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Corona Moments Or Crowning Moments? Part 3
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Corona Moments Or Crowning Moments? Part 3

  April 17, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner It is now six weeks since the "COVID Capers" commenced, and there continue to be numerous...
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Publisher’s Point: Corona Moments Or Crowning Moments, Part 2
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Publisher’s Point: Corona Moments Or Crowning Moments, Part 2

  April 3, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner We are now three weeks into it, what could be with tongue-in-cheek referred to as our...
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Publisher’s Point: Corona Moments Or Crowning Moments?
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Publisher’s Point: Corona Moments Or Crowning Moments?

  March 20, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner We are finishing out a week that no one is going to forget any time soon....
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Publisher’s Point: You Can’t Keep A Good Praying Person Down

  March 6, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Over the last several decades, we have seen a continual erosion of religious freedom, and that...
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Publisher’s Point: Focus On The Farmer
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Publisher’s Point: Focus On The Farmer

  February 21, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Democratic Party presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg has made an unfortunate stir recently with regard to comments...
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Publisher’s Point: Why Be Well?
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Publisher’s Point: Why Be Well?

  February 7, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner I believe that everyone has a calling, a purpose, a destiny, a reason to be here....
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Publisher’s Point: Being A Being Worth Dying For
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Publisher’s Point: Being A Being Worth Dying For

Webmaster   January 17, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner During WWII, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt published a poem that appears to have been untitled, but...
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Publisher’s Point: Having “20/20 Vision”
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Publisher’s Point: Having “20/20 Vision”

  January 3, 2020
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner In 1961, when I was eight years old, my vision went south quickly, and I found...
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Publisher’s Point: “Let’s Roll” Now Applies To “Crèche Craziness”
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Publisher’s Point: “Let’s Roll” Now Applies To “Crèche Craziness”

  December 20, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner For the past several years, the Hanukkah/Christmas edition of Athens Now often has taken time to...
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Publisher’s Point: As A Man Thinketh
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Publisher’s Point: As A Man Thinketh

  December 6, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner In 2002, Brian Banks was 16 years old and laser-focused on going to college at USC...
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Publisher’s Point: Gobsmackin’ Gratitude
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Publisher’s Point: Gobsmackin’ Gratitude

  November 15, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The word “gobsmack” is one of my favorites. Its etymology is a touch uncertain, but it...
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Publisher’s Point: Wrongful Wordsmithery
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Publisher’s Point: Wrongful Wordsmithery

  November 1, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner My husband, Steve, has a saying for which I am truly thankful, even when it irritates...
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Publisher’s Point: “Slaughter In Syria,” Or “Wag The Dog?”
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Publisher’s Point: “Slaughter In Syria,” Or “Wag The Dog?”

  October 18, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner In 1997, an Oscar-nominated movie was produced that went on to become one of “the granddaddies...
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Publisher’s Point: The Ballerina Who Boggles My Mind
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Publisher’s Point: The Ballerina Who Boggles My Mind

  October 4, 2019
By: Ali ElizabethTurner The tagline for Athens Now has always been “information and inspiration,” and we strive to present a...
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The Last Gasp Of The Gray Lady
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The Last Gasp Of The Gray Lady

  September 20, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner I grew up in the Cold War, and one of the things about which American journalists...
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Publisher’s Point: Redemptive Repentance
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Publisher’s Point: Redemptive Repentance

  September 6, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Last week, Governor Kay Ivey did something that I can only describe as classy; she repented...
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Publisher’s Point: A Beautiful Evening With Miss Bratcher

Webmaster   August 16, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner I am still floating in sheer wonderfulness after having attended the Women’s Resource Center fundraiser dinner...
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Publisher’s Point: The Dutch Girl
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Publisher’s Point: The Dutch Girl

  August 2, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Audrey Hepburn is one of those actresses about whom it has always been easy to say,...
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My Own Private Bicentennial
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My Own Private Bicentennial

  July 19, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner It seems like we have been celebrating bicentennials here in our great state of Alabama for...
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Publisher’s Point: Don’t Rain On The Parade
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Publisher’s Point: Don’t Rain On The Parade

  July 5, 2019
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Typically I don’t like to write about events before they happen—in this day of continual media...
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