The Anniston Star.
In fact, they catch a lot of crap in the state because they are considered Liberal. This paper is much better and balanced than any of the main 3 or 4.
Here's excerpts from the 3 editorials they have today just to give you an example:
Mark the place
In our opinion
05-12-2005
It’s been 44 years now. And before it becomes 45, we need to have erected something permanent to remember the day. If we wait too long, 50, 75 years, it will be too late; memories will have faded by then. We need to do it now, while the event is still fresh enough. We can wait no longer.
Last Sunday, no doubt to the chagrin of some, The Star’s Insight section again recalled the incident of the burning bus, with rarely seen photos of the infamous day — Mother’s Day, May 14, 1961 — that cemented Anniston firmly into the historical narrative of the Civil Rights era. It was the day a gang of angry whites, upset, fueled by racial hatred and emotions running high because of changing times, set out to sabotage a Greyhound Bus carrying “Freedom Riders” to New Orleans.
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The costs of war
In our opinion
05-12-2005
A small West Alabama town buried one of its sons last week. Aliceville’s Tommy S. Little died May 2 in a Texas military hospital. On April 19, Staff Sgt. Little was seriously wounded in his chest and shoulders when a roadside bomb near Baghdad struck his Humvee.
Little, who died at age 45, was a member of the Mississippi National Guard. His unit in Columbus, Miss. — just a short drive from Aliceville — had been in Iraq since January.
Almost daily, one can find small stories like this from all over the country. Such is the way during a time of war. Yet, something seems to be missing. We sense a disconnect.
In other news last week, Congress was hashing out the details of another $80 billion spending request from the Defense Department, the bulk of which will be used rebuilding the mess in Iraq. As the cost of our leaders’ miscalculations in Iraq is nearing $300 billion in just two years, one set of expenses isn’t being tallied.
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Information and freedom
In our opinion
05-12-2005
As a congressman from Illinois in the mid-1960s, Donald Rumsfeld played a role in passing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Rep. Rumsfeld said at the time, “
he bill will make it considerably more difficult for secrecy-minded bureaucrats to decide arbitrarily that the people should be denied access to information on the conduct of government.”
Yes, we’re talking about that Donald Rumsfeld. The one who currently serves as Defense secretary in the most secretive presidential administration in history. He is the same one whose news conferences are an effort at disclosing as little as possible to the assembled reporters.
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A link to their Editorial page:
<http://www.annistonstar.com/opinion/as-opinion.htm>
I don't live in the area, but I subscribe anyway just to try and keep this paper at all cost. I donate my issues to local schools.
Anyone close to the area should do the same.
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