Each time I hear someone mention the year 1966, an image of a Chevrolet Chevelle develops in my mind like a Polaroid picture. Chevy started building the Chevelle Super Sport in 1964. The first two years they were beautiful cars, but designers got it …
more
Rick Watson
|
5/22/16
|
Editor’s note: This column originally appeared in the Eagle in 1987.
Three of us were talking. All of us parents.
We were talking about — as often happens, in that situation — being parents.
It’s a rough row to hoe, we agreed. “I …
more
Dale Short
|
10/27/16
|
Editor’s note: This column first appeared in the Eagle in 2002.
Long ago and far away, I saw an opening scene of a stage play that has permanently engraved itself in my mind.
This was Prague, in the Czech Republic — formerly Czechoslovakia …
more
Dale Short
|
6/9/16
|
“Look at the world around you. It may seem like an immovable, implacable place. It is not. With the slightest push – in just the right place – it can be tipped.”
– Malcolm Gladwell, …
more
James Phillips
|
8/13/17
|
The winter issue of Walker Magazine went to the printer this week.
more
Jennifer Cohron
|
1/12/18
|
When talking with a friend recently, I mentioned that coming up with fresh ideas for this column was sometimes a struggle. When the muse is on vacay, I use a wacky toolkit to help me get through it. …
more
8/13/17
|
On Saturday, a group of people stood on the courthouse steps and made the audacious claim that Walker County is a pretty cool place to be.
To be clear, they did not say that it is perfect. The point of Walker County Day was not to promote some …
more
By Jennifer Cohron, Daily Mountain Eagle
|
5/4/16
|
I live in Alabama, and I went to the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., last weekend. And I’m not just a woman who happens to live in Alabama — I’m an Alabamian. I grew up with season tickets …
more
Emily Peterson
|
1/24/17
|
I wonder what happened to UFOs? When I was younger, people around the world reported seeing them in the sky. Those living in Alabama and Mississippi trailer parks had a front row seat. Maybe the crafts used magnets for propulsion and metal …
more
Rick Watson
|
3/19/17
|
Let’s clean out the notebook...
• It has been a wild few days on the political front, and I need to be cloned to write all I need to. One afternoon I wrote four stories and I covered two …
more
Ed Howell
|
7/19/17
|