Johnny Mack Morrow

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...