I must admit I was a little nervous when I was offered the publisher's job at The Cleburne News. But the more I thought about it, the more excited I became. It is a chance to make an already good newspaper into one of Alabama's best weeklies.
H. Brandt Ayers: We throw those bums out, then get 'em back Could it really be true that the bums we threw out last year we want to bring back this year? Are we out of our minds? At this point the answer to the two questions is “yes,” and “yes.” But that’s normal; we’re a democracy.
Steve Flowers: 'Friends and neighbors' politics alive and well In 1949 Dr. V.O. Key, Jr. wrote a book entitled, “Southern Politics in State and Nation.” His book is considered the bible of southern political history. It is still the cornerstone textbook of choice for most courses on southern politics taught at universities throughout the country.
Fair and accurate The monster created by careless, profit-driven BP executives has trashed the beaches and wetlands of the Deep South without fear — fearless not due to its malevolent soul, it has no soul — but due to its massive size and wealth.
No is not an answer Jindal: “No Is Not an Answer”: Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal takes issue with the federal response to the Crisis in the Gulf, not just their lack of support for solutions provided by state officials, but their failure to provide alternatives of their own.
The catastrophic effects of the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico have caused unequivocal financial difficulties stretching far beyond Alabama's coastal boarders.
Nearly 1 million Alabamians under age 65 who have pre-existing health conditions will gain access to health care coverage under the newly enacted health care reform law, according to a report released recently by the consumer health organization Families USA.
First of all, you must know that the need to vent these feelings has been bottled up for years; this is not impulsive blowing off, but long-squelched frustration at progress being stymied at national, state and local levels.
Once again America faces a common enemy on two fronts — a scary recession that won’t go away and an oil spill threatening Gulf states — but instead of summoning the can-do patriotic spirit of the past, we have met the crisis with a perverse spate of back-stabbing, nasty partisanship.
Twice in this 50th year of my life in journalism I’ve given summing-up speeches. Here are some highlights from 50 years of social, political, cultural and technological revolution.