OUR VIEW
Maybe ethics bills are just the start?
      At least it looks like the legislature can come together on a few things in Montgomery. There are plenty of senators signed on to Gov. Riley's ethics bills calling for full reporting of lobbyist expenditures and a ban on money transfers from Political Action Committees.
More ...

Political Cartoon
Read the Story...

From the Editor's Desk
A support group for me
Arthur McLean
      Iheard a story on the radio the other day about a group forming in some European country that is going to start advocating for better treatment of non morning people in the workplace. Now this is something I could really get behind. Hello, my name is Arthur, and I'm a night owl. "Hello Arthur.
More ...

Alabama Scene
Riley picks his battles on teacher pay
Bob Ingram
      One of you with a better memory than I've got will surely provide me with the answer but decades ago there was a TV commercial…I think it was for a cigarette brand…in which the man said "I'd rather fight than switch." Gov. Bob Riley reversed those words in his State of the State add...
More ...

Ramblin' Roses and Flyin' Bricks
An open letter to Ike
The late Earl Tucker
      March 13, 1957 Dear Mr. President: Every time I pick up a paper I see where the Chamber of Commerce in some place or another has invited you to spend a few weeks in their city in order that you might recover from your cough. They may brag about their wonderful city, dry climate and try to make y...
More ...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Wilcox Commissioner says thanks
      Letter to the Editor I would like to thank everyone who came to help us when the tornado struck Millers Ferry and its community of Sand Island, on March 1, 2007.
More ...