Rambiling & Ruminating
A simple lesson in weather forecasting
Walter Davis
      When people don't have much else to talk about it's a pretty safe bet that the subject of the weather will crop up sooner than later. It's a safe, neutral topic that most everyone has an opinion about. Guess what I'm going to write about this time?
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Gov. Riley a loser along with McKinney in Baldwin senate race
      Gov. Bob Riley's unusual endorsement in a Republican contest did not help state school board member Randy McKinney win a state senate seat nomination in Baldwin County Tuesday. Fairhope businessman Lee "Trip" Pittman won the GOP nod with about 56 percent of the vote, a pretty good whipping for Mc...
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State troopers were color blind in recent statewide crackdown
      It is a credit to the Alabama Department of Public Safety that statistics show that the recent traffic crackdown "Take Back Our Highways" focused on bad drivers regardless of their race. State Rep. Alvin Holmes of Montgomery loves to holler race on just about anything he can think of.
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Report From Congress
Alabama deserves fair share of water
Jo Bonner
      As we know all too well, a large portion of the southeast United States is experiencing severe and, in some cases, record drought conditions. For much of the summer, the state of Alabama has endured record high temperatures and scarce rainfall.
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Alabama Viewpoint
Rainsville lawyer will test conspiracy theory before Congress
Bob Martin
      Dana Jill Simpson, the Republican lawyer from Rainsville, who claims that a conspiracy tied to former White House aide Karl Rove and the Department of Justice influenced the prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman, will test that theory at a meeting with House Judiciary Committee staff members Fr...
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Dixie's love affair with sweet tea

      One of the most delightful movies of recent times was "Steel Magnolias," set in a Southern town. It pointed out some of our eccentric Southern ways; eccentric to outsiders, not to us. But for me, one of the more memorable phrases in the entire movie was when the Dolly Parton character referred t...
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