Thanksgiving is a holiday painted with smiling faces and countless dinners in numerous portraits. Planes crisscrossed the nation last week to bring families from all corners of the country together for...

Last week, I joined the hordes going to theaters all across the country to see “Catching Fire.” While I recognize that the movie is essentially well-budgeted popcorn entertainment, I am glad that it...

Imagine, if you will, a variety of forms of self-help. You’re probably thinking of books, meditation or maybe therapy. While those are all very valuable ways to boost self-esteem, I am willing to bet...

One in four college women will survive rape or an attempt before graduation. One in six women will be raped before reaching adulthood. Women of color are victimized at higher rates than white women; the...

By Matthew Bailey | Staff Columnist In his 1976 campaign for the Republican nomination, Ronald Reagan spoke about a woman who represented the worst in the United States’ welfare system. He talked about...

I am a Southerner, born and bred, and I love the South. I love other Southerners. I love Southern accents. I love Southern fried chicken and sweet tea. I even love Southern weather at its hottest and most...

Tuesday was this year’s final meeting of the Honors College Town Hall, scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature Mayor Walt Maddox and University of Alabama President Judy Bonner. At 6:25 p.m., Bonner...

Almost every test has a curve – a normal distribution of scores that creates a bell-shaped dispersal of grades that range to extremes, both in perfection and imperfection. Of course, as students, we...

Once he has fixed Tuscaloosa’s public school system, I believe Cason Kirby should ascend to the Alabama Governor’s Mansion. Recently expunged from that nasty fishing expedition of a scandal, Kirby’s...

Last week, students at The University of Alabama and many people across America celebrated Veterans Day. On this day we remembered the sacrifice made by all those in our armed forces to defend our liberty...

I want to like the Republican Party. I really do. Last week, Regan Williams’ article, “Republican Party must sever tea party connections,” claimed that the tea party candidates are “too extreme”...

It’s Jan. 5, 1960. Well-known journalist James Cannon and his friend Ben Bradlee are at the home of a man about to take the nation by storm. John F. Kennedy had announced his intention to serve as...