See the Love for Soul Singer Eddie Hinton The Secret To A Happy Ending I new Eddie Hinton. Partied with Eddie Hinton. Wrote about Eddie Hinton, in Decatur, Alabama, in the mid-1980s. Patterson Hood and crew made a series of mini-documentaries related to the various themes and influences the band explores on their next album,…
Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Top Ten Endangered Places in the Southeastern US
Watch and learn. From the Southern Environmental Law Center.
The Measure of a Man in Times of Challenge
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr. by Glynn Wilson Character may be defined as the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of a person, further…
Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman’s Appeal Goes Back to Court
Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman outside the U.S. Court of Appeals building in downtown Atlanta. by Glynn Wilson Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman will be back in court again on Wednesday, Jan. 19, this time before the same panel of Republican-appointed justices on the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals who upheld parts…
On the Accelerating, Exponential Rate of Change in Society
While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give; See him, when starv’d to death, and turn’d to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet’s fate is here in emblem shown, He ask’d for bread, and he received a stone. — From Samuel Wesley’s epitaph for Samuel Butler, Poet’s…
Health Crisis Grows Along the Gulf Coast
Community leaders from across the Gulf Coast attended a public hearing on the National Oil Spill Commission’s final report on Wednesday, January 12, led by Commissioners Frances Beinecke and Donald Boesch. “The key concern expressed by the community in response to the report is the overwhelming need for access to health care,” said LaTosha Brown,…
Workers to House Republicans: ‘Health Care Reform Works’
by Mike Hall In Florida, Gloria’s daughter, like so many young people today, returned home from college “with a BA degree and no job.” But her daughter does have health care coverage — and Gloria has peace of mind — because the new health care reform law allows young adults to remain on their parents’…
The Mourner-in-Chief in Tucson
Daily Show: Bee – Oliver – Veiled Criticism The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook Americans entrusted Tucson with giving a voice to the nation’s grief and boy, did they let them down.
Understanding Politically Motivated Cyberattacks
by Becky Hogge As Wikileaks pushes the subject of politically motivated cyberattacks into international headlines, a year-long study funded by the Open Society Foundations highlights the growing threat of cyberattacks against independent media and human rights websites. The research finds that targets can do little to prevent such attacks, and should focus instead on mitigating…
More Americans Name Unemployment as the Top Problem
Although the Deficit Edges Up More Americans say unemployment is the No. 1 problem facing the United States than anything else at the start of the new year, according to Gallup’s latest poll on the subject. Mentions of “the economy” in general as the leading problem have been trending downward since October, with 29 percent…
EPA Cites Seven Southeast Companies for Dangerous Discharges
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cited seven companies in the Southeast for dangerous discharges that violate the Clean Water Act during the past quarter, according a press release from the agency. Violations for stormwater-related pollution were cited in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina. The companies are YDV, Inc., in Leland, N.C, for violations…
Thou Shalt Not Kill: No Wiggle Room
Daily Show: Battle of the Bans The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook The tragic events in Arizona lead members of Congress to introduce new gun legislation — and cause handgun sales to jump?
Louisiana Shrimper Gets On His Knees for Check from Feinberg
Elmer Rogers was furious when he walked out of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility office in Gretna, saying he had been instructed to go there, only to be given no news about the emergency oil spill claim he filed months ago, according to WWLTV in New Orleans. He got on his knees to claims administrator…
The Southern Magazine That Won’t Go Away
The Oxford American‘s 12th annual Southern Music edition — with 176 pages and a CD with 26 songs featuring music from Alabama — is now available in bookstores and newsstands nationwide, if anybody visits those kinds of places anymore. This is the second year that The Oxford American‘s Southern Music Issue focuses on the musical…
President Obama Speaks at Memorial Service for Victims of Tucson Shooting
President Barack Obama, seeking to gently guide the country towards healing and greater civility, called on Americans Wednesday to pay tribute to the victims of an assassination attempt against Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords by bringing a new sense of respect to the nation’s political discourse, according to Politico. “If this tragedy prompts reflection and debate,…
National Wildlife Federation Needs Volunteers to ‘Restore Coastal Alabama’
The National Wildlife Federation is asking for volunteers to “Restore Coastal Alabama” on Jan. 22 and 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Helen Wood park, Mobile, Alabama, at the base of the Dog River Bridge. Volunteers will be building the first quarter mile of oyster reef using bags of oyster shells. For…
Should the N-Word be Removed from Huckleberry Finn?
Daily Show: Wilmore – Mark Twain Controversy The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Daily Show on Facebook Instead of replacing the n-word in “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Larry Wilmore believes it should be emphasized. You?
Angry Crowds Greet Ken Feinberg in Bay St. Louis
The crisis continues along the Gulf of Mexico coast as residents are still complaining they have not been fully compensated for their losses from the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history, when BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up and sank, sending millions of gallons of crude oil into the Gulf, into the bayous and…
Fish and Wildlife Service Offers $12,500 Reward in Whooping Crane Shootings
OperationMigration.Org Wildlife scientists at the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, have concluded through preliminary testing the cranes found dead near Albany, Georgia, on Dec. 30, 2010, sustained injuries consistent with gunshot wounds. A reward of up to $12,500 is being offered to anyone who provide information leading to an arrest and…
Senator Al Franken Speaks Out on Corporate Media Mergers
Right now, the FCC and Department of Justice are preparing to approve the NBC/Comcast merger, “something that would have dire consequences for years to come,” according to Senator Al Franken. He is calling on concerned citizens to sign an open letter to Attorney General Holder and FCC Chairman Genachowski. Sample Letter Below
