August 16, 2012 RSS feed / Editorials

Alabama Viewpoint

Is voter fraud a really big problem?

A recent state-by-state analysis of more than 2,000 election fraud cases over the past dozen years has found that Election Day voter impersonation allegations, which have prompted 37 state legislatures to enact or consider tougher voter ID laws, is v More...

Congress Reports

New administrator named for BP oil spill claims

The business of processing damage claims from the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon oil spill is under new management. More...

Our Opinions

Know the candidates and cast an intelligent ballot in city elections

The presidential election may be the hottest political topic right now—will Obama win or will Romney win? Will Paul Ryan being Romney’s VP pick help or hurt the ticket? The discussion and debate will be continuous right up until Nov. 6. More...

Dollars and Cents

Celebrating Friedman’s 100th

Nation needs another economist with his expertise He was an intellectual giant – a world-renowned economist, statistician, and mathematician – who presented powerful ideas with striking clarity. More...

Moments in Time

Berlin Wall went up 51 years ago and was torn down 23 years ago

• On Aug. 16, 1896, George Carmack spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory. His lucky discovery sparks the last great gold rush in the American West. More...

Councilman discusses water and sewer issues during local elections

To the Editor, The Jackson Water and Sewer Board would like to respond to some questions that have come out recently. More...

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