An Opinion on Confederate Monuments & History
In a ruling that will have statewide consequences the Alabama Supreme Court ruled this week that the City of Birmingham violated Alabama’s monument protection...
A Thanksgiving for Bibb County
It's a great time to be alive right now in Bibb County. From Woodstock to Centreville, this casual observer finds progress on the march...
A Guest Editorial
A LONELY FLAGPOLE ON A FIELD
Like many Alabamians this past week, I spent the night preparing and traveling for the Friday night ritual of...
Bonfires and Parades – Homecoming Traditions
Homecoming means something. It's more than a parade; more than a football game; more than kids dressing by a theme every day for a...
Is Trump YOUR President?
There is a war raging inside the borders of the United States of America for the soul of America. A war without bullets and...
National Preparedness Month Kicks Off With A Hurricane
As the most powerful hurricane on record moves onto land, those of us not in its path are reminded (perhaps too harshly) that we...
The Little White House By The Bridge
The generation that survived the Great Depression and then lived through the Great War (that would be World War II for you youngsters) learned...
Church Protection Bill Stalls In Local Legislation Committee
Afraid the statewide bill they support will again die, some Alabama House members are sponsoring bills to clarify that church members in their local...
Pineland Cemetery Bankruptcy Case Finally Ends
Back in 2014 DeArbor LLC, the Owners of Pineland Cemetery, were forced into a bankruptcy proceeding by creditors seeking to force a liquidation of...
State Representative April Weaver Gets 40 Lashes From House Speaker
In his first words as Alabama Speaker of the House, three years ago, State Rep. Mac McCutcheon (R-Monrovia) declared “the days of the imperial...