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When ‘the poor’ become a talking point
Full disclosure: I am an unrepentant supporter of legalized gambling in Alabama – not because of all of ...
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This is the cost
It’s difficult to know where to begin in assessing the unconscionable unrest that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol ...
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A truly ominous sight
I come to you now for the third time in what has unexpectedly turned out to be one ...
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Doing my part when my time comes
In April 1985, at just over two years old, doctors opened my stomach, removed my polluted and defective ...
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Our digital dialogues are demeaning decency
The wind, kicking up bits of polluted sand and various chunks of refuse and litter, was harsh against ...
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The grand birth of Ain’tsgiving
The mechanics of genetics, mysterious in method, saw fit to distill the sarcasm and cynicism that bubbles over ...
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Unity cannot exist where justice is absent
“Well…this is going to be difficult. That sold-out knucklehead refugee from a 1969 ‘Mister Clean’ TV commercial has ...
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A breath of fresh air
Blanketed in sunshine, a crisp breeze nipping at the back of my neck and ears and a wide ...
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Bearing witness and baring the wounds
Covering elections over my nearly two decades in journalism has become a practice in cool – being an ...
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To live and die as a small town, Alabama newsman
Art Parker – Managing Editor of The Montgomery Independent and former Editor of the now-defunct Millbrook Independent, where ...
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Selma voted for experience in mayoral contest – let’s hope it does the same in Senate race
While a lot of attention is being paid to this year’s presidential contest, which has shaped up to ...
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When it’s all said and done
Tuesday’s runoff election feels like the culmination of a years-long campaign, the period at the end of a ...
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The endorsement I never intended to make
For some reason, my integrity as a journalist has been called into question lately – not by name ...
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The Selma that Fox News will never understand
Selma gets trotted out a lot by Democratic politicians seeking to garner favor with progressive voters by conjuring ...
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The art of obstruction, obfuscation and destruction
If the City of Selma were a living, breathing human – her heart near historic Tabernacle Baptist and ...
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