Looking back — and forward
Opinion Column
A hundred years ago, anyone who might have predicted in 1913 the monumental, man-made catastrophes that would occur in the rest of the 20th century would have been considered warped, if not completely mentally deranged.
IRS profiled Tea Party, conservatives
Editorial
Sometimes people who are dismissed as being paranoid have good reason to be paranoid.
‘Slow-motion mass murders’ in progress
Opinion Column
Public officials are very selective about when violence and death matter.
Looking Back - May 12, 2013
History column
Each week Albany Herald researcher Mary Braswell looks for interesting events, places and people from the past. You can contact her at (229) 888-9371 or mary.braswell@albanyherald.com.
Motherhood, new respect for different moms
Features Columnist
I thought I was a good mother. After learning of the extraordinary feats of some other mothers, however, I gained a whole new respect for another mothering world — the four (and more) legged one.
Mama always ‘figured it out’
The Dixie Diva column
Mama was stubborn. “Set in her ways,” is what country folks call it and, boy, was she. When she made up her mind, nothing stopped her.
Pink line over Damascus precarious
Opinion Column
You know you’re in trouble when you can’t even get your walk-back story straight. Stung by the worldwide derision that met President Obama’s fudging and fumbling of his chemical-weapons red line in Syria, the White House leaked to The New York Times that Obama’s initial statement had been unprepared, unscripted and therefore unserious.
South Carolina answers cry for a second chance
Opinion Column
The state of South Carolina has a new motto: If you’re governor and you need to take a few days to hike the Appalachian Trail down to Argentina, it’s no big deal.
The numbers are in for America’s moms
Editorial
Today is the nation’s 99th observance of Mother’s Day, the second Sunday of May that is set aside to honor the moms of America for all that they have done, and the sacrifices they have made.
Editorials
- Education makes difference in life 1 comment
- DCSS showing signs of progress 7 comments
- IRS profiled Tea Party, conservatives 12 comments
- Thumbs Up! - May 13, 2013
- The numbers are in for America’s moms
- Hot cars are no place for children
- Paula Deen museum cooks up exciting possibilities 16 comments
- Health reform may be unhealthy for politicians 3 comments
- Thumbs Up! - May 6, 2013
- Home sales show positive trend 1 comment
Letters to the Editor
- Writer offers history of slave trading 1 comment
- American children are too pampered
- Christianity no threat to the U.S. military 3 comments
- No free rides for cosmetologists
- Education coverage needs balance 1 comment
- Frantz family offers thanks
- Volunteers impact the community
- Who supported the Boston bombers? 1 comment
- Gun bill defeat a win for big business 24 comments
- Failed gun law would have been ineffective 1 comment
Columnists
- Washington circus steals the spotlight
- Looking Back 19 May 2013
- Praying women attacked ay Western Wall
- Both parties agree the Obama administration went too far
- Remember the movie ‘A Time to Kill’?
- Be careful what you ingest in mind, body
- Benghazi, IRS: Son of Watergate? 1 comment
- False god of ‘narrative’ brings lots of trouble 2 comments
- Senate skips details in rush to pass immigration bill
- Encounter helps erase years of bigotry 12 comments
Blogs
- BLOG: Despite lack of skilled manufacturing in U.S., Apple to make new Mac line here
- Discretionary tax fund 'list' a must for local leaders 1 comment
- Is the city set to kill the multimodal project? 1 comment
- Commissioners bid adieu to the mayor in their own unique fashion 3 comments
- Wealth gap growing between Congressmen and constituents? Not in SOWEGA, at least not on paper
- First election prediction? There will be a runoff
- Voting: That was easy
- Edwards' little tax problem 2 comments
