Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
By the calendar, the first official day of summer was last weekend. The longest day of the year is June 21, and it marks the beginning of the summer s...
Johnny Mack Morrow
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
June 16, 2010
The BP oil disaster in the Gulf continues to threaten Alabama’s coastline. Brown globs of crude are washing ashore in various places. For the first ti...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
June 9, 2010
The first tar balls from the devastating gulf oil spill have washed up on Alabama’s shoreline. Most of our state waters are now closed to fishing. Eac...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
June 2, 2010
Everyone in Alabama knows how important our coastline and waters are. Most of us have been to Gulf Shores or Orange Beach, and some of us have probabl...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
May 26, 2010
All the tell tale signs are there: the growing problems with concentration, an increase in fidgeting, the lack of energy for the task at hand, long st...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
May 19, 2010
Analysts and economists tell us the country is back to economic growth. Wall Street, the cause of what is now known as the Great Recession and the unt...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
May 12, 2010
Alabama is no stranger to oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. For the better part of three decades, there have been drilling rigs just off Ala...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
May 5, 2010
Giving tests is one area where Alabama education is an expert. For decades we have been testing children in every grade each year with one of the most...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
April 28, 2010
The 2010 legislative session ended last week without the often seen last minute theater. Well before the last day the Legislature had done its one con...
Columnists, Johnny Mack Morrow, Opinion
by Johnny Mack Morrow
April 21, 2010
Alabama is the lowest tax state in the nation, according to census figures and federal officials. We collect less state and local taxes than any other...
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