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The Crimson White

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The Crimson White

OPINION

A message for the fall

John Anselmo July 29, 2010

In just a few weeks, the UA family will return to Tuscaloosa to begin the 2010-2011 school year. This year the UA student body will once again be the largest in our beloved university’s history. The...

Let history judge us

Wesley Vaughn July 29, 2010

In "Inception," Christopher Nolan directs a mind-rattling blockbuster built around the concept of dreams and ideas. One of the movie's signature lines is delivered by the main character, played by Leonardo...

Americans face danger

Joe Hart July 22, 2010

The Interstate Commerce Clause, located in Article I Section 8 of the United States Constitution, states that Congress shall have power to “Regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several...

Licensing should not trump First Amendment

CW Staff July 22, 2010

By Daniel Moore I hold a 1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Alabama. As an art student there, I was taught that artists have the same First Amendment rights as anyone else—freedom...

The tragedy of Bradley Byrne

Tray Smith July 22, 2010

The Alabama Education Association (AEA), the state teacher’s union, is understandably giddy about Robert Bentley’s defeat of Bradley Byrne in the Republican primary runoff last week. They should proceed...

Jimmy Buffett plays concert in Paradise

Jimmy Buffett plays concert in Paradise

Tray Smith July 15, 2010

A sign in Gulf Shores last weekend read “What would Jimmy Buffett do? Throw a party at the oil slick.” Since the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico first absorbed the nation’s attention two months...

Byrne sacrificed ideals for votes and failed

Ian Sams July 15, 2010

Early this spring, when the prospect of an Artur Davis v. Bradley Byrne gubernatorial race seemed like a real possibility, if not an inevitability, I was energized about the future of Alabama. For the...

Waiting for earth, wind

Debra Flax July 15, 2010

           The most boring conversation starter is "how about this weather?" or other similar statements. I guess that makes sense when you think about it. What person, other than a meteorologist,...

A foreign policy without results

Tray Smith July 8, 2010

Perhaps the worst thing about President Obama’s failing economic policy is that it has distracted attention from his disastrous foreign policy, which might make the United States more vulnerable over...

Celebrating our oil dependence

Wesley Vaughn July 8, 2010

Orange Beach, AL – Fourth of July weekend is a time for relaxation and celebration. On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, officially recognizing our move...

All at fault for oil spill

Sam Arnold July 8, 2010

It is hard to write on this subject without feeling like a giant hypocrite. I am sitting down in what is basically a small mansion in the suburbs of Birmingham, shielded quite well from the rampant poverty...

Bradley Byrne worthy of GOP nod

Our View July 8, 2010

Bradley Byrne’s ambitious vision for the state of Alabama makes him the best choice for Republican voters selecting their nominee for governor in the runoff election next Tuesday. For too long, politics...