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When ‘the poor’ become a talking point

Full disclosure: I am an unrepentant supporter of legalized gambling in Alabama – not because of all of ...

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This is the cost

It’s difficult to know where to begin in assessing the unconscionable unrest that unfolded at the U.S. Capitol ...

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A truly ominous sight

I come to you now for the third time in what has unexpectedly turned out to be one ...

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Doing my part when my time comes

In April 1985, at just over two years old, doctors opened my stomach, removed my polluted and defective ...

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Our digital dialogues are demeaning decency

The wind, kicking up bits of polluted sand and various chunks of refuse and litter, was harsh against ...

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The grand birth of Ain’tsgiving

The mechanics of genetics, mysterious in method, saw fit to distill the sarcasm and cynicism that bubbles over ...

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Unity cannot exist where justice is absent

“Well…this is going to be difficult. That sold-out knucklehead refugee from a 1969 ‘Mister Clean’ TV commercial has ...

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A breath of fresh air

Blanketed in sunshine, a crisp breeze nipping at the back of my neck and ears and a wide ...

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Bearing witness and baring the wounds

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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The endorsement I never intended to make

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

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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 ...

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The art of obstruction, obfuscation and destruction

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

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