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September 16, 2009
Mea culpa
At what point does such beastly behavior become unacceptable? For that matter, when did it become acceptable?
September 15, 2009
Buy local? Not necessarily
Virtually every vendor of goods and services must compete with providers outside our area.
September 13, 2009
A government the people can trust
We appreciate Congressman Bright’s hopes for Afghanistan, but we cannot share his optimism.
September 11, 2009
A time for introspection
Our bullet has strayed.
September 10, 2009
Honor overdue
The U.S. Mint will soon issue a quarter commemorating the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Macon County.
September 09, 2009
What has happened to my little town?
In one issue of the Dothan Eagle — Sept. 1 — two stories remind us that, no matter how bucolic a community may seem, questionable things may be taking place behind closed doors.
September 06, 2009
My fellow Americans ...
We haven’t seen the text of President Obama’s remarks, but it’s a good bet there’s no mind control involved. And as far as his administration’s “socialist agenda” goes, it may be instructive to compare our nation’s public education system and compulsory attendance laws to one of the tenets laid out by Karl Marx and Freidrich Engels in The Communist Manifesto: “Free public education for all children.”
September 03, 2009
A serious matter
Kids, guns and schools create a volatile mix.
September 02, 2009
Misplaced priorities
The timing of the announcement of the project also bodes ill for those who value academics: the initiative was unveiled on Aug. 26, the day after the school board chairman’s seat was won by former Northview coach Harry Wayne Parrish, who is credited with conceiving the fundraising plan for the proposed athletic facility.
September 01, 2009
A riot goin’ on
This is not the Wild West.
August 30, 2009
Spicer’s dilemma
The double-dipping ban doesn’t extend to a superintendent’s office, but it should.
August 27, 2009
Edward M. Kennedy
Political rivals found Kennedy’s foibles too juicy to ignore.
August 26, 2009
A difficult job lies ahead
Dothan’s school board must remember who it serves.
August 25, 2009
Vote today
It’s unlikely anyone will walk a considerable distance to vote today, let alone ride a donkey.
August 23, 2009
Lack of funding is a travesty
We do not envy the task of Dr. Nichols and other school administrators who must cut millions of dollars in costs while trying to maintain the quality of schooling our youngsters receive. It makes us wonder how the voters of our community could reject — overwhelmingly, a few years back, as we recall — a proposed increase in our picayune ad valorem tax to help fund our schools.
August 21, 2009
In good hands
Warrant Officer Michael Jordan slid through a broken window in Brittany Bragwell’s inverted car, which had begun to smoke, and was able to carefully get her out of the vehicle to safety some distance across the highway.
August 20, 2009
Parents must help to slow swine flu
Public school officials have adopted CDC guidelines to mitigate exposure to the children in their care. That’s a wise move.
August 19, 2009
A backpack of felonies
With such white-collar crime as public corruption going on in the Alabama statehouse, why would anyone be surprised by a knapsack full of marijuana left in a vacant lawmaker’s office?
August 18, 2009
Endorsement: School Board Chairman runoff
The Dothan Eagle endorses Gayla White
Endorsement: Dothan City Commission, District 1 runoff
The Dothan Eagle endorses Larry Matthews.
August 16, 2009
Pony up
One of the promises rolled out following the controversial passage of a one-cent sales tax increase was that the commission would give an additional $1 million to Dothan City Schools each year.
Hearing, but not listening
With the city under a court order to make expensive modifications to the sewage system, increased fees are inevitable. At the public meetings, residents might have learned why. However, few residents bothered to show up.
August 14, 2009
A thin line between sense and nonsense
Dothan commissioners should do the sensible thing and de-annex the Keen property.
August 13, 2009
What about the rest of us?
Isn’t a chronic state crisis at least as important as one county’s financial woes?
A window to war
In the stark gray-and-white images shot by a military helicopter’s night-vision surveillance cameras around midnight, we see figures emerging from a hiding place near a roadside in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, and scurrying to place IEDs of the sort that have killed so many of our sons and daughters.
August 12, 2009
Public servants
Dothan needs a police chief who remembers that he’s working for the residents of the city.
Public servants
Dothan officials are on the lookout for a new chief of police. They should cast a wide net for a replacement for Chief John Powell, who resigned last week to take a job as director of the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco beginning Aug. 24.
August 11, 2009
‘Squeaky’ clean?
Manson acolyte and would-be assassin Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme has been paroled.
August 09, 2009
Boon or boondoggle?
Politics aside, the real purpose of the Cash for Clunkers program is unclear.
August 07, 2009
Every little bit helps
The tax holiday offers a respite for parents, particularly those who have multiple students to prepare for the new year.
News editor Christie Kulavich guides you to fun events happening in the Wiregrass.
Sports writer Drew Champlin writes about the latest sports news from Troy University.
Reporters Lance Griffin and Debbie Ingram write about latest news released on the country music development planned for Houston County.
