Chris McFadyen
Top News in Defense
In May, President Donald Trump unveiled a 2018 defense budget proposal totaling $639.1 billion, including a call for another round of base...
Global Temperature Check
Atmospheric scientist John Christy says two decades of data don’t back up the mathematical models of global warming theory.
Private Perspectives
Scott Goldsmith is the managing shareholder at JamisonMoneyFarmer, an accounting firm based in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham that has served the private companies of...
Skills Standards for Manufacturers
Adopting national training standards for manufacturing jobs tops priorities for Alabama Community College System workforce division.
Real Estate Sea Changes
A Dodd-Frank 5-percent risk retention requirement that just kicked in could slow commercial mortgage securitizations, ...
Beyond Disasters and Deficits, Great Outdoors
During the five years ending 2016, the Legislature sought to fix emergency budget shortfalls by transferring more than $30 million from the Alabama...
Fair Trade Rising?
With the manufacturing sector representing only 12 percent of GDP and 8 percent of U.S. workers, it’s easy to see how the financial...
Brave New Retail World
Brian Gibson is an expert on how your online Christmas gift order makes it through an increasingly complex network to reach its destination. And...
Breakthrough Brain Science
As a part of this issue’s focus on innovation, we spoke with Edward Taub, a medical researcher who has played a leading...
Retooling Cummings Research Park
Cummings Research Park, in Huntsville — the second largest research park in the U.S. and probably the most valuable commercial real estate development...