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Beware the Ides of March

Beware the Ides of March, warned the seer to Julius Caesar, but Caesar didn’t, and the Roman emperor was reportedly assassinated on March 15, 44 BC. On this Ides of March, there are other warnings going out, not for a literal assassination but, perhaps, massive political consequences. Politicians on all levels – federal, state, and … Continued
March 15, 2018

House makes effort reach bipartisan plan on school security, gun safety

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Thursday, there was an effort among Alabama legislators to craft a bipartisan piece of legislation to deal with school security and the potential of school shootings. Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mac McCutcheon, R-Monrovia, had a meeting in the speaker’s conference room with all of the various … Continued
March 9, 2018

Active shooter on campus! Wasp spray may save us

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter I spent 90 minutes Tuesday afternoon in UAB’s Heritage Hall learning how to respond to an active shooter on campus. You know, some deranged individual out to cause as much mayhem has he can, shooting and killing and shooting. And killing. Yeah, it’s sad. But it’s today’s reality. I … Continued
March 8, 2018

Marching for sensibility: Ashley Causey is on point

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter They are idiots. So, on March 24 in Washington, D.C., there is going to be a huge march, the “March for Our Lives” event, where no doubt thousands of young people (and older) will express their will to do something about gun violence in America. But not everybody can … Continued
March 1, 2018