Archive for the ‘alabama’ Category
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
It goes without saying, that in this world where we are constantly bombarded with the pains of life's challenges and the news of world events that seem so far beyond our control, that all around us are unreported and under discussed simplicities that are in fact, capsules of the beauty, ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
J.T., his wife Shirley and their daughter all toiled together to plant the first hundred or so bushes. There are now 900 bushes directly beside his house and more than 650 across the road.
Link to "Shelby County Reporter"
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
It got me to thinking. Why do we speak the same language differently? The shades of drawl even in this town are distinct. After living 15 years in Dunedin, listening to a lot of familiar New Yorkese, I found these accents to be colorful and charmin', darlins'.Read the full story
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Still, during national elections, the more progressive party, the Democrats, basically write off the South as un-winnable during national elections which in turn, further fuels a sense that parts of this nation have been truly left behind.Read the full story
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Alabama’s “liberal” Congressman, Artur Davis concurred with Blue Cross, adding to the crowd’s surprise, that the LGBT community should not look to Washington or Montgomery, the state’s capital, for any sort of pro-activity that might affect change at Alabama’s largest insurer.
He also said that discussion of this issue would be ...
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
. People in the North assume that all the work has already been done in the South. They look at their own communities where the gay rights work has been done for a decade or more, but you can’t equate the work and progress there, or the civil rights movement ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
A Christmas Eve trip down the old Memphis highway reveals some ghosts, some atmosphere and some truths. Read the full story
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
Atlanta grew faster than kudzu as investors helped attract residents to the area's low cost of living and warm climate. But the arms of expansion extended well beyond the glass towers of downtown, sprawling out some 60 miles in either direction, presenting infrastructural challenges common to uncontrolled growth. Still, ...
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