Just before fall break, I found my social media sites riddled with warning of the impending bombardment of Christmas time festivities. The Fairy Godmother reminded Cinderella that when the clock strikes...

Normally I would not take the time to rebut a student editorial from the CW. But this time, I feel I have to defend a group that has been nothing but outstanding for my students during the 17.5 years I...

On my way to my fall break destination last week, I experienced my second instance of stalking in my life. I was driving south on a rural stretch of I-65 when an old, muddy pick-up truck pulled parallel...

The Huntsville City Schools paid a former Federal Bureau of Investigations agent $157,000 last year. This salary is probably more than any school teacher made in the district that year, but more importantly,...

This past Saturday, Brittany Maynard, the face of the death with dignity movement, ended her life. Last spring, Brittany was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. After her diagnosis, she and her family...

In Apple CEO Tim Cook’s own words, he is “an engineer, an uncle, a nature lover, a fitness nut, a son of the South, a sports fanatic and many other things”; another one of these many descriptors...

There’s a little moment in the sixth episode of season four of “The West Wing” that always stands out to me come campaign season. The episode debuts Joshua Malina’s character, Will Bailey, as an...

To many Americans, “politics” is a dirty word. Many people just don’t have a high opinion of the field or those in it, and they can’t be blamed for it. It seems like every other day we hear media...

Inaction and partisan bickering have characterized the past four years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Whether you sit on the left side of the aisle or the right, the facts show that the House has...

So far this season, there have been 32 reported concussions among active football players in the NCAA. While concussions range in severity, from “you should never do what you were doing again” types...

On this campus, in this state and in this world, there is no shortage of depressing realities. Hunger, abuse, genocide, disease, discrimination, rape – the list of issues we need to address and combat...

In one of my Thursday classes last week, a pair of students representing their small group gave a short presentation on the connections between the LGBTQ community, homelessness, food insecurity and mental...