So, if the wingnuts can say anything [...]
So, if the wingnuts can say anything [...]
Like Bama fans throughout the country, I'm still reeling from this moment against LSU last Saturday afternoon. Sophomore receiver Julio Jones broke out of a slump with this touchdown catch.
The Tide go into Starkville to face Mississippi State tomorrow night. Sportswriters across the country love to' [...]
Take a moment to read this article by Rev. Dr. Bob Hurst, the pastor of United Church of Christ on Whitesburg Drive:
The greatest commandment according to Jesus is to “love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength.” The second greatest commandment is like the first, “you [...]
How would you feel if you, or someone you loved, was diagnosed with cancer then fired from their job because "they were obviously unable to perform their duties"? Never mind they aren't able to perform their duties because they are undergoing chemo therepy. Never mind they won't have health [...]
Joe Openshaw of Bessemer Opinions wrote this account of Saturday’s events for the Examiner. It includes the observations of local psychologist Bob McKenna, who attended the conference.
One person who drove up was Bob McKenna, a local clinical psychologist. He was told he couldn’t park near where we were [...]
About 50 people gathered outside the gates of Metropolitan Church of God this morning to protest Focus on the Family's Love Won Out "ex-gay" conference. We stood in front of the Hoover Board of Education building (on the right of way) to express our support for the families who are [...]
About 50 people gathered outside the gates of Metropolitan Church of God this morning to protest Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out “ex-gay” conference. We stood in front of the Hoover Board of Education building (on the right of way) to express our support for the families who are [...]
Troy Messenger - Brundidge City Council man to stand trial
Andalusia Star-News - For local merchants, new one cent sales tax would be …
The Tuskegee News - Encore visit for Obama’s education tour
The Piedmont Journal - Love in action: One church found a need and [...]
As y’all know, I’m a big tree-hugger and I love me some Alabama. Actually I’m a water-hugger but that makes no sense, except that we drink the water from the Flint River so protecting the area around our water supply is pretty important. I attended the Friends of the [...]
You could feel it building over the last few weeks, as Ron Sparks and Artur Davis exchanged jabs on gambling and the truthfulness of the opposition. It came to a head in Auburn tonight as a gubernatorial forum that also featured Robert Bentley, Tim James, Bill Johnson and Bradley [...]
Apparently my local tea party group is planning a 'Kill the Bill' demonstration on the capitol steps from 9am to 11am. How I get these e-mails, I'll never know. They're going to [...]
Focus on the Family is coming to Birmingham this weekend for what may very well be its last "Love Won Out" conference ever. Seems claiming gay and lesbian people can be "cured" isn't as lucrative as it once was, and their funding is drying up, so they figure they'll [...]
Focus on the Family is coming to Birmingham this weekend for what may very well be its last “Love Won Out” conference ever. Seems claiming gay and lesbian people can be “cured” isn’t as lucrative as it once was, and their funding is drying up, so they figure they’ll [...]
Not just GUTS, but HEART too.
After reading over 8 minutes of the testimony of the people who have lost loved ones to our Murder For Profit Health Insurance, Alan [...]
John Archibald has a lovely meditation on the Langford verdict that expresses very well what I'm feeling right now.
The evidence was overwhelming. The verdict irrefutable. Justice was done.
For that we can all be grateful.
But that's not what I thought as I watched the man who once [...]
John Archibald has a lovely meditation on the Langford verdict that expresses very well what I’m feeling right now.
The evidence was overwhelming. The verdict irrefutable. Justice was done.
For that we can all be grateful.
But that’s not what I thought as I watched the man who once seemed so limitless [...]
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(There's a better quality version of this going around Facebook, but I haven't figured out a non-Facebook way to link to it.)
Back in April, Matt Hooper of the Birmingham Weekly posted about Rep. Jay Love's (R-Montgomery) time-wasting' [...]
…if you had to ask 260 million people for the right to marry?
(There’s a better quality version of this going around Facebook, but I haven’t figured out a non-Facebook way to link to it.)
Back in April, Matt Hooper of the Birmingham Weekly posted about Rep. Jay Love’s (R-Montgomery) time-wasting [...]
Both of Alabama’s Senators, Republicans Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, today endorsed Luther Strange for Attorney General.
When asked for comment about the announcement, Luther Strange said “Last night I dreamt that somebody loved me”.
Remember that after the 2006 election for Lieutenant Governor, Big Luther said “I started something I couldn’t finish”. [...]

Michael Moore's latest film “Capitalism: A Love Story” will open Friday at Mobile-area theatres.
The Crescent Theatre on Dauphin Street has announced that it will carry the movie for a two-week run. Showings will be at 6 and 9 p.m. daily through Nov. 5.' [...]