OPINION: The fight for the ‘freedom to freeload’

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Saturday, October 23. 2010
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Fred is 20 years old, healthy and uninsured. Should he have the right not to buy health insurance? This is the question that the courts first considered earlier this month, an issue that will ultimately decide our ongoing health care reform battle. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: On coaching, losing and loyalties

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, October 8. 2010
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The Ford truck ad with the three SEC coaches is in frequent rotation these days. Each coach talks about toughness, about summoning inner strength when challenged. There’s Alabama’s Nick Saban, Auburn’s Gene Chizik and Georgia’s Mark Richt. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: For safety’s sake, some local forestry presence needed

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, October 8. 2010
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We’re blessed in Madison County not to have had massive forest fires like we’ve seen out west. But there’s certainly plenty of timber around here. And when things get really dry, like they have been lately, there’s the potential for a spark, a flame and a big-time disaster. [Full Story »] 

OPINIONS: Are you a beach or a mountain person?

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, September 24. 2010
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If you wanted to bribe the 10-year-old me, all it required was baseball cards. And I remember taking that bribe from my parents to keep my whiny mouth shut as we got in the car and headed to a mountain cabin. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Celebrating a first birthday

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Zach Mitcham
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Monday, September 6. 2010
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— Published Sept. 10, 2010
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My son turns 1 today, Sept. 2. And as our families gathered around the table Sunday to celebrate that occasion, Noah poked at his cake, not sure what to make of it. This was out of character for him. He grabs everything.
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OPINION: Our health in the age of genetics

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Monday, September 6. 2010
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Before he committed the gruesome act, the murderer smoked two cigarettes and left the butts in the road in front of the house. Later, investigators matched the DNA off those butts to the murderer’s own blood on a broken window at the crime scene. Long story short — the murderer was busted with his own blood and saliva. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: The link between immigration and defense spending

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Zach Mitcham
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Friday, August 27. 2010
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There’s a lot of animosity toward illegal immigrants. But my feelings aren’t so clear cut, because I believe people go where they think life will be better. If I’m staring at my children, thinking there’s no life for them where we are, you better believe we’re packing our bags and going to a better place. And I wouldn’t care what you thought of me or what you made of my skin color or language. I would simply look out for those who need me. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Ingles’ expansion shows value of county’s commercial zone

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Zach Mitcham
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Saturday, August 21. 2010
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The upcoming construction of what appears to be the largest Ingles in the southeast in Hull is pretty big news. It also says something about what outsiders see in our county’s primary commercial zone. [Full Story »] 

OPINIONS: The Web and the passage of time

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Sunday, August 8. 2010
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The little apple peelings fall from my daughter’s mouth. She chews on the white inside of the apple, but doesn’t like the tougher red skin, so she lets it fall from her mouth to my parents’ sofa cushion, a little pile of red apple parts at her feet. It’s a cute video, already three years old on YouTube, one of many toddler videos on my father’s account. [Full Story »] 

OPINION: Superintendent’s situation is simply sad

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Tuesday, July 27. 2010
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The package arrived at MainStreet’s main office in Jefferson with no name, no return address. I got the call to come pick it up, the black three-ring binder, three inches thick. I heard what was in it. [Full Story »] 
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