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Opinion

MLK’s still-powerful message

Editorials and columns

In pausing to reflect on the Christ-centered teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this year, I reread his sermon "Loving Your Enemies" that he delivered at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, which is now Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church. Scholars have not pinpointed the exact date King ...

What have we traded for our bread and circuses?

Editorials and columns

My son performs magic now. He picked it up at a friend's birthday party -- a sweet, old-fashioned affair with a magician and a goodie bag that instead of cheap plastic trinkets had the materials for three tricks basic enough that even a second grader could master them. After the pizza, ...

A telling confrontation

Letters to the Editor

An ICE agent that could have stepped back (mitigating the situation), instead went through all the necessary acts of drawing, cocking (unless already loaded and ready for action), aiming and firing his weapon directly in shot, after shot, after shot in no physical danger, from the side of the ...

Superintendent owes trustee apology

Letters to the Editor

At the last school board meeting, a trustee asked a question after the audit about what checks and balances exist beyond a basic audit. APS operates on a $55 million annual budget and this shouldn't have been a controversial question and it should have been an easy one to answer. Instead the ...

Who among you is ready for a little semiquincentennial?

Editorials and columns

If ever there was a mouthful of something, that word must be it. Since there is no way I want to try and spell the word more than once, let’s try this – are you ready to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday this year? For a history geek like me, the thought of such an event is pure ...