Articles from the April 1, 2017 edition
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ALL AMERICAN WEEKEND
Celebrate an All American Weekend Montgomery, Alabama April 6 - 9, 2017 AIR FORCE THUNDER IN THE SKIES Known as the "Best Hometown in the Air Force," Montgomery's Maxwell Air Force Base will host the...
Sanctuary Cities Put on Notice
When Jeff Sessions was selected to lead as Attorney General, I was hopeful that he would make defunding sanctuary cities a priority. I’m pleased to report that some of last week’s policy...
Tax Reform on the Table
Congressional leaders and the President have announced their next big focus after healthcare: tax reform. It's an issue too important to get wrong, and one which will impact the bottom line for...
23andMe – WHAT THE??
We have all seen those genetic testing commercials on television. Ancestry DNA, 23andMe to name just two. I have several friends who are way, way, way into genealogy and tracing their family roots...
ENDREW F. V DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT?
While states are able to receive Federal funds under the Individual with Disabilities Education Act, the State(s) must provide each eligible child with a free appropriate public education and each...
Dangerous Mindset
Beyond my belief that our Constitution as our nation’s founding document limits by design the power and scope of the federal government for the protection of its citizens from tyrannical...
Installing Steven 'Crash' Leath as AU's 19th President
I recently witnessed the installation ceremony of Steven ‘Crash’ Leath as AU’s 19th President at the University Ballroom March 20th; with considerably less ‘pomp & circumstance’ and...
Inside the Statehouse
Lots of folks are still mad about our lame duck governor Robert Bentley naming Attorney General Luther Strange to Jeff Sessions Senate seat. If the sitting attorney general of a state openly states...
CHECKMATE
In 1966, Ray McKinley Dunwoody Jr. was a USAF chief master sergeant stationed in Roswell, New Mexico. During this time a friend of his, a retiring master sergeant, held a small party with a number of...
The Negatives of Baiting
For the last five years or so, there's been a bill taking passes through the House and Senate in Alabama, and this year it's looking to come in with a little steam. The bill in question is House Bill...
Moose
Moose are the largest living member of the deer family. While mostly found in northern United States and Canada, they are also found in Europe. However, in Europe the animal is known as a Eurasian elk...
Passing Footballs to Passing Bills
When Crum Foshee was running through, over and around players at Red Level High School, neither he nor the citizens of Covington County realized that one day Crum would be the most powerful...
Visiting a Montgomery Icon
By the time our readers peruse this item, downtown Montgomery's famous Chris' Hot Dogs will have celebrated its 100th year of serving its famous hot dogs. For many of us who earned our salaries...
The Paradox of the Passion
Anyone who reads or hears the story of Easter can't help but be confronted with what Dennis Davidson called the “Paradox of the Passion.” A paradox is “a statement which superficially seems to...
WHERE IS GOD?
The ancient patriarch Job felt all alone in his suffering. He said, “Oh, that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat (Job 23: 2)! I’ve heard people echo Job’s lament o...
George Washington The Father of Our Country
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, to Augustine and Mary Ball Washington, in the family homestead of Bridges Creek, land not far from the Potomac River. George’s father had been...
GAZETTE WELCOMES
Sharron Smith has joined the staff of The Alabama Gazette as the Sales and Marketing Director. She comes to us with more than 20 years of newspaper experience in journalism, advertising and...
LIBERAL LUNACY
“Male and female he created them ….” (Genesis 5:2) With those six simple words the Bible gives us all the information we need regarding the genders God created. People are born either male or...
April Potpourri
As we have heard all of our lives, "April showers bring May flowers", and hope this will ring true as I have enjoyed the low water bills from the City. If anyone tries to pull off an April Fools' Day...
SOUTHERN CUISINE
To decide on the subject for my column, I do a great deal of research. I search through cooking websites, magazines, recipes I developed or modified from my chef days, recipes that were given to me,...
SECURE YOUR FUTURE WITH NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY MONTH
For more than 80 years, Social Security has helped secure today and tomorrow with information, tools, and resources to meet our customers’ changing needs and lifestyles. In April, we celebrate...
"HE IS ALIVE!"
What a thrill to KNOW that my Redeemer lives! Jesus Christ is just as alive today as He was right after the resurrection. In fact, He is just as much alive today as He was before the crucifixion…and...