From the Civil War era and 
antebellum South to the turbulent 1960s, there is no denying that the state of Alabama has a less-than-positive civil rights track record. Fortunately, in this day and age,...

California Governor Jerry Brown recently commented on President Trump’s denial of climate science. In reference to the possibility that a Trump administration would end funding for NASA’s climate science...

You should read a good book. There is a lot of statistical evidence of a positive correlation between reading good books and intelligence. Though, be careful not to confuse these statistics with those...

I agree with Kyle Campbell that Donald Trump's potential intervention in Syria is a bad idea. In a recent column, he argued that our new administration’s possible plan to use ground troops against Bashar...

When I was little, I couldn’t really use my fingers. The school therapist suggested I remedy my fine-motor skills by learning to play an instrument. I chose the saxophone, and from fifth grade on have...

At the heart of Alabama’s campus lies the Quad. And at the heart of the Quad lies the UDC Boulder.The Boulder, donated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1914, sits at the base of the two...

In an age of social media obsession, instantaneous access to news (fake and otherwise), and the words “like,” “basically” and “extra” meaning things they were never intended to mean, it should...

In case you haven't heard yet, our political system is divided primarily into two sects: Democrats on the left, Republicans on the right. Abraham Lincoln was our first Republican president, and since 1852...

Donald Trump is a product of the entertainment media. Long before he was president, he mastered the art of packaging and presenting himself to the world. He literally built himself an empire and created...

President Trump entered the Oval Office on a mission. Everyone talks about the first 100 days in office, 
however he accomplished so much in his first 100 minutes. On the very day of his inauguration,...

In an age of social media obsession, instantaneous access to news (fake and otherwise), and the words “like,” “basically” and “extra” meaning things they were never intended to mean, it should...

Our country may be going to war. Officials from the Department of Defense are drafting plans to put American ground troops on Syrian soil; if President Trump decides to execute those plans, Americans could...