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Editorial: Diversity

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  • Tuesday, May 21 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-21 23:20:08 GMT
    The horrific tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma this week bring back all too familiar memories for Alabamians as memories of April 27, 2011 are still fresh in many minds. When Alabamians were in need
    The horrific tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma this week bring back all too familiar memories for Alabamians as memories of April 27, 2011 are still fresh in many minds. When Alabamians were in need

  • Thursday, May 16 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-16 23:20:04 GMT
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;
    In my editorial on Tuesday I chided our legislators for being the last state to pass a no-brainer  bill legalizing home brewing.  Today I want to challenge them to be one of the first states to pass another no-brainer;

  • Tuesday, May 14 2013 7:20 PM EDT2013-05-14 23:20:07 GMT
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
    Kudos, or perhaps, cheers to the Alabama Legislature for passing HB9, the home brewing bill. Legalized home brewing may not be up there with education reform or prison funding, but it was overdue. 
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Next year's census will show less than one in four households in our country will be inhabited by a married couple with children.

It will likely also show that in the two most populous states in America, California and Texas, and in the ten most populous cities, white, non-Hispanic Americans will be a minority of the population.  The same will be the case in Montgomery County, Alabama.

Our nation and our local region are more diverse in all aspects of life than ever before and we need to embrace the changes in our workplaces and our neighborhoods.

Certainly our region's history as the cradle of the confederacy and the birthplace of the modern civil rights movement should give us perspective and guidance to be leaders in change.

Yet we continue to let racial tension color many issues.

Some say fostering the tensions is strategic.

Others say the tensions are history and most of us have moved past it.

We need to and get on with the business of solving problems together, building and fostering trust and respect, and realizing our quality of life will be better for it.