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My wife is Time’s Person of the Year

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter I was heartened and encouraged by Time magazine’s Person of the Year. It’s one of those years where the person is persons. One of those persons is my wife. No, not Taylor Swift. Nor Alyssa Milano. Nor Rose McGowan. Nor Selma Blair. Veronica Pike Kennedy. My wife. Whom I’m … Continued
December 7, 2017

Charles Barkley nails it on Alabama’s US Senate race

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter In the special U.S. Senate General Election on Dec. 12 between Democrat Doug Jones and twice-ousted state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, I guess I’m with former Auburn University and NBA great Charles Barkley. Before Saturday’s Iron Bowl, Barkley made it simple to reporters before the game won … Continued
November 30, 2017

Heroes in our midst

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter There are a lot of women out there who are my heroes. My wife, Veronica, is right at the top, no doubt. Since last week’s column, where Veronica allowed me to share the two times she’s been sexually assaulted, we’ve heard from many people, including one reporter who is … Continued
November 22, 2017

About Roy Moore, there’s just too much there

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter One of the most puzzling, and frustrating, reactions to this whole Roy-Moore-chased-and-sexually-assaulted-teen-girls story is the lack of compassion and understanding from men. First, whether the stories are absolutely true, we’ll probably never know. There aren’t any selfies, though a 30-something man signing a high school girl’s yearbook is pretty … Continued
November 16, 2017

We must not forget LBJ

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Woody Harrelson is amazing as Lyndon Baines Johnson in the just-released movie LBJ. I’m afraid this movie may not have legs. It’s showing in one theater in Birmingham, and my wife and I attended the Saturday afternoon matinee with maybe a dozen other people. That aside, everybody should see … Continued
November 9, 2017

Don’t take the bait; ban puppy mills instead

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Many people who know me, know that my wife, Veronica, and I are into animal rescue – mostly dogs, of course. We have a grumble of pugs at our house, all of them rescues. One, Keller, is blind and was used up in a puppy mill in the Cullman … Continued
October 26, 2017

For Birmingham residents, it’s an exciting time

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Well, it has been a long, long time since Birmingham residents have seen an election for city leadership like we saw this year. And, really, that’s good news. Better news, really, was that Birmingham voters found themselves in a rare and enviable position. Both of the candidates for mayor … Continued
October 5, 2017

It’s Roy, of course.

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter So what did you think I’d write about? Of course, Judge Roy Moore’s win in the Republican runoff for the U.S. Senate. I’m happy about this. If I could have voted, I would have voted for Judge Moore. I would have. I couldn’t vote because I voted in the … Continued
September 28, 2017

US Sen Jones: It could happen

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Could a Democrat win a U.S. Senate race in Alabama? At least one poll says it could happen, if either former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore or U.S. Sen. Luther Strange, former state attorney general, win the upcoming Republican Special Election primary runoff for Senate, to be … Continued
September 14, 2017

A hurricane season gone bad

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter What had been a fairly quiet hurricane season is no more. With Category 5 Hurricane Irma churning in the Atlantic and heading for Florida, along with the recent Category 4 Hurricane Harvey that devastated southeastern Texas, our hurricane season is likely to be one for the records. I grew … Continued
September 7, 2017