On May 21, President Donald Trump demanded governors reopen churches, synagogues and mosques right now, lest he override those state leaders w…
Memorial Day hearkens to the Civil War era. A Union soldier headed an organization that established Decoration Day; flowers now mark and hallo…
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On Jan. 29, 1959, the Green Bay Packers tabbed Vincent T. Lombardi — a bespectacled, gap-toothed, bratwurst-fingered, obscure assistant coach …
Last Friday, I drove past iconic Samford Hall on Auburn University’s campus, enjoying my sun-drenched drive. The area was awash with people, y…
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The Senate passed a record $2 trillion dollar stimulus bill, as did the House, and President Donald Trump signed it. It’s estimated over 150 m…
In April 1963 Martin Luther King led a direct action campaign that targeted Birmingham. In his majestic opus, “A Letter From a Birmingham Jail…
My adamant, acid-tongued, Alabama-born grandmother was Big Ma — metaphorically and literally.
Following the NCAA College Football Playoff Championship game, Odell Beckham — a peerless attention craver — got just that. After the game whi…