The Big Picture – by Glynn Wilson – Here we go again. Get ready to laugh, Jon Stewart and every other comic in America. Tea party Republicans in control of the Alabama Senate voted Tuesday to pass a proposed constitutional…
Seperation of Church & State
Display of the Ten Commandments in Public is Back on the Political Agenda
By T.W. Bigler MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Display of the Ten Commandments in public places, including schools, is back on the political agenda in Alabama. The state Senate Constitution, Campaign Finance, Ethics and Elections Committee met Wednesday to discuss Senate Bill…
Judge Vance Offers Stark Contrast to Roy Moore for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice
by Glynn Wilson – OXFORD, Ala. — The Ten Commandments Judge now has a worthy opponent and the people of Alabama have a chance to be spared more self-serving religious craziness in the race for Chief Justice of the Alabama…
The Newsroom Season Finale: A Greater Fool
Picasso’s Don Quixote “I’m a loafer by nature, I’m too lazy to go hunting for authors who say what I already know how to say without their help.” – The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, Volume 1, Prologue,…
Alabama Governor Bentley Sticks Foot in Mouth, Again
by Glynn Wilson Alabama Governor Robert Bentley seems to like the taste of his own toes. He sticks his foot in his mouth so often that people down South have taken to calling him “Goober” after the character on the…
Tea Party Takeover of Alabama Public Television Reverses the Station’s Mission
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Another hot week. Another Alabama summer wishing I were in the mountains, where at least the nights are cool. Another week of idiocy in the news and on Facebook. What is a real journalist…
Madison County Democrats Call for Resignation of APT Commission Members, Staff Reinstatement
The Madison County Democratic Party announced its outrage over the firings of two top managers and subsequent resignations of additional top staff at Alabama Public Television after they expressed concerns about a series of videos that Alabama Educational Television Commission…
Conservatives Attack Scientific Findings About Why They Hate Science
Which Helps Confirm the Science Guest Column by Chris Mooney AlterNet Two months have passed since my new book, The Republican Brain, was published, and so far it has gotten a lot of media attention. However, the coverage has followed…
Global Warming and Religion in Government: It’s the Media’s Fault
Glynn Wilson The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The dogwoods, azaleas and cherry blossoms are in full bloom a full three weeks before Easter here, but of course that’s no sign of global warming and climate change,…
Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore Could Return to Alabama Supreme Court
by Glynn Wilson Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore could be returning to power to lead the Alabama Supreme Court as chief justice again if the unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary hold up and there’s no runoff. You may recall that…
Fact Checking Republican Newt Gingrich on Election Day in Alabama
Glynn Wilson Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich address a sympathetic crowd at the Alabama Theater (click here to see more photos) by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia Republican Newt Gingrich came out swinging against President Obama on energy policy…
Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Should Fall
“Let justice be done though the heavens should fall.” – John Adams, letter to Elbridge Gerry, December 5, 1777 The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Here’s a question for Rick Santorum and Judge Roy Moore (or any member of the…
Alabama Legislature Tries to Cross Church-State Divide, Yet Again
Proposed Bill Would Give Public School Credit for Studying Creationism A bill introduced in the Alabama Legislature, House Bill 133, proposes allowing churches to teach a creationism class away from public school campuses for school credit — if parents and…
Ousted Ten Commandments Judge Roy Moore to Run for Supreme Court, Again?
Glynn Wilson Oh, no! Not again. Say it ain’t so, judge.
Scientist Carl Sagan Discusses the Impossibility of Creationism
Remember Carl Sagan? He was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator who died in 1996. During his lifetime, he published more than 600 scientific papers and popular articles and was author, co-author, or editor of…
America is Wallowing in Ignorance: Can’t We Just All Get Over Religion in Politics?
The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson It is way too pretty on the porch this morning to be mad at anything or anyone. No matter who happens to occupy the White House or the governor’s mansion, or what morons serve…
Is A Great Compromise Between Science and Religion Possible?
Our Ultimate Fate May Depend Upon It by Glynn Wilson The very fate of our human species, yes, and your state too — as well as this country and the earth — may well depend on a compromise between science…
Jesse Ventura Says Religion is the ‘Root of all Evil’
Responding to questions about the New York community center controversy, former independent Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura stuns CNN with the comment that “religion is the root of all evil.” He says Muslims have the right under the Constitution to build…
Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Makes Fun of Florida Preacher Terry Jones
Exactly What We All Should Do to Right-Wing Nuts The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Tebow Super Bowl Ad Based on Falsehood?
Tim Tebow Womens’ rights campaigner and attorney Gloria Allred has joined the growing chorus of folks angered at the decision by CBS to allow an pro life group to air an ad during the upcoming Super Bowl on February 7.…
OpEd News Interviews Glynn Wilson on Obama and Change
Locust Fork News-Journal editor and publisher Glynn Wilson was interviewed Thursday by the OpEd News on the first year of Barack Obama’s presidency and the subject of change. Here’s the blurb and link. It’s only been a year since we…
