Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials
It’s hard to believe that one year ago on Friday, my morning at UNA started off like any other. My roommate and I had looked at the weather, but we di...
J.R. Tidwell
Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials
by J.R. Tidwell
April 11, 2012
I try to be lighthearted and humorous in my columns. I have had a few people tell me they like them, and I suspect that the two aforementioned qualiti...
Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell
April 4, 2012
It is officially April. That means two major things in Alabama: spring-cleaning and tornadoes. I was watching The Weather Channel last night — for som...
EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, J.R. Tidwell, Opinion
by J.R. Tidwell
April 4, 2012
It is officially April. That means two major things in Alabama: spring-cleaning and tornadoes. I was watching The Weather Channel last night — for som...
Columnists, Editorials, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell
March 31, 2012
I cannot begin to remember how many editorials I have done since I have been with The Franklin County Times, much less how many total I have done at d...
Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell
March 28, 2012
Whenever I left high school I decided to head to a community college for the first two years of my higher education. I went to Bevill State-Jasper and...
Columnists, Editorials, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell
March 24, 2012
I came into work Friday morning as usual around 10 a.m. The day was going like any other, for 20 minutes at least. My boss called me shortly after my ...
Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials
by J.R. Tidwell
March 21, 2012
I took a marketing class while I was at UNA and I did not get a lot out of it. Most of the blame in that statement lies with me, as I did not pay atte...
Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, Editorials
by J.R. Tidwell
March 14, 2012
A dystopian novel is a book that shows how human transgressions have altered the world in some way to the detriment of mankind. This genre had many wo...
Columnists, EDITORIAL -- FEATURE SPOT, J.R. Tidwell
by J.R. Tidwell
March 7, 2012
I found myself in Birmingham last Friday evening. I was at the BJCC covering Red Bay’s basketball game. When I was done there I had a big decision to ...
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