Callie Nelson

Mason jars are best choice for home canning

By Callie Nelson Callie is the agent coordinator for the Dallas County Extension Office.   Canning fruits, vegetables ...

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Republican Caucus to decide House’s next speaker

When former Speaker of the House, Mike Hubbard, was convicted on 12 felony counts of corruption, he was ...

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The origins of the Duckworth army chant

Ask any soldier who has come through basic training in the Army since the latter part of WWII, ...

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Slavery has a long reach in our nation’s history

Slavery has a long, long, long reach. Its reach is so long, it stretches across years, generations, and ...

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Morality is indispensable to freedom

A recent poll conducted by Dr. George Barna systematically explored America’s “shift in values.” Predictably, those polled value ...

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Looking at ramifications of Hubbard verdict

Steve is a former legislator and is now the state’s leading political columnist.

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Keep telling the story

It happened every year at the worst time. The college mandated evaluations at the end-of-the-term. Since this was ...

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Proud to be an American on this July 4

Since 1776, the Fourth of July has always been cause for celebrating if you are an American. As ...

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I’ll never forget the time I spent in Selma

When I first drove across the Edmund Pettus Bridge last July, I was a young journalist fresh out ...

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Others see us different than we see ourselves

Father’s Day is always hard for me. It makes me focus on my failures as a father. Every ...

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Breaking up is hard to do

I vaguely remember the high school dating scene with multiple cases of “going steady” and break-ups. Some of ...

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Hubbard latest example that power corrupts

The older you get the more you realize that old adages you heard as a child are true. ...

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No one can out give our God

For the sake of discussion, let’s divide the people of the area into “givers” and “takers.”

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After Brexit, now it’s America’s turn

By JEFF SESSIONS | U.S. Senate The British people, our special friends and allies, deserve our full support ...

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It’s pride, not people, that Bentley knows

By CRAIG FORD | Alabama House of Representatives Minority Leader One of the most famous scriptures in the ...

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