Tribute to author Winston Groom, R.I.P.
(Sept. 17) MOBILE, Alabama — At the very end of the novel bearing his name, the character Forrest Gump says, “At least I ain’t lived no hum-drum life.” Gump’s creator, […]
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Alabama rightly honors native son John Lewis
(July 24) MOBILE, Alabama — For the recently deceased U.S. Rep. John Lewis to lie in state in the Alabama State Capitol on Sunday, a plan announced late this week, […]
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Alabama’s Gary Palmer has great idea for child care
(July 24) Gary Palmer of Alabama, chairman of the U.S. House Republican Policy Committee, has a targeted proposal for coronavirus-related relief that Democrats also should love. Aimed especially at helping […]
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An Honor Roll Against the Louisiana Nazi
Here, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/slates-slow-burn-on-david-duke-is-gripping-drama-with-lessons-for-today, I write about Slate’s remarkably well researched and reported six-part podcast series looking back 30 years at the three-year peak of David Duke’s career and the surprisingly difficult, […]
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NY Times advances my story on Tuberville’s crooked hedge fund
(Note: This is a story from the Sunday New York Times that further advances the piece I first wrote about here. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. […]
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Sessions matriculates the ball down the field
(July 2, Quin Hillyer’s first-hand reporting from a campaign event) Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions campaigns for his old U.S. Senate seat from Alabama with the style of a […]
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John Roberts was DOUBLY inconsistent in abortion case
(TWO columns on June 29) 1. Roberts aborts conservative jurisprudence. Chief Justice John Roberts has put another shiv in the ribs of judicial conservatives, again abandoning intellectual consistency while doing […]
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National press will throw flag on Coach Tuberville
(June 15) When then-Auburn University head coach Tommy Tuberville made a brief appearance in the movie The Blind Side, his close friend and business partner John David Stroud appeared in […]
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Defending Drew Brees and the police.
Context, people, context! There really was nothing wrong with Drew Brees’ full statement (June 3): The thought police blasting quarterback Drew Brees today should spike their own outrage. Brees is […]
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It’s time to end the Jefferson Davis holiday in Alabama
(June 4) A move is afoot to repeal the law establishing an Alabama state holiday in honor of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy. Good. The holiday is woefully […]
