Constance Alexander: Oral history and the arts tell relevant stories of the past
July 1, 2016, marked one-hundred years since the beginning of the devastating Battle of the Somme, one of the bloodiest…
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Constance Alexander: A look at health issues the candidates should be talking about this election cycle
Murray has been recognized as a retirement community, a friendly town, home of an affordable regional university with a reasonable…
Constance Alexander: Columnist Manes focuses on ‘salt’ — down to earth average rural folks
Just like the memorable Walt Whitman poem, Jeff Manes hears America singing, but instead of poetry he hears the stories…
Constance Alexander: Christmas card display brought promise of rare family peace
At this time of year, I remember the way the house I grew up in was decorated for Christmas, but…
Constance Alexander: Words do hurt, just as much as stones; hate speech is painful bullying
In the wrong hands, words are deadly weapons. In 1948, when “New Yorker” magazine published Shirley Jackson’s now-classic story, “The…
Constance Alexander: Tiger Tales, a unique tribute to visual, verbal literacy, best when shared with friends
Tiger Tales and I share a 27-year tradition. The annual collection of prose, poetry and art by students of Murray…
Constance Alexander from Murray: For many of us, the library is the home that welcomes us
According to poet Robert Frost, “Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take…
Constance Alexander: Little Aylan’s journey ends, but image of his lifeless body should always haunt us
I used to think of Labor Day as the last opportunity to hit the reset button on New Year’s resolutions….
Constance Alexander: Lisa Reisman’s memoir, 5 Months, 10 Years, 2 Hours, is a riveting read
In 1998, Lisa Reisman — a successful, 32-year-old attorney — realized the law was not her calling. After four years…