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America goes up on eBay

Supreme Court sells off the republic for parts

By Courtney Haden
I guess we weren’t that wild about democracy after all. I mean, we tried to keep up with current events, voted when we could, donated the odd sawbuck to a candidate and even did our civic duty by call
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The thin line between love and Haiti

People with nothing have now even less

By Courtney Haden
Perhaps you saw the aftermath of the last F-5 tornado that blew through here, southwest Jefferson County, spring 1998. Perhaps you stood among the splintered acreage and marveled at the awesome power
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A compilation of elation

Cheer today, yawn tomorrow

By Courtney Haden
There is nothing I like about cold weather. Winter is the only season to be endured and not celebrated, and the frigidity’s why. Otherwise, there’d be timeless pop like “Cold Fun in the Wintertime” an
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A glimpse of a new decade’s early misgivings

Let’s get this out of the way first: Jimmie Johnson five-peat.

By Courtney Haden
As I type this sentence, I fulfill the last prediction I made for last year’s Year in Preview issue, which was that I would trot out this same conceit, predicting events for the year upcoming, to fill
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Ten years after

A decade under the confluence

By Courtney Haden
I hope you didn’t get what you want for Christmas this year. It’s nice to have every wish fulfilled, but not so nice to fall prey to the torpor satiety invariably induces. We could ask Tiger Woods
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Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

A holiday drive through the years with Chevy 6

By Courtney Haden
We were putting up the Dead Musicians’ Tree at the studio this week, the latest questionable addition to Yuletide protocol at our little recording enterprise. The tradition had its roots, if you wi
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Afghan agley

A nation loses its balls in the rough

By Courtney Haden
This is surely the greatest country in the history of countries. Every time you think the nation’s problems have reached a point at which activists on either end of the political spectrum must finally
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Surviving the New Depression with sweet taters

Political commentary plus a recipe for sweet potato pie.

By Courtney Haden
The Thanksgiving column comes early this year, but that’s the only thing about Thanksgiving that will. The same sort of calendar quirk giving us three Fridays the 13th is pushing Turkey Day practicall
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Rev. Joseph Lowery receives Shuttlesworth award

As Rev. Joseph Lowery could tell you, if you want freedom, you have to fight to make it yours.

By Courtney Haden
The Reverend Doctor Joe Lowery will be receiving an award Friday night. This is not an unusual occurrence. The venerable Civil Rights activist is lauded for his contributions to society on a fairly re
Politics

The Ballad of Federal Gaol

A poem about an ex-mayor & a prisoner-to-be.

By Courtney Haden
Guilty, came the verdict and Guilty filled the hall, and Guilty kept on coming fully sixty counts in all. Guilty was the judgment from each jury vote, his peer — The Gambler did not
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