Both California and Alabama get racial issues right
(Nov. 6) Citizens of two states defied stereotypes on racial issues in very good ways in statewide referendums this week. Throughout the South, the stereotype of Californians is of people […]
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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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In defeat, Jeff Sessions shows great character
(July 14, exclusive interview) Jeff Sessions is a class act. The former U.S. attorney general lost big in his political comeback attempt for the U.S. Senate from Alabama, but he […]
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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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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 […]
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Jeff Sessions starts fighting back
(May 26) Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is finally getting feisty in his battle to win back his old Senate seat from Alabama — and his feistiness is nothing […]
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Philip Rivers, quarterback, shows real class
(May 28) Star NFL quarterback Philip Rivers sometimes gets sneered at for his devout Christian faith, but that isn’t stopping him from using old-timey values to plan for his post-playing-days […]
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L’Arche Football Dinner ONLINE — This Thursday!
The wonderful people of L’Arche Mobile, the local affiliate of the international organization of communities for people with intellectual disabilities, will be doing one of their big annual events ONLINE […]
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Don Siegelman tries, but fails, to get out like Flynn
(May 15) Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman shouldn’t get away with his latest attempt to finagle exoneration for long-ago crimes. Siegelman, whose term from 1999-2003 made him the last Democrat […]
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AG Steve Marshall is wrong to block coronavirus relief
(May 1-3, at al.com): Cramped and bullheaded “guidance” from Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is keeping Mobile County, and probably others in the state, from providing desperately needed relief to small […]
