OUR VIEW
Real price of civic center will rise
      In rebidding the long-awaited civic center, Thomasville has managed to slice more than $1 million off the price tag. But, is the city really just playing a numbers game? While the city has received some indication that much of the required lumber for the project might be donated or sold at cost ...
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Alabama Scene
State judge elections a disgrace
Bob Ingram
      Iam not sure many Alabamians lie awake at night worrying about it, but the election of state court judges in this state has become a national disgrace. The battle for control of the courts between the trial lawyers on one hand and big business on the other is now completely out of control.
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OPINION
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Go big, go long or go home
By Cong. Jo Bonner
      Asecret study of options for U.S. military action in Iraq was leaked and reported in The Washington Post last week. The study, commissioned by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Peter Pace, involves a group of about 16 military members, mainly colonels who have served in the Middle East, exami...
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Ramblin’ Roses and Flyin’ Bricks
Fishing with the preacher
The late Earl Tucker
      December 12, 1956 Sometimes I think maybe we don’t treat preachers just right when we go off with ‘em on hunting and fishing trips. Maybe we try to act too nice and sort of overdo the thing. Maybe we act too cramped, which must make the preacher feel like perhaps he isn’t wanted. That isn’t true ...
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