“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” Martin Luther King, Jr., wrote in his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in August 1963. His words transcended his era, for even today,...

The United Nations reports that about 3 million people in Haiti, the hemisphere’s poorest nation, may need aid after Tuesday’s devastating earthquake. Three million people – a third of the Haitian...

An earthquake tore through the capital city, leveling most of it and killing thousands of inhabitants. The disaster displaced almost 50 times that number. Additionally, it left the capital with only 10...

With the storm of opinions circling my mind, here are a couple of observational questions I developed over the break and during the last few days. Why do teachers believe that we, their students, are...

In 1992, the Alabama Crimson Tide football team claimed the program's 12th national title. That team was honored with a sparkling championship reception at Coleman Coliseum, a massive pep rally on the...

For an unfathomable reason, we in the media have drawn battle lines on how the political parties approach law and order issues. Republicans are allegedly the ones who will protect children from harm. Their...

At 3:00 p.m. Monday, The Associated Press wire carried a statement from Mark McGwire, the one-time baseball star whose 1998 race against Sammy Sosa for the home run record brought out the best of American...

There are two ways to lose. In our culture, one way is immortalized. The other is vilified. One way is to go down swinging. The idea of valor in defeat is everywhere in American culture. In “To Kill...

As some of you may be aware by this point in time, our football team had the opportunity during our winter break to go to Pasadena, Calif., and win the 13th national title in our school’s history. While...

On Dec. 30, the University got what it has wanted for some time: the 177 acres that make up the Bryce Hospital facility on the northeast corner of campus. The University will pay $60 million – $50 million...

How far are we willing to go to stop terrorism? If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the last presidency, it’s that we can’t simply hand the government a blank check. That sentiment is no less...