Opinion & Editorials
J.D. Vance, Donald Trump and the George Wallace Shape Shifters
What you see today isn't
Alabama’s Roy Moore vs Leigh Gwathney, the battle you never knew you wanted
Two polar opposite Alabama ex-chief justices can agree on one thing: the chair of the state's board of pardons and paroles is a problem.
Beth Thames: Sundog and ‘no friend as loyal as a book’
Seaside grew and so did Sundog. They hired staff who were avid readers and could recommend books to the customers.
Whitmire: Biden has COVID, but Trump has a COVID problem.
Overcoming the pandemic was a generational achievement. We should act like it.
Joe Biden has done what that other old guy could never do
President Joe Biden put aside his ego, his own self-interests and put America first.
What one Southern city can teach America about chaos
Many of us have never lived through the kind of chaos we see today. My city has, though. It has things to teach, and things still to learn.
Cameron Smith: A honest news media could have prevented Biden’s campaign
Any credible news organization attempting to keep the American population informed must treat a friendly Biden campaign with the same level of scrutiny as an offensive candidate like Trump.
Roy S. Johnson: America is ready to elect a female president, especially when women's rights are at stake
Hours after Joe Biden announced he would not seek re-election, 44,000 Black women raised $1.5 million+ on a Zoom, and Dems collected $67 million in support of potential Dem presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Republicans, meanwhile, grasped at plastic straws.
Project 2025 ties damsel to Trump railroad tracks
There has never been a more dangerous non-cartoony threat to women, minorities and American democracy than Trump. And Project 2025.
Comeback Town: Is it OK for Alexander Shunnarah to dominate the Birmingham skyline?
Alexander Shunnarah dominates billboards all over the state. When my family takes a road trip, we often play a game predicting how many Shunnarah billboards we will pass.
Alabama Legislature has prioritized public safety, it’s time for some cities to do same: Op-ed
Rep. Allen Treadaway, R-Morris, is the former assistant chief of the Birmingham Police Department.
Does America deserve the curse of poison politics and gun violence?
God bless America. She’s been having way too many disturbing hair days.
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