I thought I would be able to get away from talking politics this week, I really did. But as I looked in the news, I saw four things. Casey Anthony will have to hide her face from the public forever, Rupert...

We're almost a mere year away from once again being plunged into our most popular democratic process: voting for president. In 2007 and 2008, we saw some strong Democratic contenders in Obama and Clinton,...

The Perry County Herald is a small-town newspaper that began operating five years ago in Marion, Alabama, the county seat of Perry County. The Perry County Herald was not created to fill a void in Perry...

Facebook and I have fallen into a “married with children” type relationship. We’ve been at it for so long and invested so much time into one another that, despite any real flaws, we’re pretty much...

Fellow Capstonians, in what may be the most historic tabling in the University of Alabama’s SGA Senate history, the senate delayed the vote on a bill that would fund a portion of an online carpool networking...

Every student who wasn’t quite lucky enough or studious enough in high school to get a large scholarship has one major issue constantly weighing on his brains: money. If it weren’t for the cost of...

America: the greatest country in the world. At least, that is what we are indoctrinated with from the time we are born. "The land of the free, the home of the brave." We are a land of Davy Crockets, Louis...

Wednesday, April 27, 2011. Everyone in Tuscaloosa knows that date. Almost two months later our town is still reeling from the blow dealt us by that EF-4 tornado. The tornado ruined many things. It ruined...

So, you’re foregoing the real world for graduate school. Congratulations! You have chosen to delay the inevitable by another two to three (or even six) years. I know, I know. Of course, your intended...

The best NBA season in recent history came to an end when the pure, undaunted knights of the Dallas Mavericks slew the vile dragon that was the Miami Heat in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night. At...

Recently, a friend and I were driving when a song by Katy Perry came on the radio. Or Ke$ha. Or Rihanna. One of those. Anyway, he made the comment that this music is our generation’s disco. It made...

The state of Alabama came from behind to declare itself king of regression last week. Alabama legislators often get really antsy when other states are stealing the spotlight over being the most racist...