Of all the insane and bizarre things that Americans have endured during the Trump administration, the president’s presentation of a National Weather Service hurricane prediction map that was hand-altered with a Sharpie is, perhaps, the most darkly symbolic. It began with a Trump tweet that mistakenly claimed that Alabama was in the path of Hurricane […]

AL Secretary of State and candidate for U.S. Senate John Merrillrecently made some head-scratching and ridiculous comments at a Republican function saying, “[Americans] are preoccupied with homosexual activities” and “the wife swap shows.” Later, he doubled down on his absurd claim to AL.com saying, “The foundational principles which we have grown up as a nation […]

Americans long for what has been our image thus far: a strong, economically expanding America, resting on fairness and freedom, anchored to democracy and enriched by religious traditions. Unfortunately, some Americans can be lead to believe that this America, “their” America, is being “stolen” by undocumented immigrants and by radical minorities. Three consequences of this […]