Carolyn Duke’s recent column in The Crimson White on the Death with Dignity Act presents a frivolous argument against progress on a grave issue. She suggests terminally ill people should not be allowed...

Over the weekend, Nicki Minaj, in conjunction with Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Drake, released a lyric video full of Nazi imagery. The parallels aren’t even a stretch; in fact, they are quite blatant....

The death of Brittany Maynard has brought to light the issue of physician-assisted suicide and the moral issues associated with the Death with Dignity Act. What Brittany Maynard chose to do is legal in...

I grew up intensely watching college football. Saturdays consisted of my father ordering hot wings and pizza, then we would all gather around the television, cheering on the Tide and analyzing all aspects...

Just before fall break, I found my social media sites riddled with warning of the impending bombardment of Christmas time festivities. The Fairy Godmother reminded Cinderella that when the clock strikes...

Normally I would not take the time to rebut a student editorial from the CW. But this time, I feel I have to defend a group that has been nothing but outstanding for my students during the 17.5 years I...

On my way to my fall break destination last week, I experienced my second instance of stalking in my life. I was driving south on a rural stretch of I-65 when an old, muddy pick-up truck pulled parallel...

The Huntsville City Schools paid a former Federal Bureau of Investigations agent $157,000 last year. This salary is probably more than any school teacher made in the district that year, but more importantly,...

This past Saturday, Brittany Maynard, the face of the death with dignity movement, ended her life. Last spring, Brittany was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. After her diagnosis, she and her family...

In Apple CEO Tim Cook’s own words, he is “an engineer, an uncle, a nature lover, a fitness nut, a son of the South, a sports fanatic and many other things”; another one of these many descriptors...

There’s a little moment in the sixth episode of season four of “The West Wing” that always stands out to me come campaign season. The episode debuts Joshua Malina’s character, Will Bailey, as an...

To many Americans, “politics” is a dirty word. Many people just don’t have a high opinion of the field or those in it, and they can’t be blamed for it. It seems like every other day we hear media...