Top Katrina Criminals

Hurricane Katrina is one of our nation’s great tragedies. From the massive storm itself, to the catastrophic mismanagement of the immediate response, all the way through the continued long-term intentional neglect of the poor, the entire arc of the story is one wreathed in a particular swampy blend of horror and dismay.
Certainly there are plenty [...]

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Dipshits Run The World

Every once and a while, I am reminded of the vast limitations of my existing feelings of alienation from the part of the world I find myself in.
Often, I think of myself as an Alabamian. I was born here, raised here, and have lived in the state for the past several years after just enough [...]

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Dante Stallworth: No Justice

There are all sorts of injustice.
There is the “Michael Jordan pushing off against Byron Russell” variety. This can be seen in any variety of sporting events, whether talking about the Miami Heat getting all the calls in the finals or the NCAA having it out for the University of Alabama. This is a fairly minor [...]

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Spreading the Word

Our former Governor posted at Huffington Post about his new website. If you think it’s bad for Karl Rove to dodge accountability, take a second to visit the site and spread the message even further. Won’t take but a minute and it’s an important issue. Perhaps sufficient public reaction can compel some jail time for [...]

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Video Games: Cog in the Racist Global Economy

When I open my web browser, the home page is Yahoo. This is so I can check my mail and my fantasy team. I often feel a little twinge of depression when I look at this Yahoo main page, because my eye goes to the news headlines, a collection of AP stories that have been [...]

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The World Loses A Bad One

While it may often seem like all days are the same, running into each other in a seamless blur of identical repitition, it is worth keeping in mind the fact that new people are being born at this very minute. And today is a very special day for those who will die today. Death may [...]

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Birmingham loves the world. Alabama … maybe not so much.

The City of Birmingham has been ranked the most charitable city in the nation. That’s great news (and interesting that all you’d have to do is give 4 percent of your income to be the most charitable in the nation by far). Now it seems possible that Birmingham and other southern cities ranked so highly [...]

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Worse Than Texas

When someone describes your home state as more kill-happy than Texas, you know you are living in dark days. Worse than Texas? Turns out that Phillip Alston, a United Nations Human Rights Council Special Envoy, took time on Monday to issue a blistering report about a trip he took to Alabama where he met with [...]

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Spitting on Bob Marley

Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big fan of Bob Marley. I maintain a huge appreciation not just for his music, but also for his life. Those who are interested are encouraged to check out this book by Timothy White. It’s a captivating biography.
However, I would never say that I support everything [...]

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Executive DisOrder

Everyone remembers July 17, 2007, right? I mean, it was less than a year ago. It was the day that Dow Jones accepted a $5 billion offer from Rupert Murdoch and crew. But more importantly (perhaps), it was the day that President Bush signed an Executive Order. You know, the one about “certain persons.” And [...]

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