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The Anniston Star • 4th March 2019

Editorial: 6 years after Sandy Hook

Six years ago Friday, a gunman shot his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., killing 20 children and six adults. That apocalyptic event was expected to alter America’s political and moral stance on gun rights and mass shootings. Since then, what’s changed?

The Anniston Star • 4th March 2019

Editorial: Who wants healthy food in America's schools? Ban it!

America’s students should revolt. Storm the tower. Make demands. Under the Trump administration, school children get what they want. Or, better said, they don’t get what they don’t like. They hold the power.

The Anniston Star • 4th March 2019

Editorial: Obstructionists on Anniston’s City Council

Ben Little and David Reddick are the odd-men out on the Anniston City Council. It’s not because they represent wards that are largely low-income. It’s not because their opinions aren’t worth hearing, because they are.

The Anniston Star • 4th March 2019

Editorial: 14 months of The Apocalypse of Central Alabama

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The Anniston Star • 4th March 2019

Editorial: Alabama's latest mistake in the execution chamber

There is no “right” way for a state to kill a person. Those that employ state-sponsored killings -- Alabama, for instance -- believe otherwise. But it’s impossible. Ending a person’s life isn’t a simple judicial task draped in governmental bureaucracy. It’s complicated, wrapped in myriad layers of criminality, justice and civil rights, and it’s flat-out wrong.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: An example of what's important in Alabama

What follows is an example of how the Alabama Legislature too often focuses on fringe issues and oddball causes that don’t improve Alabamians’ lives and health, don’t promote worthwhile job growth and don’t protect the fiscal interests of the state’s budgets.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: First step of several at the county jail

There is so much concern about the Calhoun County Jail — overcrowding, expanding the facility or building a new one, pay raises for jailers — that one improvement doesn’t end the Calhoun County Commission’s immense task. But any upgrade is worth noting.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: Smoking's example for America

One of the failings of the modern-day Alabama Legislature is its refusal to pass a statewide ban on smoking in most public spaces and enclosed workplaces. Twenty-six states have chosen to protect the health of their residents against smoking and secondhand smoke. Alabama? Not so much.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: Money from Washington for JSU

Even small-government adherents who decry federal participation in local affairs must be overjoyed that Washington is helping rebuild Jacksonville State University’s campus. We certainly are.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: Oxford -- $55 million in the bank

With everything Calhoun County has endured the last two decades — the loss of Fort McClellan, the cleanup of environmental pollution, the Great Recession’s lingering effects, Anniston’s population decline, the tornadoes of 2011 and 2018 — Oxford’s financial fortunes may be the county’s biggest and brightest success story.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: Terrible truth about college costs in Alabama

In the last 10 years, the average tuition at four-year public universities in Alabama has risen 69.8 percent. That’s neither a mathematical error nor a typo. The financial pain of earning a four-year college degree in our state is both outrageous and unsustainable over the long haul.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: Montana wants what Alabama has

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat and possible presidential candidate in 2020, traveled Friday for an in-person look at the nation’s leader in per-Kindergarten education. He came to Alabama.

The Anniston Star • 10th October 2018

Editorial: Trust, or not, in politicians

Say you live in Oxford. You’re firmly rooted in all things Alabama, particularly politics. You’re conservative, you vote Republican, you support GOP positions on abortion, immigration and the Second Amendment, you’re generally a fan of your City Council, you want Gov. Kay Ivey to win in November and you cheered Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s recent confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. You wish President Trump would delete his Twitter account, but you’d vote for him again nonetheless.

Phillip Tutor

Editorial: 6 years after Sandy Hook

Editorial: Who wants healthy food in America's schools? Ban it!

Editorial: Obstructionists on Anniston’s City Council

Editorial: 14 months of The Apocalypse of Central Alabama

Editorial: Alabama's latest mistake in the execution chamber

Editorial: An example of what's important in Alabama

Editorial: First step of several at the county jail

Editorial: Smoking's example for America

Editorial: Money from Washington for JSU

Editorial: Oxford -- $55 million in the bank

Editorial: Terrible truth about college costs in Alabama

Editorial: Montana wants what Alabama has

Editorial: Trust, or not, in politicians

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