May 10, 2012 RSS feed / Editorials

Publisher’s Comments

Learning the value of time

Last Thursday I was working— as usual—trying to piece together a layout for the graduation issue that is in your paper today. More...

From the State Senate

Providing solution to General Fund and Medicaid crisis

We’ve all been told that good things come to those who wait. But, when the jobs and services of millions of Alabamians are at stake, waiting is not an option. As of this week, only four days remain in the 2012 Legislative Session. More...

‘Goober’ dead? No, turn TV on!

The creator of Goober Pyle may have died but Goober will live forever, as long as The Andy Griffith Show reruns continue. The man behind Goober, Alabama native George Lindsey was 83. He had been ill for sometime when he died in a Nashville, Tenn. More...

Alabama Viewpoint

State workers get paid mighty well

The following are the words of Dr. David Bronner, CEO of The Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA), on the state’s fiscal problems as published in the May, 2012 RSA newsletter. More...

Congress Reports

Tackling unemployment

Statistics released its April jobs report indicating that national unemployment remains stuck over 8 percent. More...

Birth control pill dates back 52 years

• On May 10, 1869, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet up in Promontory, Utah, making transcontinental railroad travel possible for the first time in U.S. history. More...

Dollars & Cents

Social Security outlook worsens

The patient is alive but in serious condition. And without emergency surgery in the near future, the prognosis is poor. This is the gist of the annual report of the trustees who oversee Social Security and Medicare. More...