Eastern Shore

• Don't sanitize our history

• The Star's endorsements

• This election's benchmarks

• Speaker's Stand: Obama & Sessions an unlikely bumper sticker combo?

• Speak Out ... Interference from Little

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