As mostly Black basketball players lift Auburn University to national...
Auburn's Jabari Smith averages a team-high 15.2 ppgAuburn University's men's basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the country for the first time in school history. Seven of the team's top eight scorers...
View ArticlePackers' Aaron Rodgers might become the NFL's Most Valuable Player, but...
With a playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers, the bizarre season of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has come to a close. How bizarre was it? Rodgers is a strong candidate to be named...
View ArticleThe Matrix Meltdown -- with Alabama Power and Balch & Bingham at its core --...
What might be called the Matrix Meltdown -- with Alabama Power and Balch & Bingham at the center of it -- has left an winding trail that federal investigators reportedly are following. Where will...
View ArticleAli Alexander gets caught using the word "rebellion" in reference to Jan. 6,...
Ali Alexander Alabama-connected extremist Ali Alexander is trying to distance himself from his use of the word "rebellion" related to Jan. 6, according to a report at Right-Wing Watch (RWW), which is a...
View ArticleBomb threats usher in the first day of Black History Month at Historically...
St. Louis was one of several cities around the country to report bomb threats yesterday at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU). The threats came on the first day of Black History Month....
View Article"Pimps of Mississippi" continue dismal performance with administration of...
The Pimps of MississippiThe performance of Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm with a pandemic-related rent-assistance program in Mississippi doesn't seem to be getting much better with time,...
View ArticleWhat prompted the FBI to conduct a raid at a residence on Overton Road in --...
A home on Overton Road in Mountain BrookThe FBI recently conducted a raid at a home on Overton Road in Mountain Brook, AL, according to a report at WBRC. For those not familiar with the area, Mountain...
View ArticleUnderground discharge of pollutants into the Black Warrior River joins the...
Black Warrior River Were concerns about the unlawful discharge of pollutants through underground water a driving force behind the North Birmingham Bribery scandal? The question arises from an article...
View ArticleAlabama Supreme Court ruling appears to affix the label "third-party risk" to...
A recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling appears to place the label "third-party risk" on Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm. That finding raises serious questions about the firm's future,...
View ArticleAs Matrix "melts down," the "Three Stooges" bumble, and Roberson lawsuit...
Jay Town and Mark Croswhite at Moon Shine Lounge U.S. District Judge Abdul Kallon wrote during the North Birmingham Superfund bribery trial that grand-jury testimony indicated more than one or two...
View ArticleForthcoming book focuses on Trump's toilet habits and reports that White...
A major U.S. news outlet is out this morning with the following headline: "Haberman book: Flushed papers found clogging Trump WH toilet." That's from Axios, and it's not a joke. In it's morning...
View ArticleFortune has taken a downward turn for many of Trump's Alabama allies, and now...
Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump During the four years of the Donald Trump presidency, a small army of Alabamians -- one could call them "lackeys" -- maintained close ties to the White House. Many of...
View ArticleBill Pryor and Clarence Thomas appear to be touting a story that law clerk...
Crystal Claton, with Clarence and Ginni Thomas The story of Crystal Clanton, hired as a law clerk by U.S. Circuit Judge Bill Pryor (of Alabama) despite texts in which she wrote of hating black people,...
View ArticleRebirth of David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit against Balch draws coverage...
Bloomberg terminalThe full rebirth of David Roberson's $75-million lawsuit against his former employer, Drummond Company, and Balch & Bingham has drawn the attention of the national media. The...
View ArticleAdministrators at Auburn and U of Alabama face job-related fallout after...
Myron PopeHigh-level administrators at Alabama's two largest universities are facing employment fallout after being implicated in sex-related misconduct.Myron Pope, vice president for student life at...
View ArticleWhat if Nick Saban could predict Auburn's Iron Bowl playbook almost without...
What if University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban announced on a Thursday the first 10 plays Auburn's Bryan Harsin would run in that Saturday's Iron Bowl -- and Saban was right on the money?...
View ArticleSCOTUS allows North Birmingham bribery convictions to stand, but signs point...
Mike Cole, Jay Town, Mark CrosswhiteThe U.S. Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari, allowing convictions in the North Birmingham Superfund scandal to stand. The action answers a few questions, but...
View ArticleRepublicans Cruz, Hawley, and Cotton suggest that Biden's nominee for...
Nina Morrison A confirmation hearing for one of President Biden's judicial nominees provided evidence that at least three U.S. senators, all Republicans, have little clue about how the U.S....
View ArticleBirmingham media outlets take strangely contrary positions on Balch & Bingham...
Birmingham's Balch & Bingham law firm cannot seem to outrun its history of taking dubious actions on matters of race. Balch, however is at the heart of wildly incongruent reporting in the Alabama...
View ArticleNo-knock warrant that led to the fatal shooting of Amir Locke in Minnesota is...
With Russia invading Ukraine and the Trump family facing investigations from all directions, the issue of police reform seems to have gotten lost in the battle for Americans' attention. The recent...
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