Commentary – Page 29

Roy S. Johnson: Charles Barkley to donate $1 million each to Auburn women’s athletics and HS for Black girls

May 15, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson Charles Barkley never misses “60 Minutes.” Two Sundays ago, the venerable CBS news magazine show aired a segment on St. Mary’s Academy, a 157-year-old, high-achieving Catholic school for young Black women […]

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Sine Die

May 14, 2024 Bouldin 0

Sine Die is the term for closed, over, with no plans to reconvene, and that’s what the Legislature ended on May 9. Unless there’s a special session, sponsors of the Good, Bad or Ugly will […]

“RECONCILED TO GOD”

May 13, 2024 Bouldin 0

Scriptural text: Romans 5:1-11 Lesson Context: Our text today makes an important argument about why follower of Jesus both build their lives based on trust in God’s promises yet still experience hardship. Those suffering might […]

“COUNTED AS RIGHTEOUS”

May 8, 2024 Bouldin 0

Scriptural text: Romans 4 Lesson Context: The lesson (Romans chapter 4) begins the discussion of the remedy to universal sin. Far from facing a hopeless situation, humans have a model available to them of how […]

Roy S. Johnson: Hateful 2011 immigration law fueled brain drain; legislators must finally fix leak

May 7, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. If passed by the Alabama Senate in the waning hours of the current legislative session and signed by Gov. Kay Ivey, HB-210 should be filed under “fixing […]

BSC said all was well. She exposed the truth with a spreadsheet.

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. A well-crafted spreadsheet can spoil a mystery with a bar chart. On July 23, 2010, one such spreadsheet landed in my email inbox. It told a story […]

We banned ‘divisive concepts.’ So, why do we still have Confederate holidays?

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Roy S. Johnson How did you commemorate Confederate Memorial Day? Did you grill? Go to the park with the kids? Did you invite a few family and friends over, sing “Dixie,” and share stories […]

Whitmire: Feed poor kids? Alabama lawmakers fatten slush fund instead

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. Alabama could help poor kids eat better next summer, but lawmakers have their hands stuck in their own pockets as they tap dance toward the end of the […]

Archibald: The Alabama Senate just took a stunning stand

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By John Archibald This is an opinion column. A toast to progress. Here’s to the Alabama Senate, that on Thursday passed – 31 to zip – a bill to give inmates a chance to take part […]

Alabama legislators cut back teacher paid parental leave bill

April 30, 2024 Bouldin 0

By Rebecca Griesbach Vestavia Hills officials declined to answer questions Monday about where a local elementary school principal has been for the past semester. Lauren Dressback is still listed on Cahaba Heights Elementary’s website as the […]