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Let’s hope this isn’t the new normal

This is Friday the 13th, and bad luck is certainly on tap for Alabama, the United States, and the rest of the world. The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is wreaking havoc. This may be overreaction, but a March without any madness? A stock market that loses big chunks of itself almost daily? No spring training for … Continued

March 13, 2020

Agriculture research funding needed

American agriculture has long been the envy of the world. Thanks to investment in plant and animal breeding, pest management, conservation and automation, U.S. farmers have more than doubled productivity since 1980, while reducing erosion and protecting the environment. If America is to remain a farming superpower, we must strengthen research efforts at our colleges … Continued

May 1, 2019

Make Alabama U.S. Space Command headquarters

Dear Secretary Wilson, Gen. Goldfein and Gen. Raymond, recently Gov. Kay Ivey flawlessly welcomed and highly exceptionally hosted Vice President Mike Pence and the National Space Council to the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Madam Secretary, congratulations on your unanimous selection as the next president of University of Texas at El Paso. Thank … Continued

April 9, 2019

Time to acknowledge the success of Air Force secretary

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson is currently flawlessly leading and exceptionally managing the most lethal Air Force in the world while maintaining overwhelming air dominance and unarguable space superiority. In honor of Women’s History Month, on Thursday, March 7, I drafted a short note to be hand delivered to President Donald Trump when … Continued

March 22, 2019

Activist Angela Davis to receive Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s top human rights award

Birmingham native Angela Y. Davis, a scholar and author who has taught at numerous universities in the United States and traveled the world on a mission to expand human and civil rights, is the 2018 recipient of the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award. It’s the organization’s highest honor for individuals who … Continued

October 9, 2018

Our duty to refugees

Anybody who pays attention knows that the world has a refugee crisis. What they may not realize is that the United States has a refugee crisis, too. Not a crisis of people fleeing the United States because of persecution or threats of ethnic violence, or an unstable government out of control, or one ruled by … Continued

July 13, 2018

Group organizes to support, promote Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, the most bio-diverse body of water in the world

A new group is organizing to support Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, the most bio-diverse body of water in the world. The Alabama Delta Alliance is coming together to promote the delta, which is America’s second largest Delta at about 406 square miles, has a watershed that includes the vast majority of Alabama and has been … Continued

April 19, 2018

Defending religious freedom

Each year, during Holy Week, Christians gather in the pews to remember the death and crucifixion of Jesus and celebrate his resurrection. As we retell the story of the Passion and celebrate Easter, we count our many blessings and profess our faith as Christians. For many Americans, Easter marks a time of reflection and celebration … Continued

March 26, 2018

A Disquisition on Greed in Politics, Part 1: Diagnosing Greed in Politics

By Sam McLure Alabama Political Reporter “One who is greedy stirs up strife . . .” Solomon “The World is One Big Whorehouse” Greed in politics. Everyone knows it’s there. A reporter’s favorite hobby is exposing a politician’s hypocritical greed. Yet, tracing the ways of greed in politics is like tracking a snake … Continued

May 24, 2017