Scot Beard

During the past couple of weeks I have heard quite a bit of talk about the upcoming vote on alcohol sales in Russellville. After listening to the argu...

Monday morning Web sites across the nation posted headlines such as “Alabama legislators, bingo casino owners charged on federal vote buying allegatio...

My wife, Erin, enjoys reading my columns, but she feels I paint her in a less than favorable light sometimes. When I wrote about how much I loved foot...

It is often said that opposites attract, and I think that holds true for my wife, Erin, and I. She is talkative and I am not. She is quick to react an...

In the past two decades there have been several highly publicized incidents of school violence and a growing number of high school students who choose...

Nine years ago I worked with my uncle at various post offices around the country. My uncle, Bo, and I were stepping out of the back door of the downto...

For years adminstrators and parents have worked together to try and remove bulllying from schools. Bullies create tension and are counterproductive to...

I made a list of states I have visited and a list of states my wife and I have visited together. That is when I found out both of us had a different d...

Of all the places I have done my people watching, I have concluded there is one place that brings out the worst in people — retail stores. I don’t kno...

Both political parties see the glass as being half full. Unfortunately for members of Congress, they do not elect themselves and many voters see the g...