July 31, 2008 RSS feed / Editorials

Boeing still telling stories about tankers

Report From Congress

Late last week, Boeing ran a series of ads implying that the GAO report found Boeing's KC- 767 to be the better plane against the Northrop Grumman KC-45. When in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. More...

'Pelican Girls' were a big hit with single men when they landed in Mobile 304 years ago

This Week In Alabama History

August 1, 1704: French colonists in Mobile welcome the "Pelican Girls," twenty-three young women from France who had crossed the Atlantic aboard the Pelican. More...

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Big salaries in AG's office

Alabama Viewpoint

A couple of weeks back we learned that Attorney General Troy King is the second-highest paid attorney general of any state in the union, just behind California AG Jerry Brown. Brown, a former two-term governor of that state, earns $184,301. More...