Commentary

By Joseph Goodman This is an opinion column. Alabama politicians have created an embarrassing problem for the state. I realize that sentence could be used just about every week (day?) when trying to make sense of […]

By Kyle Whitmire This is an opinion column. The 2024 Legislative Session was supposed to be the year lawmakers legalized gambling in Alabama. The year it cracked down on election fraud — real or imagined. The […]

By Sandra F. Beckard, guest columnist The election year campaigning has started in the State of Alabama with a bang! Once again, Republicans are showing how good they are at not letting people know what […]

By Kyle Whitmire  This is an opinion column. When Republicans swept into office on a massive red wave and took control of the Alabama Legislature in 2010, they did so with the promise to make the […]

By Roy S. Johnson This is an opinion column. Birmingham-Southern is going to get its money—so, it seems. Its $30 million lifeline. Or care package. Its persistent and insistent benefactors in Montgomery and Birmingham appear all […]

By Alabama Sen Bobby Singleton and Rep. Cynthia Almond This is a guest opinion column As members of the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate, one of our top priorities is to consistently improve educational […]

Dennis W. Weatherby was an administrator and scientist, responsible for leading the team that developed the chemical formula for what is now known as Cascade Dishwashing Detergent. Weatherby was born in Brighton, Alabama, on December […]