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Josh Moon

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

National / State

What happened to the Republican Party?

I feel bad for Rep. Martha Roby. Whenever Roby pops up on screen at one of the now-common House hearings about whatever set of laws Trump has violated this week, you can almost see the internal battle that’s taking place in Roby’s head and heart. She knows the president is an awful human who has … Continued

Josh Moon

July 25, 2019

Opinion

Washington County charter school opposition is about quality public schools, not one guy’s religion

The people in Washington County who oppose a planned charter school are not bigots. They’re not against the charter school because a Muslim guy is going to manage it. They aren’t all caught up in some anti-Muslim protest. They just don’t want the charter school. And they have very good reasons for not wanting the … Continued

Josh Moon

July 24, 2019

Opinion

Alabama Democratic Party specializes in doing nothing

There was an extremely unpopular gas tax. There was the felon in the White House. There are tiny children held in cages in America. There was an abortion law that could have been a storyline on “The Handmaid’s Tale.” There was Republican Supreme Court justices giving indications that they’re on the verge of handing Mike … Continued

Josh Moon

July 17, 2019

Opinion

The new angry white mob

Growing up in Alabama, pictures from the Civil Rights Era were an almost daily part of life. Hardly a day in school went by without a picture of a famous civil rights icon or some famous event finding its way into a lesson. And it seemed no matter where you went in the state, there … Continued

Josh Moon

July 16, 2019

Opinion

Carbon Hill mayor is all that’s wrong with Alabama

Mark Chambers is what’s wrong with Alabama. Every week — sometimes, every day in a week — I get messages from people from all around this state, and from people who no longer live in this state, telling me essentially the same thing: Alabama has a lot of good people, and it has many fine … Continued

Josh Moon

July 12, 2019

Red heart shape and medical stethoscope on blue background top view. Health care, medicare and cardiology concept.

Opinion

The Obamacare legal challenge could leave you in the poor house

Our insurance stinks. My wife and I have a 1-year-old daughter, and the family health insurance plan that we signed up for through her job — because it was the best of several bad choices — is, according to every person who handles insurance payments at every doctor’s office we’ve visited, “the worst we’ve ever … Continued

Josh Moon

July 11, 2019

Opinion

New name, same (alleged) corruption at HealthSouth

The name might be different but the corruption is the same for HealthSouth/Encompass. Last week, the Department of Justice announced that it had reached an agreement with Encompass — which was used to be named HealthSouth before it changed its name to shirk off the stink of massive fraud under former CEO Richard Scrushy — … Continued

Josh Moon

July 9, 2019

Opinion

Montgomery’s new panhandling law is cruel, misguided and probably unconstitutional

Lock ‘em up! That seems to be Alabama’s answer to every problem. Well, every problem but public corruption, in which case we find every possible reason not to lock ‘em up, even when we’ve determined they’re guilty as sin. But if you’re not wearing a suit and tie and hobnobbing with bigwigs, watch out. Because … Continued

Josh Moon

July 8, 2019

Opinion

America’s most sensitive man is hosting an ego-soothing extravaganza. Don’t watch it.

Don’t watch it. Don’t spend a second of your Fourth of July on the gaudy, misguided, un-American and ego-soothing monstrosity that will be Trump’s Independence Day celebration. A military extravaganza created by a man-child that would soothe even the most craven dictators of the world — men who the U.S. president is now oddly friendly … Continued

Josh Moon

July 4, 2019

JeffCo DA drops charges against Marshae Jones

Marshae Jones won’t faces charges after all. Jones, whose fetus died after she was shot in the stomach during a fight with another woman, had been charged with manslaughter by a Jefferson County grand jury, which determined that she was responsible for the fight that led to the shooting. On Wednesday, however, Jefferson County Bessemer … Continued

Josh Moon

July 3, 2019