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The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Licensing should not trump First Amendment

CW Staff July 21, 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 21, 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 14, 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 14, 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 14, 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 7, 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...

Merit pay for students

Gregory Poole July 1, 2010

As political campaigns around the nation move past the primary season toward the general election, education will certainly be a common issue, as always. The candidates will issue their talking points,...

Political correctness is killing this country

Adam Greene July 1, 2010

By Reid Stuart Political correctness is the scourge of our First Amendment rights and is the most frustrating invention since the lid of a pickle jar. The fact that anything said has to pass through several...

More stimulus not the answer to new economic woes

Tray Smith July 1, 2010

In a letter to the leaders of the world’s 20 most economically developed nations last week, President Obama called on the group to “reaffirm our unity of purpose to provide the policy support necessary...