June 21, 2019 By: Ali Elizabeth Turner On June 22, it will have been 86 years since born-and-bred Limestone County resident and Circuit...
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Publisher's Point Archives
Blackbird Ed And The Apple Pie
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner On Wednesday, June 5 I had the privilege of being in the same room with a...
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Publisher’s Point: Breakthrough Is An Apt Title
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner People who know me well know that I love movies -- the craft, the filming, screenplays,...
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Publisher’s Point: Alabama “Makes Aliyah”
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Last year, Athens Now had the privilege of writing about the 75th anniversary of some state...
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Publisher’s Point: Notre Dame And The “Eloquent Silence”
By: Ali ElizabethTurnerer It was nearly 12 years ago to the day that I got to see Notre Dame Cathedral,...
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Publisher’s Point: “Unplanned” Is Unstoppable
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner There have been a few times in my life where I have made myself go to...
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Publisher’s Point – Ilhan’s Illness
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner No matter where one lands on the political spectrum, it is inarguable that the current Congressional...
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Publisher’s Point: Marauding The MAGAs
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner For the past year, our country has experienced a strange and disturbing phenomenon, and that is...
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What Does It Mean To Be Productive?
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner For most of my life, I have looked at the concept of productivity as being something...
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Publisher’s Point: Mohini’s Message
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Have you ever been “minding your own business,” not particularly in a contemplative state, and have...
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Publisher’s Point: Gillette’s Gargantuan Gaffe
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Most folks know that 50 years ago I was a radical feminist who had publically announced...
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Publisher’s Point: 2019 — A Whole Year To Head Toward Wholeness
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner The ball dropped on New Year’s Eve, the guests are gone, the cleanup is over, the...
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Publisher’s Point: The Bicentennial Of A Beautiful Carol
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner I have been thinking about the fact that this is the last edition of Athens Now...
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Publisher’s Point: Grace Notes
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Wednesday we buried former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and if we are honest, there is...
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Publisher’s Point: On Turning 200
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner On Saturday, November 17, a once-in-a-lifetime party is going to be thrown in our dear town....
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Publisher’s Point: On Being “Nutrient Dense”
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner I don’t often struggle with coming up with a topic for each edition’s Publisher’s Point. Most...
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Publisher’s Point: Closing The Kavanaugh Caper…For Now
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner To talk about the “Kavanaugh Confirmation Caper” one more time seems borderline stupid, but I feel...
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Publisher’s Point: Help That Verily Helps
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner When Steve and I lived in Mexico on the mission field, we literally saw the good,...
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Publisher’s Point: The Kavanaugh Kerfuffle And The Kids
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner Cirque du Kavanaugh has been going on for several weeks, and just when you think it...
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Publisher’s Point: I’m OK With The OK Sign, Are You?
By: Ali Elizabeth Turner There are days when media madness just gets to me, and Wednesday, September 5, was one...
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