Taking Sides Over Education
Education funding may be the first hot topic of the new year. Gov. Robert Bentley has announced that he will ask lawmakers...
Attack on the Sage?
Gov. Robert Bentley and several Republican legislators seem to be painting a target on the back of David Bronner, head of the...
Spotlight on Etowah & St. Clair Counties
Etowah County, located in northeast Alabama, is blessed with natural beauty, including Noccalula Falls Park and Lookout Mountain, along...
A Transformational Time
Don’t think of interconnected global business as new and trendy, think of it as the new normal. That’s the basic premise for...
The Bard's Still on the Boards
Montgomery’s Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) is a world-class theatre in a small market. No matter how much of a recession the economy may...
Overloaded Aussie $ Potential Boon for Alabama
Australian shipbuilder Austal marked down its earnings forecast in May, sending its stock down 10 percent and hammering home a likely trend...
Our Man on Gelatinous Zooplankton
When a Biblical plague of jellyfish invaded the packed beaches of Florida's Atlantic Coast on Memorial Day weekend, zapping over 400 swimmers,...
At Issue—”The Most Fundamental Theories of Nature”
In case you missed it, in the last year, science has come a lot closer to understanding antimatter. That's thanks...
The Buck Stops…Where?
Lawyers for J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. in January did what lawyers do best — fired off a letter loaded with foreboding and...
Sweet Shoals Sisters
A couple of 20-something sisters out of the Shoals are staking out their share of that region's music fame. Laura and Lydia Rogers,...