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Josh Moon

Josh Moon is an investigative reporter and columnist. You can reach him at [email protected].

Legal filings, evidence, witnesses paint a disturbing picture in fraud case against Coleman Moving Company

In the late-2000s, Scot Dannen, the general manager of a Coleman Worldwide Moving facility in Colorado Springs, Co., was approached by one of the company’s truck drivers and asked an odd question. The driver wanted to know where Dannen’s “weight crate” was located, according to testimony Dannen provided under oath in a deposition. Dannen was … Continued

Josh Moon

January 22, 2020

Opinion

We should hold the appropriate people responsible for bullying

Madison County seems to have a problem with homophobia. Over the weekend, a gay couple who live in Madison recorded a car load of James Clemens High baseball players riding by and shouting slurs at the couple’s home. The video, which was recorded on an outside security camera, was uploaded to social media and a … Continued

Josh Moon

January 16, 2020

Opinion

Andrew Brasher still isn’t fit to serve as a federal judge

It is not news that Donald Trump has nominated partisan hacks to serve as federal judges — at pretty much every level. Hacks are his thing. (In reality, Trump likely has never nominated anyone, just stamped his absurd signature on whatever list of rightwing idealogues the Federalist Society plopped down in front him.) But I … Continued

Josh Moon

January 15, 2020

Opinion

ASU sure is boring these days

Try this: Do a Google news search for “Alabama State University,” and check out the results. Boring, right? What a difference a couple of years of good leadership can make. I’ve covered ASU for most of my career as a reporter and columnist. My first job in newspapers, when I was still in college, was … Continued

Josh Moon

January 13, 2020

Opinion

On medical marijuana, listen to doctors, not Steve Marshall

Deaths from opioid overdoses in 2018: 47,600. Deaths from marijuana overdoses in all recorded history: 0. These are fairly important numbers if you’re making an argument that medical marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because opioids are also used for pain and they’ve been a big problem. I know that sounds a really dumb argument to make, … Continued

Josh Moon

January 10, 2020

Opinion

Only one kind of “school choice” matters

Get ready to party, kids. Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday issued a proclamation that Jan. 26-Feb. 1, would officially be known as “school choice week” in Alabama. The week will feature dozens of events and parties and just a grand ol’ good time, as we all come together and celebrate the decision to allow Alabama’s … Continued

Josh Moon

January 8, 2020

Opinion

There are good reasons to be concerned about the killing of Suleimani

No one cares about the terrorist. Let me be crystal clear about that. Qassim Suleimani was an evil guy who seemed dead set on killing Americans and American allies, and I don’t much care that he’s dead. I felt the same way about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last year. And the same way about Osama bin … Continued

Josh Moon

January 6, 2020

Alabama Supreme Court sends ADP fight back to Montgomery

The fight for control of the Alabama Democratic Party is going back to Montgomery County Circuit Court. The Alabama Supreme Court on New Year’s Eve dismissed an appeal related to the jurisdiction of the case in which Nancy Worley, the former head of the Alabama Democratic Party, filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop … Continued

Josh Moon

January 3, 2020

Opinion

Another “guns in church” bill is coming. It will be as pointless as the previous versions

You can take your gun to church, unless the church says you can’t. There is no law that will change this. And there will never be one. That is because in America, a private business or house of worship has the right to prevent anyone from entering their premises for pretty much any reason that … Continued

Josh Moon

January 2, 2020

Opinion

The most under-reported stories of 2019

With an abundance of news source and a never-ending stream of daily political news, there are inevitably a handful of stories — important, meaningful stories — that slip through the cracks and go under-reported and under-read. For whatever reason, these stories in 2019 didn’t go viral and weren’t a hot topic among your friends and … Continued

Josh Moon

December 31, 2019