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Study linking measles vaccine to autism long has been discredited, but it...
Dr. Andrew Wakefield America's anti-vaccination movement likely has its roots in the notion that the measles vaccine can cause autism -- and that myth grew from a long-debunked study, by a...
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Balch & Bingham law firm steps in doo-doo again, creating a foul-smelling...
A rainmaking partner at Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm, and perhaps others, might be looking to hit the exits in the wake of the firm's latest encounter with doo-doo, the kind that sticks...
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U.S. Judge Bill Pryor hires a law clerk who has expressed a hatred for black...
Bill PryorFederal judge Bill Pryor, once considered a prime candidate to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), has hired a law clerk who has expressed a hatred for black people. The story...
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Daily Dot data analysis indicates right-wing extremist Ali Alexander is...
Ali Alexander (YouTube)Part TwoRight-wing extremist Ali (Akbar) Alexander and his allies have made it a habit to harass and threaten progressive voices in Alabama, where he has a base of operations...
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New clerk Crystal Clanton has a history of posting racist statements, making...
Crystal Clanton (right), with Clarence and Ginni ThomasU.S. 11th Circuit Judge Bill Pryor, from Alabama, has hired a law clerk with a documented history of making hateful statements about Black people...
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Alabama-connected Ali Alexander, organizer of a rally that turned into...
Ali Alexander The Congressional Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued a subpoena for Alabama-connected right-wing extremist Ali (Akbar) Alexander. From a report at...
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Eugene Robinson, of The Washington Post, wonders out loud if mass stupidity...
Eugene RobinsonWashington Post columnist Eugene Robinson recently asked one of the most profound, and sobering, questions I've read in a long time. The question is contained in this jarring headline:...
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The fraud case of Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in California features...
Elizabeth Holmes (Associated Press)The biggest court story in the country right now is the criminal fraud trial in San Jose, CA, of Theranos Inc. founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes. In conjunction with...
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Could license-plate readers, placed along America's highways, shine light on...
License plate reading cameraDid you know license-plate readers have been strategically placed along many American highways? It was news to me, and civil liberties groups are concerned about privacy...
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FBI raids NYC and D.C. properties linked to Oleg Deripaska, raising questions...
FBI raids mansion linked to Oleg Deripaska FBI agents this week raided homes in New York City and Washington, D.C., linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Why the raids, and what was the FBI...
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CEO Mark Crosswhite reportedly plans to indemnify Balch & Bingham, deepening...
Jay Town and Mark CrosswhiteAlabama Power Company apparently has reached an agreement to indemnify Birmingham law firm Balch & Bingham for financial losses it might incur due to an ever-growing...
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U.S. Judge Bill Pryor and new law clerk Crystal Clanton prove blatant racism...
Crystal Clanton, with Clarence and Ginni Thomas Reporters around the Web still seem to be shaking their heads at the story of U.S. Circuit Judge Bill Pryor and his decision to hire an avowed racist for...
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Alabama-connected extremist Ali Alexander helped Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally turn...
Ali AlexanderPerhaps the most important piece of journalism for 2021 broke earlier this week when Rolling Stone (RS) reported that organizers of the Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally that turned into an assault...
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Football coaches at Chattanooga and Washington State do stupid things to lose...
Stacey AbramsThe 2021 college-football season might become known as the year when coaches did stupid things to get themselves fired and then filed lawsuits they have little chance of winning. The trend...
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One year after Schuyler Allen Baker Jr.'s death, Balch & Bingham law firm...
Schuyler Allen Baker Jr. One year has passed since Schuyler Allen Baker Jr., Balch & Bingham's general counsel and chief partner, died of cancer. But there is little sign the embattled law firm's...
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Magazine portrays Ali Alexander's life as "a grifter's dream come true," but...
Ali Alexander (from Dissident-mag.com) Not only does Stop the Steal organizer Ali (Akbar) Alexander have a sketchy personal background, his organizations present a flimsy appearance, too....
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Young lawyers are hitting the exits at Balch & Bingham as scandal continues...
Katlyn S. Caldwell and Addison WatsonWhat does it mean when new arrivals are bailing out at a once-prestigious law firm? It's likely not a good sign. Specifically, it probably means the newbies see the...
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Don Siegelman, target of a Bush-era political prosecution, has his law...
Former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, the victim of perhaps the most notorious political prosecution in American history, has regained his law license, according to Associated Press. From the AP...
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Despite a moratorium on evictions, Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm...
(banbalch.com) We have a new reason to wonder about the kooky moral compass that seems to drive Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm. It involves an eviction that took place while a federal...
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Traffic stops, which are supposed to be routine, increasingly are turning...
Traffic stops seem to be the most routine of all law-enforcement duties. But such stops are increasingly turning deadly, a new study shows, causing some jurisdictions to consider taking the...
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