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“If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy, I don’t mind ‘cause you mean that much to me. Ain’t too proud to beg, and you know it.” – Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland We thought the issue was decided last year, but the story of Birmingham-Southern College’s fight for survival has more twists… Read more

“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play football? We ain’t come to play school.” – former Ohio State University quarterback Cardale Jones More and more I am seeing interviews with college coaches about how recent rule changes on compensation for collegiate athletes are ruining their respective sports. If… Read more

“What, me worry?” – Alfred E. Neuman Voting was a breeze for my wife and me in last Tuesday’s primary election. We entered our polling place in Opelika and waited in line for a minute, at most, before we reached our poll workers who provided our ballots. We had ample space to sit down and… Read more

“Let them eat cake.” – origin unclear, though often misattributed to Marie Antoinette If you are looking for a product of public education in Alabama, I am your man. I attended Woodland High School from kindergarten through 12th grade in the ye olde days before there was an official Woodland Elementary School. Both my parents… Read more

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” – Psalms 139:13 Well, beloved reader, we had only just begun our weekly walks together to try and find clarity on our state’s political issues. Now we already reach the shoreline between what is knowable and what is largely unknowable. The… Read more

“(T)here are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” – Donald Rumsfeld This legislative session’s senate bill… Read more

“This is the NFL which stands for ‘not for long’ …” – former NFL coach Jerry Glanville Like many of you, I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. I think I am still allowed to call it the Super Bowl as long as I am not selling anything. If you are reading this NFL commissioner… Read more

“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places …” – Psalms 16:6 How hard is it to draw a few lines on a map? Incredibly hard, apparently, at least when it comes to drawing the district lines for Alabama’s seven U.S. congressional districts. It sounds simple enough. The state legislature redraws the boundaries for… Read more

“Everything old is new again.” – Proverb It would not be a proper legislative session in the Heart of Dixie without talk of a lottery or gambling or electronic bingo or some combination thereof. This year appears to be no exception. AL.com reporter Mike Cason reported State Rep. Andy Whitt, R-Harvest, said he expects a… Read more

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times …” – Charles Dickens The first opinion piece I ever wrote for a newspaper was in the summer of 2006. I think it had something to do with the absurdity of college football recruiting at that time. Now, those times seem quaint when… Read more