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Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Serving The University of Alabama since 1894.

The Crimson White

Student Parliament an option

Tray Smith July 29, 2010

David Cameron, the British prime minister who flew to Washington, D.C. on a commercial flight last week for a meeting with President Obama, offers more lessons for our politics than can be analyzed in...

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...

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...

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...

The tattoo generation raises kids

Tray Smith June 24, 2010

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...

Government must refocus priorities

Tray Smith June 17, 2010

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...

A case for charter schools

Tray Smith June 9, 2010

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...

A tale of two parties

Tray Smith June 3, 2010

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...

Congressman Jo Bonner discusses Afghanistan

Tray Smith April 28, 2010

Around this time in 1982, an unassuming Camden native named Jo Bonner graduated from The University of Alabama with an eye on getting into politics.  The field has suited him well. Bonner now represents...

Will the real Slim Shadys please stand up?

Tray Smith April 25, 2010

“May I have your attention please, May I have your attention please, Will the Real Slim Shady please stand up? We’re going to have a problem here…” ~ Eminem Indeed,...

A health care fight just begun

Tray Smith March 23, 2010

Nancy Pelosi stood on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives Sunday night, prior to the looming passage of the president’s health care reform plan, and encouraged her colleagues to vote yes,...