September 6, 2007 RSS feed / Editorials

Report From Congress

Now accepting service academy applications

With summer drawing to a close, students throughout south Alabama are returning to the classroom. For high school juniors and seniors, this is the time to start exploring options for after graduation. More...

If it's not broke; don't fix it, especially in education

After last week's column about how bright students lose out in homogenized classes, I had another distraught mother call me. More...

Political Cartoon

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Alabama Viewpoint

ADEM Commission director needs more supervision

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has told the Alabama Department of Environmental Management that it is not doing its job in enforcing penalties against polluters or inspecting companies dealing in hazardous waste. More...

Guest Column

I would like to hide the clicker while watching football games

Men's favorite time of the year for sports is once again upon all of us, whether you like it or not. I am not too much of a sports fan of any kind but I do occasionally like watching football games. That is, to watch one game at a time. More...

Alabama continues to break records with number of prisoners

An Alabama record was set last month. In fact, since April 2007, a new record for the state has been set each month through July - the record for the number of inmates in our state prison system. More...