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Category: Opinion Editorials

Opinion: This Is Who Could Replace Richard Shelby
February 10, 2021 by Southern Torch
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Opinion: This Is Who Could Replace Richard Shelby

By Zach Hester, Reporter • zach@southerntorch.com (Photo by Robert Sutton | Tuscaloosa News) ALABAMA — On January 3, 2023, Alabama will experience something it hasn’t in more than four decades. It…

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OPED: Respect for Old Glory
August 25, 2020 by Southern Torch
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OPED: Respect for Old Glory

Submitted by Anthony Cooper This is an opinion piece.  I have tried to just work and enjoy my life and consider myself fortunate to have been given the opportunity to live…

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OPINION: A Local Family Physician’s Perspective
April 27, 2020 by Southern Torch
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OPINION: A Local Family Physician’s Perspective

Submitted by Chad Williamson, CEO of DeKalb MD I became a family physician because I wanted to treat people - not diseases. That notion has never been more true than it…

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OPED: Caregiving in the Era of COVID-19
April 7, 2020 by Southern Torch
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OPED: Caregiving in the Era of COVID-19

Submitted by Candi Williams, AARP State Director ALABAMA — Even in ordinary times, the more than 760,000 unpaid family caregivers in Alabama face a daunting set of daily tasks. Oftentimes with…

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OPINION: The Sky Is Falling
March 13, 2020 by Southern Torch
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OPINION: The Sky Is Falling

By John Westmoreland Chicken Little is famously remembered as crying “The sky is falling, the sky is falling” after feeling an acorn hit his head. Today the current buzz on everyone’s…

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OPED: Gasoline Tax...Really?
March 14, 2019 by Southern Torch
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OPED: Gasoline Tax...Really?

Contributed by Anthony Cooper DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — I believe we need government and taxes, but in a very small and limited role.   Therefore, if we are going to increase…

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OPINION: Do Not Grant Parole
April 26, 2018 by Southern Torch
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OPINION: Do Not Grant Parole

PHOTO: (Alabama Department of Corrections) Contributed by Scott Lloyd, Assistant District Attorney DEKALB COUNTY, Ala. — Even after 21 years of service as the Deputy District Attorney of DeKalb County, the most horrendous case…

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OPED by Jim Zeigler: Alabama has an immediate infrastructure need – Interstate 65
June 19, 2017 by Southern Torch
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OPED by Jim Zeigler: Alabama has an immediate infrastructure need – Interstate 65

PHOTO: Congestion on U.S. Highway 280 in Birmingham. (Contributed Photo | Office of Jim Zeigler) Contributed by State Auditor Jim Zeigler MONTGOMERY, Ala. — I do not need expensive studies and consultants…

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