Ever had a sibling break Mom’s flower vase but refuse to fess up? Then you get laid with the blame, at no fault of your own? You are then the one suspected in every other trivial mishap in your house....

The eyes of Texas are upon you, Thomas Jefferson, and they’re insisting that you scoot on over and make room in your history chapter for enlightenment figure John Calvin. Last spring, the Texas State...

When I was a kid vacationing in Florida amusement parks with my parents, I was always amazed by the exotic images emblazoned on the arms, legs, backs, necks and even the shaved heads of some of the other...

Online retailer Zazzle now sells T-shirts that read, “Plug the hole with BP executives.” That suggestion—however implausible—is significant in that it captures the public’s frustration over the...

U.S. Representative Artur Davis did not win the Alabama Democratic primary for governor last Tuesday. Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks crushed him by 24 percentage points. The hopes and dreams of Davis’s...

As we approach day 55 of the BP oil spill, now the worst environmental disaster in United States history, President Obama is finally developing “tough” language regarding his frustration with the lack...

June 24, 2010, will be a big day in Atmore, Al.  That is when the Escambia County Board of Education is scheduled to select a new principal for the troubled Escambia County High School. Their choice will...

Twenty years from now, when Alabama Democrats look back and ask when, exactly, they became irrelevant in Alabama politics, they will find their answer in Tuesday’s primary results. Given the choice between...

The Tim James gubernatorial campaign was an embarrassment to Alabama. I've been interested in local, state and national politics for as long as I can remember and there are few politicians I actually...

As an evangelical Christian, I have heard about the Gospel my entire life. However, it was not until my freshman year at the University that I received a firm grasp on the Gospel and its nature. The “Bible...

Proponents of the new health care legislation cite low regulation and the nature of the private sector as the reason for high insurance costs. Let’s take a look back to 1965, the first year of Medicare....

Recently, due to an excess of time and a shortage of money, I embarked on a good, old-fashioned job hunt – only, I discovered very quickly it isn't a good, old-fashioned job hunt anymore. The classic...