Guest Editorial: Protect the 'right to privacy' - Use of DNA, phone records sparks concerns

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:00 -0500

The words 'right to privacy' don't appear in the U.S. Constitution, although courts have interpreted its amendments as ensuring that right in various ways.
Steffen Schmidt: Digital world has changed views about privacy

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:19:00 -0500

In his statement about National Security Agency data mining from company servers, President Obama said that 'modest encroachments on privacy' are worth it to protect the country.
Letters to the Editor: Uncivil Farrakhan no civil rights icon

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:39:00 -0500

Since Sen. Hank Sanders and civil rights groups don't get it over allying themselves with Louis Farrakhan, let me spell it out.
Apple tax dodges underscore need for reform

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:39:00 -0500

Talk about taking your business to "the Cloud.
Guest editorial: Gov. Wallace's 'stand' teaches a valuable lesson

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:26:00 -0500

Fifty years ago, the world took a long, hard look at an angry man blocking a schoolhouse door. Fifty years ago, this angry man assumed the role of proxy for white racists, projecting hatred of African-Americans across the globe.
J. Winston Porter: Unleash power of free market

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:23:00 -0500

How many times have you heard about the coming electric car revolution? Year after year we're told 'plug-in' electric cars are one or two breakthroughs away from 'greening' the automotive industry.
Letters to the editor: Small children do not belong at dog park

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:22:00 -0500

I have been a frequent visitor to the beautiful Montgomery dog park and have a concern about stupid parents who bring babies and toddlers to the park and let them roam.
Letters to the Editor: Writers ill-informed on NSA situation

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:13:00 -0500

Winston Churchill was correct: There is no better argument against democracy than a five-minute conversation with the average voter. Several recent letters on these pages support Sir Winnie's observation.
Alabama Voices - Adam J. McLeod: Fathers' absence nurtures crime rate

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:05:00 -0500

While away on sabbatical, I have read with consternation reports of the present homicide crisis in Montgomery. There is a simple solution to this problem, though it will not be easy to achieve. We must convince fathers to raise their children.
Editorial - Montgomery's alarming homicide rate: Plague of violence affects us all

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:03:00 -0500

The value of life is at the heart of many public and private determinations, from matters as mundane as speed limits to the more complex concerns that have challenged humankind throughout time.
Alabama Voices - Max Wood: Measure to protect borrowers warrants scrutiny

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:11:00 -0500

Alabama Banking Superintendent John Harrison intends to issue new regulations so that a statewide central database can be established to track information on the customers of short-term lenders.
Letters to the Editor: Thomas wrong to cast Obamacare as socialism

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:36:00 -0500

It is always interesting to read the occasional columns by Cal Thomas just to see the contortions of logic he will go through to reach the conclusion that he wants.
Editorial: Alabama's low high school graduation rate alarming

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:35:00 -0500

Regardless of the state's calculation methods and regardless of whether some minor adjustment on the figures might be warranted, the hard fact is that the graduation rate in Montgomery's traditional high schools is alarmingly low.
Alabama Voices - Fredrick E. Fars: Civil rights era in Alabama also brought new era in mental health care

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:34:00 -0500

Fifty years ago this week, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood, backed by threat of force from a federalized National Guard, walked through the doors of Foster Auditorium and became the first African-American students to register at the University of Alaba
Letters to the Editor: IRS profiling is beyond justification

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:56:00 -0500

The article headlined 'Stop whining about IRS, tax-exempt status' is an ingenious work of fiction.
Vanzetta McPherson: MPS within its rights to set limits for Pike Road school district

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:19:00 -0500

As August Wilson so brilliantly portrayed in his Pulitzer Prize-winning play, 'fences' have two primary functions: They exclude and they contain.
Rants and Raves: Economy is still a challenge

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:18:00 -0500

RANT: For the slow growth in gross domestic product in Alabama in 2012, and for the underlying economic issues indicated by it. GDP in our state grew by 1.2 percent last year, slightly less than half the national rate of 2.5 percent. Among Southern states, Alabama significantly trailed Florida (2.4 percent), South Carolina (2.7 percent), North Carolina (2.7 percent) and Tennessee (3.3 percent). It's always good to be improving, of course, but clearly plenty of challenges remain for our state's economy.