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Conversations with my brain

I’ve been spending many hours a day grading college papers. Final grades are due Monday, and I’ve still got a pile to plow through. All of my “tests” are essays. So I’ve got to read them closely. It can take 15 minutes to a half-hour on one paper. The manual labor of teaching. If I … Continued
April 30, 2020

Alabama flying blind into “reopening” thanks to Trump’s failures

Where are the tests?  Save your rhetoric. Save your excuses. Save your ridiculous blaming of some other country.  And tell us where the tests are.  Because we were supposed to have them long ago. Enough tests for “anyone that needs a test gets a test.”  Remember that whopper from the reality-show-racist y’all decided to let … Continued
April 20, 2020

Ivey participates in call with President Trump to discuss economic restart

Earlier this afternoon, Gov. Kay Ivey participated in the conference call led by President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to further discuss the federal government and states’ efforts to combat COVID-19, according to Ivey’s press secretary Gina Maiola. The conversation specifically focused on how to restart the economy. “The governor is grateful to … Continued
April 16, 2020

Love in the time of the coronavirus

Like many of you I “attended” Palm Sunday worship online. It was strange not to be there at St. James Fairhope physically for the Liturgy of the Palms to gather outside for prayers and walk into the church together with our palms singing “All Glory, Laud and Honor.” I heard the words of the Passion … Continued
April 7, 2020

CDC recommends cloth masks to prevent spread

President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends wearing a mask to fight the spread of the coronavirus. “The CDC is advising the use of non-medical, cloth-based coverings as a voluntarily public health measure,” Trump said during his daily briefing on the health crisis. The president insisted that … Continued
April 6, 2020

For the love of money, people will die

Just as Donald Trump is leaving it to individual states to set policies on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is refusing to issue a shelter-in-place order to try to curb the virus’ reach. So local mayors and governors in other states are proactively making decisions to protect citizens and to try … Continued
March 26, 2020

Slowing the spread requires all hands on deck

As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to change the way we live our daily lives, its important to take note of the ways this challenging time has brought our communities together.  It has been reassuring to see stories of neighbors helping neighbors in communities in Southwest Alabama and beyond.  As we continue to treat this unprecedented … Continued
March 25, 2020

U.S. Senate runoff moved to July

The GOP contest for who sits in our number two U.S. Senate seat has been delayed until July 14, 2020 due to the coronavirus. The winner of the battle between Jeff Sessions and Tommy Tuberville will more than likely be our junior US. Senator for six years.   Neither are spring chickens. Sessions will be 74 … Continued
March 25, 2020

U.S. Senate race will be decided in runoff

We have a great race for the U.S. Senate. When the votes from the first primary were counted Jeff Sessions and Tommy Tuberville were in a virtual tie at 32 percent and 33 percent, respectively. Mobile-Baldwin Congressman Bradley Byrne garnered 25 percent of the vote which is significant and Judge Roy Moore’s 7 percent is … Continued
March 18, 2020