Opinion

Bearing witness and baring the wounds

Covering elections over my nearly two decades in journalism has become a practice in cool – being an ...

Opinion

To live and die as a small town, Alabama newsman

Art Parker – Managing Editor of The Montgomery Independent and former Editor of the now-defunct Millbrook Independent, where ...

Opinion

Selma voted for experience in mayoral contest – let’s hope it does the same in Senate race

While a lot of attention is being paid to this year’s presidential contest, which has shaped up to ...

Opinion

When it’s all said and done

Tuesday’s runoff election feels like the culmination of a years-long campaign, the period at the end of a ...

Columnists

We need to expand healthcare to rural Alabamians and new technology shows the way

If there is one single concern unifying Americans, it’s our health. This is especially true during a pandemic, ...

Opinion

Former Alabama QBs hold different positions with NFL teams

For the first time in 35 years, the University of Alabama has three quarterbacks on NFL rosters at ...

Opinion

The endorsement I never intended to make

For some reason, my integrity as a journalist has been called into question lately – not by name ...

Opinion

SEC Football opens under COVID-19 cloud

The Southeastern Conference (SEC) football season gets underway today for only a 10-game league schedule. Second-ranked Alabama travels ...

Opinion

Can’t wait for SEC Football to start at end of September

I learned a valuable lesson during the opening week of college football. When it comes to college football, ...

Opinion

The Selma that Fox News will never understand

Selma gets trotted out a lot by Democratic politicians seeking to garner favor with progressive voters by conjuring ...

Opinion

The art of obstruction, obfuscation and destruction

If the City of Selma were a living, breathing human – her heart near historic Tabernacle Baptist and ...

Opinion

A late night walk through a beautiful and terrible garden

Many of my childhood days were spent on my grandfather’s farm and, for better or worse, I became ...

James Jones

Selma’s celebration for John Lewis provided personal milestone

Having a role in the city of Selma’s tribute to Civil Rights Icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis ...

Opinion

Playing press and paying respect

There are moments in a person’s life which stand out, in radiant technicolor, against the gray and drab ...

Opinion

The sounds of silence

Generally, I begin my columns with some snarky or cynical bit of humor, or perhaps a quote from ...

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