I don’t sleep at night. It’s a common annoyance – possibly chronic, sometimes tragic. I want to shut down but can’t. My thoughts will not be still. How do you stop thinking? It’s unclear what...

When I was in elementary school, each year we would put on a Veteran’s Day program, complete with red, white and blue outfits and patriotic songs we had spent months memorizing. But the purple mountain...

Sitting in the library café was Ray Mundo, a fellow international student from Bavaria, Germany. His large frame towered over my notebook. “Rowers do more before 8 a.m. than most people do all day,”...

Forget the man and examine the record – suddenly, President Obama is a left-leaning Republican, relative, of course, to his party’s panderers. Now, forget the record, and examine the man, for lo and...

I was born and raised in New England, and you can probably tell. But despite my admitted Yankee tendencies, I have loved my time here in Tuscaloosa. My college experience has confirmed most of the positive...

Election Day is something that every American looks forward to. It’s a day set aside for us to exercise one of the many rights we have as Americans, and we get to show the politicians of today who we...

Many factors will contribute to the Republican Party’s success or defeat in the 2014 midterm and 2016 presidential elections. However, Mr. James’ assertion that Mitt Romney lost the election because...

This week saw the conclusion of one of the most vitriolic and divisive presidential campaigns in the history of the United States of America. Both campaigns spent billions of dollars attempting to discredit...

Last week, we learned bikers are unhappy about the new pedestrian priority zone now in place on the Quad. I have one thing to relay to all unhappy bikers: bike lanes are for bikes, and sidewalks are for...

On Tuesday, Mitt Romney was supported by over 60 percent of Alabama, one of the highest state supports in the nation. This was as expected - no shock value in the presidential outcome of our red state....

Living rooms and bars across Alabama erupted a few times on Saturday night. The first eruption came when T.J. Yeldon ran the game-winning touchdown in with only 51 seconds left in the Alabama-LSU game....

Sometimes, a loss is just a loss. You pick yourself up, shake yourself off, and try harder next time. Sometimes, however, failure means more than that. Sometimes it’s a wake-up call. This Tuesday, Republican...