By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — When voters go to the polls in Alabama on Super Tuesday, not only will they be voting either Republican or Democrat for their favorite candidate, Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump or one of the others. There is an amendment to the state constitution on the ballot which is…
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Bernie Sanders Enthusiasts Take to The Streets in Advance of Super Tuesday’s Vote
By Glynn Wilson and Walter Simon – MOBILE, Ala. — About 100 people rallied and marched downtown on Saturday, taking to the streets along with 70 other local groups nationwide in support of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the Senator from Vermont. Speakers and chanters called for economic equality, demanding an increase in the minimum…
Unforced Errors, Miscalculations End Jeb Bush’s White House Hopes
By Steve Holland – CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) – Before Donald Trump’s put-downs and the stumbles in presidential debates, and before the profound frustration of voters became so unmistakably apparent, Jeb Bush appeared to be best positioned to win back the White House for Republicans in 2016. He amassed a $150 million war chest in 2015,…
Why Would Congressman and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Lie for Hillary Clinton and Dis Bernie Sanders?
By Glynn Wilson – Why would Congressman and Civil Rights Icon John Lewis of Georgia lie and taint his own reputation and legacy just to help Hillary Clinton beat progressive Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Primary race for President? At a press conference announcing the Congressional Black Caucus PAC’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton, Lewis told…
How Can Democracy Survive When the Legal Profession is So Despised by the Public?
âThe first thing we do, letâs kill all the lawyers.â â William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2 – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. â Itâs Joe Cain Day, the Sunday before Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras Day, when some people on the Gulf Coast feast before some Christians observe a…
Judge Grills Alabama Lawyers on Lack of Alternatives to Spending BP Environmental Restoration Money for Gulf Shores Hotel
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — A federal judge grilled lawyers here Tuesday about the questionable legality of a plan put forward by the administration of Alabama Governor Robert Bentley to use BP oil spill environmental restoration money for economic development to build a hotel and convention center on the state park beach in…
State Sponsor of Terrorism Iran Orders 114 Planes From Airbus
Will they build them in Mobile? How will state and local officials and the local media respond? – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — When Alabama officials celebrated the news that Airbus would open a plant to build planes and provide jobs here, little did they know one of the biggest customers would turn…
Bernie Sanders Campaigns for President in Birmingham, Alabama
Bentley Administration Stalls Federal Court in Gulf State Park Convention Center Lawsuit
Environmental Group Pushes for Expedited Oral Arguments – By Glynn Wilson – The Bentley administration is stalling in federal court by opposing expedited oral arguments in a lawsuit filed against the proposed use of $58 million in BP oil settlement money — designated to restore the Gulf eco-system — to build a hotel and convention…
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley Responds to Investigation into Racist Closure of Driver License Offices in Poor Counties
By Glynn Wilson – MONTGOMERY. Ala. – Governor Robert Bentley issued a statement on Wednesday in response to the Obama administration’s announcement of an investigation by the U.S. Department of Transportation into the proposed closure of state driver license offices in mostly poor counties populated by minorities. Bentley claimed there were no offices closed and…
Media Controversy Rages in Mobile Alabama Over Oil Storage Tanks
By Glynn Wilson – MOBIlE, Ala. – While the national news is rife with stories about the death of the Keystone XL Pipeline out west, the ongoing climate talks in Paris and the low price of oil internationally, a local petroleum industry front group and the politicians and media they are trying to buy seem…
Two Old Stories Resurface: I Must Weigh In on Bush AWOL
Fourteen Years Later: How Can We Ever Forget September 11, 2001?
The Donald Woos the Heart of Dixie, But Jesus Remains Politically Polygamous
By David Underhill – MOBILE, Ala – The temptation was too great for New Yorker satirist Andy Borowitz. Photos of Donald Trump’s August 21 campaign rally at the football stadium here showed a throng so white it might have been a convention of albinos. Perhaps a spy agency’s scanning technology could pick out a few…
Escape the City, Summer Heat and Bad News: Visit Shenandoah
The Alabama Legislature’s Strange Idea of a ‘Lean’ Budget
Alabama Legislators Want ‘Blood on the Floor’: Especially the Blood of Children and Grandparents
Don’t Eat the Corrupt Sausage Served Up by the Alabama Legislature
Education Matters – By Larry Lee – We have all been told that one should never watch either legislation or sausage being made. Having grown up long ago on a south Alabama farm, I took part in more than a few “hog killins” and know all about making sausage. I’ve also witnessed legislation being birthed…
Charter School Bill Passes: Follow the Money
Education Matters – By Larry Lee – Even an amateur swami with a cloudy crystal ball could have told us how the recent vote to approve charter schools in Alabama would play out. In fact, he didn’t even have to look at his ball, they could have looked at 2014 campaign financial disclosures instead. There…