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New AUM poll: We’re all losing

Slap an R out beside the name of an actual tree and 60 percent of Alabama voters would slog into a voting booth and declare that the tree best represents them. 
October 6, 2020

The president is telling fairy tales again

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night … has stopped the United States Postal Service from delivering the mail. But a corrupt president hellbent on undermining an American election just might.  President Donald Trump on Thursday said the quiet parts out loud again, telling an interviewer on Fox News that he doesn’t … Continued
August 14, 2020

A little of this, a little of that

This week, a little gumbo for your bowl. There’s a lot going on out there, even as Alabama reached a grim milestone. This week, the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases crossed 100,000, with deaths rising to 1,821. Sadly, since I wrote that sentence Thursday, it’s likely we now have more than 101,000 cases and even more … Continued
August 14, 2020

Barry Moore: Trump is “doing what he can to counteract the Democrat’s stonewalling”

Congressional candidate Barry Moore, a former Republican state representative from Enterprise, said that the president is “doing what he can to counteract the Democrat’s stonewalling,” referring to President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders extending unemployment payments, student loan relief, protection from eviction and a payroll tax deferral for persons making less than $100,000 a year. … Continued
August 12, 2020

It’s a virus, stupid

As healthcare professionals put their lives on the line, and scientists work to find a solution to our present dilemma, we now clearly see the true character of what passes for leadership in these troubling days.
July 20, 2020

The heavy weight of racist words

Oops! He did it again. Donald Trump just can’t pass up a chance to demonstrate how racist he is. We’ve known all along that Trump has a history of racism. This racism didn’t just show up when he decided to run for president in 2015. Remember the Central Park 5, five young Black and Latino … Continued
June 25, 2020

Senate runoff resumes with Trump, Sessions in a Twitter battle

The U.S. Senate runoff between former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville and former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was put on hold by the coronavirus.  The original primary on March 3 had Tuberville and Sessions in a dead heat.  The runoff was scheduled for March 31.  However, the pandemic shutdown placed a freeze on everything … Continued
June 11, 2020

Interior Dept. issues new offshore air quality regulations

In support of President Donald Trump’s America-First Offshore Energy Strategy, the Department of the Interior (Department) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced a final rule to update air quality regulations for applicable BOEM activities in the Central and Western Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska’s North Slope Borough. The … Continued
May 14, 2020