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I live in Birmingham, Alabama, and work in higher education. I became interested in justice-related issues after experiencing gross judicial corruption in Alabama state courts. This corruption has a strong political component. The corrupt judges are all Republicans, and the attorney who filed a fraudulent lawsuit against me has strong family ties to the Alabama Republican Party, with indirect connections to national figures such as Karl Rove. In fact, a number of Republican operatives who have played a central role in the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (a Democrat) also have connections to my case.

I am married, with no kids and two Siamese cats. I am the author of the blog Legal Schnauzer. The blog is written in honor of Murphy, our miniature schnauzer (1993-2004)who did so much to help my wife and me survive our nightmarish experience with corrupt judges.

I grew up in Springfield, Missouri, and I am pretty much a lifelong St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan. I've lived in Birmingham for almost 30 years and have adopted the UAB Blazers as my Southern college football and basketball team to follow. Also, follow East Tennessee State basketball.

An avid reader, both fiction and non-fiction. Influential writers on public affairs are Kevin Phillips, Michael Lind, Thomas Edsall, E.J. Dionne, Molly Ivins, and Scott Horton.

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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 22, 2010
Boy Scouts and the Horrors of Their "Perversion Files" An Oregon lawsuit is unveling ugly truths about the Boy Scouts of America and their efforts to protect sexual predators.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Bush vs. Obama on Spending: It's No Contest When it comes to spending, Bush beats Obama hands down.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 25, 2011
Why Is Karl Rove Planning to Visit the Backwoods of Alabama? Karl Rove picks a curious spot to give a speech.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 31, 2009
What's the Real Story Behind Karl Rove's Divorce? Could Karl Rove's divorce be connected to the recent discovery of missing Bush White House e-mails?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Is "Morning Joe" Scarborough a Murderer? What kinds of questions should voters ask if Joe Scarborough runs again for public office?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Rove Might Be Trying To "Pull A Siegelman" With Julian Assange Is Karl Rove exporting a Don Siegelman-style political prosecution to Sweden in the Julian Assange case?
(22 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Why Did Former Bush-Administration Official Wind Up Dead In A Delaware Landfill? A former Bush official turns up dead in a puzzling case of murder.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 12, 2012
George Will, Of All People, Stands Up for Justice in the Don Siegelman Case Obama ignores justice in the Don Siegelman case--but George Will does not.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 16, 2012
Lawyer With Strong Ties to GOP Turns Up Dead at Construction Site A lawyer with powerful ties to the Republican Party is found dead yesterday.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Missing Lawyer's Body Is Found on Golf Course An Alabama lawyer with a famous name disappeared and now is confirmed dead. What happened?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 10, 2011
Rove and Wallenberg Are At The Heart Of The Julian Assange Prosecution Revealing the motives behind the Julian Assange case.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 14, 2011
Why Did the FBI Launch a Raid on Mississippi Choctaw Gaming Facilities? Could an investigation in Mississippi become a national story?
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 3, 2009
A "Deep Throat" Has Emerged in the Mike Connell Plane Crash An anonymous informant indicates sabotage was involved in the Mike Connell plane crash last December.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Hulk Hogan Helps Prove Corruption in Divorce Courts In a roundabout way, Hulk Hogan has helped prove that some divorce courts are grotesquely corrupt.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 30, 2011
Lawyer In High-Profile Federal Case Has a Drug-Trafficking Conviction On His Record How does a lawyer with a conviction for drug trafficking remain a member of the bar?
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Siegelman Appeal Shines Spotlight on Obama's Dismal DOJ Don Siegelman goes before an appeals court today, offering a reminder of the Obama administration's shameful performance on justice issues.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 11, 2009
Exposing the Bottom Feeders in Debt-Collection Industry Violations of federal law are rampant in the debt-collection industry.
(20 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Sarah Palin Commits a Colossal Blunder Down South Sarah Palin visits Alabama and insults the state's most important voting bloc.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 9, 2010
What Should We Learn from Richard Shelby's Game of "Alabama Hold 'Em"? Richard Shelby has backed down from his blanket holds on presidential nominations. Here is how Obama should respond.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 15, 2011
Blog Skewers A Conservative Newspaper And Then Gets Hacked A blog that skewered a conservative newspaper has become the target of hackers.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 7, 2010
Governor's $13-Million Debt Sparked Arrests in Alabama What's the real story behind this week's bingo arrests in Alabama? It's depraved.
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 6, 2011
Alabama's GOP Delegation Voted Against Funding for Tornado Forecasting Alabama Republicans voted against a bill to improve weather forecasting.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A Wealthy Republican Has Grandchildren on Food Stamps Michele Rollins has been portrayed as "one of the wealthiest women in the United States." So why does she have grandchildren in Alabama on food stamps?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Why Did Someone Gun Down This Lawyer? Who murdered an Alabama lawyer--and why?
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Sex Scandal Might Nip Boehner's Speakership In The Bud A sex scandal might being John Boehner's speakership to a quick close.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 23, 2011
What Might Be Lurking in WikiLeaks' "Thermonuclear Device"? Could WikiLeaks' "big bomb" shine light on stolen U.S. elections and more?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 30, 2012
A Reporter Goes Undercover to Expose the Debt-Collection Industry If you have a credit card, or buy anything on terms, you need to know how the debt-collection industry works. A new book will tell you.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 3, 2011
Rove/Assange Story Hits the International Press in Sweden The Swedish press picks up on the Rove/Assange story.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 4, 2011
Southern Conservatives Reveal Their True "Family Values" The phrase "family values" apparently has some peculiar meanings to certain Southern conservatives.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 29, 2010
Is Bush Able to Blackmail Obama Into Ignoring Justice Issues? A new report indicates the Bush administration used electronic surveillance to help blackmail the Obama White House.
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 13, 2010
Katrina vanden Heuvel Lays Out the Unfortunate Truth About Obama Is Obama headed toward a failed presidency?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 8, 2010
University of Alabama Football: The Rest of the Story The University of Alabama is college football's national champion. And it's best known booster has ties to insurance fraud.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 25, 2010
Was Prominent Attorney's Death Really a Suicide? Major Bashinsky's death has been ruled a suicide. Are there reasons to doubt that conclusion?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Debt-Collection Lawyer Is Forced to Close Up His Sleazy Shop Scores of consumer complaints lead a debt-collection lawyer to have his practice closed.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The Family Behind Orkin Pest Control Has Connections to Massive Accounting Fraud The next time you have Orkin Pest Control come to you home or office, you might want to think about this.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 26, 2010
A Wealthy Republican Family Hangs Out Its Dirty Laundry Down South One of America's wealthiest GOP families is going through a "public disintegration."
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Have Americans Forgotten the Importance of Unions? A worker who recently was wrongfully fired reflects on the importance of unions and the protections they provide.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 28, 2011
Woman Gets Fired For Complaining About Porn In The Workplace What happens when a woman complains about porn in the workplace? At one Missouri company, she gets fired.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Clarence Thomas Faces Call For His Disbarment Clarence Thomas should be disbarred, according to a complaint filed with the Missouri Supreme Court.
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Coverup in the Siegelman Case Now Extends to the U.S. Senate The coverup of criminality in the Don Siegelman prosecution continues to spread.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 6, 2008
A Nutjob Judge Gets Canned in Alabama How far does a corrupt judge have to go in order to get removed from office in Alabama?
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 1, 2011
Obama Proposes a Wretched Nominee for Controversial U.S. Attorney Post Obama plans to replace controversial Bush appointee with someone who is almost as bad.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 11, 2011
Debt Collectors Are Going After Kids' Lunch Money How low will the debt-collection industry go?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 24, 2011
Did Clarence Thomas Commit a Federal Crime by Hiding Wife's Income? Clarence Thomas committed more than just an oversight when he failed disclose almost $700,000 of his wife's income.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Media Displays Breathtaking Hypocrisy in Coverage of the Penn State Scandal The press is attacking Penn State officials for covering up a scandal. But the American press covers up scandals all the time.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 6, 2011
CEO With Deep Pockets Has Children on Food Stamps How bad can corporate greed get? A prominent CEO from an "extremely wealthy" family has children on food stamps.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Did Hardball Tactics in a Divorce Case Lead to the Murder of an Alabama Lawyer? Did someone snap in the face of abusive tactics in a nasty divorce case?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 18, 2010
Why Is the FBI Interested in Recruitment of College Football Star? Why is the FBI interested in the recruitment of a college-football star?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Why Did A Lawyer With GOP Ties Die On A Walk to the Drugstore? What caused a 35-year-old lawyer to die during a walk to a drugstore?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 30, 2010
Julian Assange Case Is Being Driven by a Tangled Web in Sweden Political, legal, and media elites in Sweden are driving the Julian Assange prosecution.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Alabama Arrests Mark a Dismal Episode for the Obama DOJ Yesterday's arrests in Alabama were a positively Rovian moment for the DOJ.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 20, 2010
Suspicious Political Deaths Are Piling Up Down South A curious suicide is the latest death connected to Alabama conservatives in recent months. Is this just a coincidence?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 27, 2009
Private Insurers Breed Medicare Fraud Would a public health-care option make Medicare fraud worse. Almost certainly not. Why? Because much of Medicare fraud is driven by private companies, especially insurers.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Here's Why Americans Hate Lawyers It's not an accident that many Americans despise lawyers.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 13, 2012
Investigation of Lawyer's Murder Already Is Sending Out a Stench Something doesn't add up about the investigation of a prominent lawyer's murder.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Is Karl Rove's Lawyer Trying to "Spin" a D.C. Suicide? An apparent suicide in D.C. has sparked some curious reporting.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 4, 2011
Conservative Bomb Thrower Has a Bomb Explode in His Lap Conservative columnist finds the spotlight turned in his own direction.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 21, 2011
Will FBI Raid Yield New Abramoff-Related Sleaze in the Deep South? FBI raid focuses on gambling in the South.
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Bush Holdover Might Be Planning An "October Surprise" Bush appointee Leura Canary might have one more election-related scam up her sleeve.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 10, 2011
Blue Cross and Blue Shield's Hiring Practices Let Criminals Through the Cracks A huge health insurance company has questionable hiring practices.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 9, 2012
A Republican Stronghold Spawns a Serial Child Molester Here is an example of Republican "family values."
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 18, 2011
An Independent Investigation Is Needed on Mysterious "Suicides" in Alabama What's going on with a string of mysterious deaths in Alabama?
(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Death of a Bush-Era Prosecutor Prompts Deep Thoughts On the Hereafter Should we feel sorrow when SOBs no longer are among us?
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 14, 2011
Will Penn State Scandal Finally Bring Child Sexual Abuse Into the Spotlight? Child sexual abuse is not a new problem. Perhaps the Penn State scandal will push America to face it head on.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Divorce-Court Judge Faces 74 Charges of Corruption Judicial corruption--or at least a small segment of it--is unmasked.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 28, 2010
Paul Minor and the U.S. Supreme Court's "Corporation" Ruling The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling regarding corporate personhood shines a whole new light on the Paul Minor case in Mississippi.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Telling the Truth Costs A Lawyer Her License Can a lawyer lose her license for telling the truth? Yes, she can.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Is the Obama Administration Helping Turn America Into a Police State? The Obama administration is taking disturbing steps to crack down on dissident voices.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 3, 2011
Will the First Family of GOP Sleaze Wind Up in the Crosshairs? Will a Republican family get away with sleaze forever?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 7, 2009
Alabama Jury Awards Almost $6 Million in Employment Case Plaintiffs usually face an uphill battle in employment lawsuits. But several juries--including one just the other day in Alabama--have sent messages to employers: "Harass, discriminate, and retaliate, and we will hold you accountable."
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 15, 2010
Is Warped Christianity Threatening Our Democracy? Fundamentalism that favors elites is a growing danger.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 17, 2011
Anthony Weiner Joins the Effort to Disbar Clarence Thomas Congressional Democrats join the battle to disbar Clarence Thomas.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 29, 2011
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients? Why Stop There? Welfare recipients aren't the only folks who might need drug testing.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 9, 2011
CEO Makes Company Disappear In the Midst of Divorce Proceedings What kind of tricks will a CEO pull to hide money in a divorce case?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 18, 2009
Siegelman's Judge Committed Fraud on the Court The judge in the Don Siegelman committed fraud on the court by failing to disclose his bias against the former governor. That means the judgment against Siegelman should be vacated.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 8, 2011
Two Corrupt Judges Get Outed in the Deep South Corrupt judges usually never get exposed to the public. But there are exceptions.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 22, 2011
"Snake House" Might Generate a Case for the Courthouse A house filled with snakes could lead to legal issues.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 21, 2010
Bullying Continues Even When You Become An Adult Bullying doesn't end with the teen years.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 23, 2009
What on Earth is the Appeal of Sarah Palin? Sarah Palin's book tour stops in Alabama today. Why are people standing in long lines for a chance to catch a glimpse?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 16, 2010
Are Divorce Courts Hopelessly Corrupt? A hunting club reportedly is the site for judges and lawyers to fix divorce cases in Alabama. Does this happen around the country?
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Prostitutes, Strippers, and "Judges Gone Wild" Judges are supposed to uphold the law. Many of them cannot obey the law.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Why Is Obama Worried by Corruption in Afghanistan, but not in U.S. A key to the success of Barack Obama's surge in Afghanistan is an effort to root our corruption in the country's government. But what about corruption in our own government, which Obama has refused to address?
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 28, 2011
Bar Association Punishes Lawyer for Telling the Truth How nutty can things get with a state bar association?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Wall Street Darling Faces Charges of Sex and Race Discrimination Wall Street showers money on a firm that practices blatant sex and race discrimination.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 10, 2009
Anti-Gay Harassment Escalates Into Workplace Retaliation Two women who opposed anti-gay harassment in California wound up being fired. It's a classic case of workplace retaliation.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 22, 2010
How Far Will One Company Go to Avoid Hiring Blacks? A Wall Street darling goes to great lengths to avoid hiring blacks.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Another Mysterious Death Darkens the Political Landscape in Karl Rove's Alabama What kind of environment has Karl Rove wrought in Alabama?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 17, 2011
The Denseness of Modern Conservatives Seems to Know No Boundaries Conservatives don't seem to understand the concept of causation.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 9, 2011
Monica Goodling Ruling Shows That Legal Watchdogs Have No Teeth Monica Goodling receives a slap on the wrist for her role in corrupting in the U.S. Justice Department.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 4, 2010
New York Times Displays Shoddy Reporting on Amy Bishop Story Coverage of the shootings on a college campus in Alabama leaves much to be desired.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 2, 2012
A "Culture of Domination" Helps Produce Child Sex-Abuse Scandals Is the desire to dominate driving dysfunction in the U.S.?
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SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Stench Grows Stronger Around Death-Penalty Case in Alabama A demonstrably corrupt judge is handling a death-penalty case in Alabama.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Ten Rules On How to Fire An Employee--And Not Get Sued How do employers often screw up when they fire workers? Let us count the ways.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Obama Advisors Feared a Coup if the Administration Prosecuted War Crimes Justice issues took a backseat to fears about a coup in the Obama administration.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Siegelman: What Happened to President Obama's Moral Compass? Obama needs to check his moral GPS. It's out of alignment.
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SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 29, 2012
Did Lawyer's Wife Pay $40,000 to Have Him Killed? New information emerges in the death of an Alabama lawyer.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 9, 2010
Racist Debt Collector Gets Nailed for $1.5-Million Judgment A debt collection firm will pay dearly for leaving vile, racist messages on a consumer's answering machine.
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SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 21, 2011
Miniature Schnauzer Lands in the Middle of a Civil-Rights Lawsuit How does a miniature schnauzer become embroiled in a lawsuit involving unlawful force?
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Obama DOJ Wants a Second Dose of Humiliation in Alabama Bingo Trial Is the Obama DOJ taking a pro-Abramoff slant?
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 30, 2010
Richard Shelby's Pork Parade Helps Fund Discrimination on Alabama Campuses It's unlawful for federal funds to be used at organizations that discriminates. But Sen. Richard Shelby has sent millions to the University of Alabama System, which has rampant problems with discrimination--and fraud.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Universities Are All Too Happy to Accept Cash From Shady Sources Academics and ethics fall back in the back when cash is on hand for university presidents.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 29, 2011
CEO Threatens A Lawsuit Against Progressive Blogger A CEO launches legal threats against a progressive blogger.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 1, 2008
I Know All About Naomi Wolf's Police State Author Naomi Wolf recently wrote about the coming Sarah Palin/Karl Rove "police state." In some respects, it's already here.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 22, 2010
Story of UAH Shootings Takes on Broader Dimensions Amy Bishop apparently was a troubled individual, but it also appears that she was engulfed in a dysfunctional work environment at UAH.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Woman Is Murdered at Apartments Built By Private Developer of Student Housing Campus Crest Communities is building apartments to essentially replace dorms around the country. Is that a good idea, especially in terms of safety?
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 19, 2010
What Role Did "Crazy" Comment Play in Alabama Shootings? Did an uninformed comment, and clueless management, help light the spark that led to tragedy on an Alabama campus?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 8, 2010
Voters Blame Obama for Bush's Wall Street Bailout The 2010 midterms were a classic case of irrational voting.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 29, 2008
A Curious Case of Christian "Values" An Alabama blogger encounters a large, conservative Alabama church that seems more than willing to take advantage of judges who are willing to cheat on the church's behalf. What kind of values are right-wing churches teaching?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Clarence Thomas Is Trying To Get Away With A Felony Are Clarence Thomas and his wife trying to pervert our justice system?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Federal Jury Awards $2.7 Million in Sexual Harassment Case How clueless can management be when confronted with harassment in the workplace? Very.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Coverup In Penn State Sex Scandal Should Not Be A Surprise Administrators in higher education have a tendency to go into cover-up mode.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Could the Koch Brothers' Money Express Run Afoul of the IRS? The IRS is looking closely at nonprofit advocacy groups.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 23, 2010
Report on U.S. Attorney Firings Reads Like a Farce The report clearing Bush officials of criminal acts in the U.S. attorney firings reads like a joke.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 12, 2011
Why Is Football Coach Evasive About His Criminal Record? Why is a recently appointed head football coach struggling to explain his criminal history?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 30, 2009
Good Riddance to a Bad Judge--One With Ties to the Siegelman case A bad Alabama judge, one with connections to the Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy cases, is retiring. How bad is this judge? I've seen him work up close, and he can't even follow his own orders.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 16, 2010
Joe Scarborough, Bob Riley, and the Rising GOP Body Count How far will GOPers go when their power is threatened?
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 23, 2008
Caught on Tape! Corrupt Republicans in Alabama An Alabama blogger shows you what it looks like when corrupt Republicans are caught in the act. And these are just any corrupt Republicans. They have direct ties to the Bush White House.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 31, 2011
Former Bush-Administration Official Was Beaten to Death Blunt-force trauma was the cause of death in the John P. Wheeler case. But many questions remain.
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 28, 2010
My Wife and I Know All About Republican Thugs My wife and I encountered Republican thugs long before most folks had heard of Rand Paul and his Kentucky head stompers.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 6, 2012
Why Did Karl Rove and His GOP Thugs Target Don Siegelman in Alabama? Bushies had plenty of reasons to get rid of a Democratic governor in a key Southern state.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 27, 2010
USA Today Investigation Scratches the Surface of Decay in U.S. Justice System USA Today is a nice start. But much more needs to be done to expose corruption in our justice system.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 6, 2011
Karl Rove Is Having Wet Dreams About Jeb Bush in 2012 Karl Rove seems to be testing the waters for a Jeb Bush run in 2012.
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 27, 2011
What Do Clarence Thomas and Martha Stewart Have in Common? Martha Stewart and a number of sports stars probably don't think Clarence Thomas should get off lightly for making false statements.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 7, 2011
Joe Scarborough Spews Rubbish As He Pushes Bob Riley for President Joe Scarborough is pushing Bob Riley of Alabama as a GOP candidate for president in 2012.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 25, 2009
Federal Prosecutors Face Allegations of Criminal Misconduct in Alabama Cases Defense attorneys for Don Siegelman and Alex Latifi say federal prosecutors committed crimes in their handling of the Alabama cases.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Standing Up to a Debt Collector's Pit Bull What's it like to stand up against unethical debt collectors and their cohorts in the credit-card industry? Here's an insider's account.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Debt Collectors Threaten to Kill Pets, Rape Mothers, and Desecrate Corpses--And We Aren't Kidding Here is the latest from the charming folks in the debt-collection industry.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Our "Two-Faced" Justice System is on Display in Alabama A federal corruption trial in Alabama provides a glimpse at two-tiered "justice" in America.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 9, 2010
Meet The Man Who Is Letting Karl Rove Off the Hook Who is advising President Obama to look past Bush-era crimes? Meet him.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Case of HIV Sends Panic Through the Porn Industry A health scare shuts down the porn industry.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Here's the Poster Boy for Greed on Wall Street Want to see the face of Wall Street greed? Here it is.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Siegelman Case Comes Back to Life With Alabama Arrests--Under Obama This week's arrests in Alabama are eerily similar to the Don Siegelman case.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 21, 2008
Did the Rove Crime Syndicate Strike Again? A growing body of evidence suggests we might be more like Sicily than we care to admit.The latest grim evidence came Friday when a plane crashed in a residential area near Akron.What was in the off-the-grid e-mail system that Michael Connell helped set up?information about the Siegelman prosecutions,the Minor case,the 2002 governor's race, efforts to silence Jill Simpson?Was Connell the "man who knew too much?"
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(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 12, 2010
The South is NOT Our Most Conservative Region What is the most conservative region in the U.S.? You might be surprised at the answer.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Siegelman Conviction Is Vacated--What Does It Mean? The U.S. Supreme Court has vacated the conviction of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. What's next?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 28, 2008
Gruesome Murders Help Unmask GOP Corruption A gruesome murder in suburban Birmingham causes the Alabama press to take a critical glance at local Republican leaders.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Major University Hires a President With Ties to Medicare Fraud Are ties to Medicare fraud an attractive quality in a university president? At the U of Kentucky, the answer apparently is yes.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 12, 2010
Stench Becomes Overwhelming in U.S. Justice System New Jersey and Minnesota provide the latest signs of decay in our crumbling justice system.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Is Karl Rove Driving the Effort to Prosecute Julian Assange? Is Karl Rove, at least in part, driving the train that is on Julian Assange's tail?
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Penn State Isn't the Only University That's Been Harboring a Scandal The University of Alabama, like Penn State, has been harboring a scandal that dates to the 1990s. What did UA do to the wrongdoer? They made him president of the Board of Trustees.
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Did Prominent Attorney Really Commit Suicide? The death of Major Bashinsky has been ruled a suicide. But does the evidence support that finding?
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America Continues To Pay An Enormous Price For The Reagan Revolution The Reagan myth is chipping away at America's soul--and its future.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 10, 2009
A Major University Is Infected With Research Fraud For the third time this year, an Alabama university has a major case of research fraud. Who is running this trainwreck?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Pressure Intensifies on Justice Department in Siegelman Case The latest documents in the Don Siegelman case raise of the specter of prosecutorial crimes.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 20, 2010
Here Is More Evidence That Republicans Think Americans Are Stupid A corrupt Republican pushing ethics reform? How stupid do GOPers think we are?
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Defamation Case Against Montana Blogger Hits Close to Home A $2.5-million judgment against Montana blogger Crystal Cox brings the power of blogging--and its dangers--close to home.
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Are Psychopaths Running Rampant in the Worlds of Business and Politics? What impact to psychopaths have on our lives?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Will Offshore Tax-Evasion Case Ensnare Wealthy Americans? A guilty plea in New Jersey might lead to extreme discomfort for some wealthy Americans.
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Is Oil Spill About to Give Alabamians What We Deserve? Alabama has consistently sucked up to the oil industry. Now we are about to pay a big price.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 25, 2011
ABC News Exposes Debt Collectors and Their Ugly Tactics Underhanded debt collectors are in the national spotlight.
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Bush-Era U.S. Attorney Is the Target of a Federal Investigation Leura Canary is feeling the heat from a federal investigation.
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Video: Football Coach Denies DUI Arrest On His Record Garrick McGee, new football coach at UAB, denies the DUI arrest that clearly is on his record.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 27, 2011
The Road from Clarence Thomas to Harlan Crow Runs Close to Home America's wealthy elites turn our justice system into a plaything.
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Is Private Enterprise More Efficient Than The Public Sector When It Comes to Student Housing? Can private enterprise screw up work that used to be handled by the public sector?
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Abramoff Bolts From Radio Interview When Confronted By Tribal Leader Jack Abramoff can't handle the heat in radio interview.
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Dissecting the Economic Debacles of the George W. Bush Administration Here is how the Bush administration unleashed an economic disaster upon the U.S.
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Tiger Woods and the Hazards of Modern Technology Tiger Woods and others are learning that modern technology makes it hard to get away with cheating.
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Private Investigator Helps Nail GOP Hypocrite Want to "out" a Republican hypocrite? Hire a P.I.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 11, 2011
The Middle Class Is Being Priced Out of American Universities Will college campuses soon become havens for the elite?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 27, 2009
AIG Mess Could Get A Whole Lot Messier Could the AIG mess get worse? Oh yes, says an expert in forensic accounting.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 23, 2012
A "Neighbor From Hell" Can Wreak All Sorts of Legal and Psychological Havoc Have you ever had a "neighbor from hell"? Here is a story about mine.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 18, 2010
Will FBI Finally Zero In On the U.S. Chamber of Commerce? U.S. Chamber dollars are becoming a key campaign issue.
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Death-Penalty Case Emits a Foul Odor in Alabama A corrupt judge is handling life-and-death matters in an Alabama murder case.
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Lawyer for Assange Accusers Has Apparent Ties to CIA and Torture What is driving the lawyers who are behind the accusations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 29, 2009
Now My Wife Has Been Cheated Out of Her Job, Too Right-wing political interests in Alabama cheated me out of my job. Now corporate types appear to have cheated my wife out of her job.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 17, 2011
What Really Happened In Lawyer's Mysterious Death? The official story in a lawyer's "suicide" does not add up.
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Paul Minor Is Not Allowed To Attend His Wife's Funeral Imprisoned Mississippi attorney Paul Minor, a victim of the Bush Justice Department, was not allowed to attend his wife's funeral.
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The Inside Story of Medicare Fraud at a Major University How do universities pull off massive Medicare-fraud schemes? Here is an inside account.
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CEO Repeatedly Violates Court Orders--And Gets Away With It How can you repeatedly ignore court orders and get away with it. It apparently helps to be a CEO, from one of America's wealthiest families.
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Why Did I Survive My Brush With Death on a Baseball Field? We all have brushes with death, and mine came on a baseball field. Why am I still here?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 3, 2010
"60 Minutes" Spotlights Incompetence at the VA The Department of Veterans Affairs is letting down those it is supposed to serve.
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Will Bar Complaint Take The Bite Out Of U.S. Chamber's Attack Dogs? Watchdog groups have the U.S. Chamber's rogue lawyers in the cross hairs.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 25, 2011
University of Miami Sports Scandal Reaches Into Other States A major sports scandal from south Florida reaches into other states.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Here's How Wealthy Republicans Receive Unlawful Favors in Court Do the wealthy get favors in court? Oh, yes. And here is proof.
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Are U.S. Appellate Courts Trying To Cover Up Bush-Era Crimes? A curious trend is developing on appeals of Bush-era political prosecutions.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Is Rahm Emanuel Providing Cover for Karl Rove and GOP Thugs? Did Rahm Emanuel nix investigations of Bush-era political prosecutions?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 13, 2010
Dog Takes a Leak, Fatal Shooting Ensues A dog stopping to relieve himself led to a fatal shooting in Chicago.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Did Republican Candidate Deceive the Public About Her Wealth? Members of wealthy family make conflicting statements in public forums.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 4, 2011
Bob Riley for President? Still Crooked After All These Years Bob Riley entered office on a wave of criminal activity, and it looks like he went out that way. This guy wants to be president?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Will Clarence Thomas Get Away With a Federal Crime? The legal establishment and the mainstream press seem determined to cover up Clarence Thomas' crime.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Sovereign Citizens Aren't the Only Lawless Rogues on the American Frontier Lawlessness is rampant on the American landscape, not just among "sovereign citizens."
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Fight Back Against Cheats and Liars By Making Technology Your Friend In a world of cheats and liars, what is a citizen with a conscience to do?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Debt Collectors, Depositions, and Videotape What's it like to engage in combat with unethical debt collectors. Anyone with a credit card might face that situation someday. Here's a first-hand account.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 22, 2011
Will Rick Perry Be Targeted for a Federal Prosecution? Based on the "law" established in the Don Siegelman case, Rick Perry should soon be under a federal investigation.
(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 24, 2012
A Family's Cat Is Murdered In the Name of Politics and Conservatism How low can our political discourse go?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 26, 2009
The Siegelman Case: Why Obama Must Get It Right on Justice Issues Barack Obama talks about looking forward. But if he and his administration do not look back at justice-related crimes of Karl Rove & Co., much of their good work might be wasted.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 3, 2011
University Makes a Habit of Firing Employees Over "Computer Issues" A deep-South university makes a habit of unlawfully firing employees over trumped-up allegations regarding workplace computers. What's really going on?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Was U.S. Chamber a Factor in Mysterious Suicide? Was a power struggle behind a mysterious suicide in the pro-business community?
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University Presidents Play Hanky Panky With Taxpayer Dollars Here's a classic story of academic elites abusing the public trust--and wasting public funds.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 5, 2008
Love Connection? Abramoff and the D.C. Madam Are there connections between the Jack Abramoff case and the death of the D.C. Madam?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 18, 2011
Did One GOP Thug Reveal Too Much About Himself In a Recent Threat? GOP thugs have a natural tendency to issue threats to those who challenge them.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Did Rove's Plans for November Elections Have Tragic Consequences? Karl Rove's plans for the November elections might have had tragic consequences in Alabama.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 20, 2011
Rove Attacks Wasserman Schultz as "Debbie Downer" Debbie Wasserman Schultz becomes a target for Karl Rove's American Crossroads.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 11, 2012
Justice Department Lawyer Has Conflict in SCOTUS Review of Siegelman Case The U.S. Supreme Court is considering review of the political prosecutions in the Don Siegelman case.
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The Disturbing Backstory of a Corrupt University President How does an unethical university president behave? You can meet one here.
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Did Mismanagement Lead to Alabama Campus Shootings? Did mismanagement drive Amy Bishop to commit an insane act of violence?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 28, 2011
I Know How Wisconsin Professor Feels as a Target of GOP Thugs GOP attacks on university employees are not new.
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White Americans Say Racism Increasingly Is Turned in Their Direction Many White Americans say anti-white racism is worse than the racism faced by blacks.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 4, 2010
GOP Governor Drives a Southern Economy Off a Cliff Alabama voters consistently have sided with business interests. What do they have to show for it? One of the nation's worst economies.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Balcony Collapse Raises Questions About the Private Construction of Student Housing Is it a good idea to have private developers build student housing. Officials at University of North Texas are asking that question?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Is GOP "Funny Money" Cycling Through Non-Profits in the Deep South? Could another national scandal involving politics and money be in the works?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 26, 2008
A Siegelman Update: Were Whistleblower's Charges Taken Seriously? Did a notorious Bush appointee help cover up allegations of wrongdoing in the Don Siegelman prosecution?
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Richard Shelby Feeds Off the Carcass of Brain-Dead America How does Richard Shelby keep getting elected? By talking to his constituents like they are dunderheads.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 31, 2009
A University Loses Its Moral Compass Universities are supposed to be places of forward and progressive thinking. But an Alabama institution has seriously lost its way
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 31, 2011
How Should a Progressive Blogger React to a Possible Death Threat? Writing a progressive blog can bring unwanted attention--perhaps the dangerous kind.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 23, 2010
Meet One Major Democrat Who Still Has a Pair Paul Hubbert, of Alabama, teaches Democrats how to play hard ball.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 30, 2009
Alabama Corruption Fighter Is Corrupt Himself A Bush-appointed prosecutor has tapped a trusted aide to be the point man for fighting public-corruption cases in Alabama. Only one problem: The point man himself is corrupt.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 14, 2011
The Assange Case: Police Official and Accuser Are Friends One of the Assange accusers has ties to Stockholm police.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 10, 2011
Abramoff Draws A Road Map For Soiling Our Democracy Jack Abramoff's new book on his efforts to undermine our democracy.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 1, 2009
Did Siegelman's Former Lawyer Have a Glaring Conflict? Doug Jones, who led the defense team of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman for three years, has long been involved in a massive lawsuit against Richard Scrushy, who was Siegelman's codefendant. Did this represent a major conflict on Siegelman's own defense team? Did this play a role in the convictions that Siegelman and Scrushy eventually received?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 25, 2011
Pentagon Dumps Alabama at the Altar on Air Force Tanker Deal Alabama right wingers fail in their efforts to land the fruits of a huge Air Force contract.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 2, 2010
GOP Setting the Stage for Investigations of Obama Barack Obama has discouraged investigations of former Bush officials. But the GOP, if it wins back the U.S. House, probably will not return the favor.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 31, 2010
Is Barack Obama Really Our First Black President? Big news! Barack Obama isn't black!
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Hazards of Having Corrupt Federal Prosecutors We already know about cases where corrupt prosecutors have botched federal trials, such as the one involving former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. But what about cases that are yet to go to trial? Will those cases be tainted by corruption in the Bush Justice Department?
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Video: Dolphins, Whale Struggle to Survive in BP Oil Slick A new video captures the struggle for survival in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Anti-Obama Teacher Is Placed on Leave in Alabama A teacher who used the assassination of Barack Obama as an instructional tool has been placed on leave.
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Why Isn't the Deep South the Most Liberal Region in the U.S.? Two Southern universities will play for the national championship of college football--an activity with strong progressive characteristics. So why doesn't liberalism reign in the South?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 24, 2009
The Parker Griffith Story Takes Some Curious Turns Parker Griffith's party switch sets off all kinds of political intrigue
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A Victim of Child Sexual Abuse Uses the Web to Speak Out and Fight Back The Web provides a vehicle for fighting back against child sexual abuse.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 30, 2011
A Toast to Clark Griswold, Our Man of the Year A talking dog is our Man of the Year.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 14, 2010
Reagan Revolution Is Washing Ashore in the Gulf of Mexico Americans have supported anti-regulation candidates for some three decades. Now we are paying a huge price.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Workplace Violence Strikes Another University Campus Less than one month after fatal shootings at the U of Alabama in Huntsville, workplace violence strikes at Ohio State.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 21, 2010
Sharks and Submerged Oil Spell Trouble in the Gulf of Mexico Signs of damage from the BP oil spill are increasingly evident off the Alabama coast.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 23, 2010
What Can Happen When A Professor Is a Tough Grader? Being a tough grader can be hazardous to your teaching career.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 4, 2008
News Is Popping on the Siegelman Front Lots of new reports today on the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 8, 2009
A University Defrauds the Federal Government, Then Cuts Jobs After allegedly defrauding the federal government out of $300-600 million, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) now finds itself having to lay off employees in its health system. How does an institution manage to pull off such a dubious "double play"?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 14, 2011
Chamber of Commerce Thuggery Comes As No Surprise The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a long history of thuggish actions.
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Blue Cross Faces Allegations That It Drives Up Prices By Stifling Competition One of the nation's largest health insurers faces antitrust allegations.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 8, 2009
The Abramoff Trail Might Be Growing Warm Things have been quiet on the Jack Abramoff front. But former Abramoff associate Kevin Ring could hold the key to breaking the case wide open--and causing major headaches for prominent Republicans
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Is University Trampling Constitutional Rights in the Wake of Shootings Is an Alabama university stifling basic rights in the wake of campus shootings?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Chief Justice Draws Guffaws With His Claim That Federal Courts Operate Honestly The chief justice of our highest court actually believes federal judges behave in an ethical fashion. For our next joke . . .
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 14, 2008
New Whistleblower Emerges in Siegelman Case The WH is particularly concerned about documents&evidence linking it to the prosecution of former AL Gov. Siegelman.This involves former WH counsel Harriet Miers,former sr. political advisor Karl Rove,and President Bush, himself.What you may wonder was the President of the US doing meddling in the prosecution of a Southern governor?That is a very good question.Some significant news on this front will break shortly.Stay tuned!
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 20, 2011
Republican Thugs Send Vulgar Messages to Progressive Blogger GOP thugs are getting nasty.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Lawyers Can't Handle the Truth About Their Profession A reporter gets threatened with a lawsuit for writing truthfully about the legal profession.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 12, 2011
Fears From 9/11 Provide Cover for the Real Threats to Our Democracy Do the most serious threats to our democracy involve planes and burning buildings?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 17, 2009
Siegelman Judge Faces Renewed Call for Impeachment Mark Fuller, the federal judge who oversaw the Don Siegelman case, is facing a renewed call for his impeachment. A new investigative report also shows how much Fuller and his company, Doss Aviation, benefitted from government contracts during the Bush years.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Debt Collectors Have a History of Costing People Jobs Could a debt collector cheat you out of your job? They have a history of doing it.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 16, 2011
John Wheeler Homicide Investigation Turns Toward Victim's Home Wheeler investigation hits close to home.
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CEO of Campus Crest Communities Was a Fugitive From Justice for Failure to Pay Child Support A member of the "1 Percent" has been a fugitive from justice for failure to pay child support.
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Rahm Emanuel: We're Not Re-Litigating the Past Is Rahm Emanuel the architect of Obama's "look forward, not backward" policy on Bush-era crimes?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 6, 2011
This Death-Penalty Case Should Give Anyone Pause Is an Alabama man being railroaded in a death-penalty case?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Is Alabama GOP Governor Caught Red-Handed? Bob Riley, Alabama's Republican Governor, apparently has cut several deals that sound a lot like the one that landed Don Siegelman, a Democrat, in federal prison. What are the chances that the Justice Department will scrutinize Riley?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 30, 2010
Alabama Democrats Pull a Shocker--And We Love It! Alabama Democrats struck back last week against corporate and political elites.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 13, 2010
Lawsuit Shines Light on Abramoff and the Christian Coalition An Alabama lawsuit provides a roadmap of Bush-era sleaze involving Jack Abramoff and the Christian Coalition.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 5, 2011
Are Deadly Tornadoes a Sign of God's Wrath on the Deep South? Why is God so upset wih the conservative South?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Here's the Latest on the Don Siegelman Story Time magazine broke a story last Friday about misconduct by prosecutors and jurors in the trial of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. The story continues to reverberate around the Web, and here is the latest.
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Appellate Court Butchers The Siegelman Ruling President Barack Obama says he is more interested in looking forward rather than looking back at issues of injustice. And by appointing Greg Craig as White House counsel, Obama appears to have acquired a key advisor who is more interested in protecting Karl Rove than getting at justice.(What's going on,Mr. President?)These are dark days for American justice. And they just got darker on Friday.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Impact of Climate Change is Obvious in Antarctica Anyone who doubts the impact of climate change needs to talk with Jim McClintock, a marine polar biologist who has made 13 research expeditions to Antarctica.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 7, 2011
What You Don't Know About Your Neighbor Can Hurt You What do you really know about your neighbor's background? How can a neighbor with a criminal background turn your life upside down?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 25, 2010
GOP Governor Issues Threats Like a Mafioso Is Alabama being run by a sleazy Republican? Here is hard evidence that the answer is yes.
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Tom DeLay Whitewash Is Another Black Mark for Obama DOJ Tom DeLay, one of the kingpins of the Jack Abramoff scandal, will avoid prosecution. Is the Obama DOJ remotely serious about justice?
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Demanding Justice in the Paul Minor Case Lawyers for Paul Minor are telling Attorney General Eric Holder that justice is long overdue in their client's case.
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Obama Fails to Battle Back Against Bullies President Obama has allowed himself to be bullied.
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Bingo Jury Gives Obama Justice Department a Kick in the Crotch Federal prosecutors suffer a humiliating defeat.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Federal Judge William Acker Says Up Front He's Going to Cheat Me--And Then He Does It You've got to love the "honesty" of a federal judge who says he's going to cheat you--and keeps his word!
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Did Drug Abuse and Racism Effect a Federal Judge's Rulings? How many parties did a federal judge cheat?
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Is That Racism Hanging In the Air at Alabama Bingo Trial? Race enters the equation at Alabama bingo trial.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 24, 2011
Ceo Continues To Tussle With Progressive Blogger CEO of a firm with a $380-million Wall Street IPO continues to tussle with a progressive blogger.
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Will Federal Judge Get Off Easy for Snorting Coke With a Stripper? When you step in serious doo-doo, it helps to be a federal judge.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 10, 2011
The Marriage of a GOP Power Couple Is on the Rocks The crumbling marriage of a GOP power couple could have national implications
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 14, 2012
My Experience on Federal Jury Duty Is Short, Sweet, and Strange A trip for jury duty takes curious twists and turns.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 22, 2011
Judge's Ruling on Montana Blogger's Case Has Been Widely Misinterpreted Should bloggers be struck with fear after the outcome of a defamation lawsuit in Oregon? No.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Newt Gingrich Is A Matrimonial Saint Compared to Campus Crest CEO Ted Rollins Newt Gingrich might be a louse as a husband, but he can't compete in that department with some prominent CEOs.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Medical Examiner's Mistake Leads to Woman's Wrongful Imprisonment in Alabama Alabama takes a step toward compensating a woman who was wrongfully imprisoned because of a medical examiner's mistake.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 11, 2010
Bush Ignored Warnings From 2000 About Deepwater Oil Spills Scientists have known for at least a decade about the potential for disaster from deepwater oil drilling. But the Bush administration ignored the warnings.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 13, 2011
Arizona State Tops List of the Dirtiest Programs in College Sports Examining the ugly side of college athletics.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 5, 2012
Has the Sexual Abuse of Boys Reached a Crisis Stage? The perversity level seems to grow with each new report about the sexual abuse of boys.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 2, 2011
Was Osama Bin Laden Really the No. 1 Threat Facing the United States? Osama bin Laden was a major external threat, but what about the internal rot that faces our nation?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Dixiecrats Are Gone, But Their Influence Lives on in 2010 Midterm Elections Yesterday's midterms indicate we haven't made as much progress in 62 years as many of us might think.
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Republican Party In South Is Infested With Indian Gaming Cash Republicans in the South claim to be against gambling. So why do they take so much money from gambling interests?
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Does Racism Account for Vast Differences in Child-Support Payments? Why does Terrell Owens, a wealthy black man, pay 27 times for in child support than Ted Rollins, a wealthy white man?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 22, 2009
Is Alice Martin an Incorrigble Liar? Alice Martin, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, left office the way she came in--lying through her teeth.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 1, 2010
My Connection to BP's "Bogus Press" Operation BP is hiring journalists to help massage the story of the oil spill. And darned, if I don't know one of them.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 1, 2010
The Best Lawyer Joke Ever! A new book takes a critical look at our corrupt legal system.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 11, 2009
Bush Did the Same Thing That Landed Don Siegelman in Prison As governor of Texas, George W. Bush routinely took large donations and then appointed the donors to state boards and commissions. So why did that same pratice, when done by Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, become a federal crime once Bush became president?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Do Investors Care About Anything Other Than Money? Do investors care about the ethics of CEOs?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Wall Street Journal: Oil Spill Is a Failure of Government A conservative columnists lays the blame for the BP oil spill largely at the feet of . . . government.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 10, 2011
A Bad-News Developer Invades College Towns A development company with questionable ethics might be coming to a college town near you.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 8, 2011
Did Corruption In Divorce Court Drive One Mother to Plan a Murder? Did unlawful handling of her divorce case cause a mother to snap?
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Alabama Blogger is Fired Over Siegelman Coverage An Alabama blogger is fired from his job as an editor at a public university for writing critically about the Bush Justice Department, particularly its handling of the Don Siegelman case.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 18, 2011
Crackdown on Medicare Fraud Is Picking Up Steam Government is making progress in fight against health-care fraud.
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GOP Insider Threatens Christian Coalition Leader Over Gambling Do Republican henchmen really care about Christian principles? The actions of an Alabama GOPer helps answer that question.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 22, 2009
"Pro Business" Court Lets Big Pharma Off the Hook on Fraud Pharmaceutical companies are under fire in several states for fraudulent pricing tactics. In Alabama, the GOP-controlled supreme court let them get away with it.
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Did Federal Judge in Immigration Case Benefit from Organized Crime? Does the judge who upheld most of Alabama's immigration law have ties to organized crime?
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A Bad Judge Is Handling Mega Lawsuit Against Siegelman Codefendant Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy, the codefendant in Don Siegelman's criminal case, is facing a civil lawsuit that could involve hundeds of millions of dollars. It will be overseen by Judge Allwin Horn, who is a corrupt Republican. I know, from firsthand experience.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Obama's Thinking on Anthony Weiner Reveals a Disturbing Double Standard Obama's statements on Anthony Weiner make no sense, given his "look forward, not backwards" stance on other misconduct.
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Accused Child Rapist In Ohio Has Ties to Young Republicans A suspect in Ohio child-rape case has ties to GOP.
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Kobe Bryant Case Raises Questions About Racism in Divorce Courts Is a rich black guy treated differently from a rich white guy in divorce court?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 15, 2008
University Employee Used State Computer to Send Anti-Gay E-Mail An employee at an Alabama university used a state computer to send an anti-gay e-mail. Will the woman face disciplinary action from the same institution that fired a progressive blogger a few months ago?
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University Harasses Professor For His Ties to Labor Movement A professor in Alabama faces harassment and discrimination because of his ties to organized labor and liberal politics.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 3, 2011
An American Whistleblower Takes A Stand For Bradley Manning Jill Simpson takes a stand for Bradley Manning.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Are Universities Breeding Grounds for Discrimination? Juries are holding universities accountable for discriminatory practices.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 3, 2009
Rove's Spin Lands Him in Criminal Territory Did Karl Rove commit a crime when he discussed his role in the U.S. attorney firings with two major newspapers. Yes, says one attorney.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Will Richard Shelby Pull A Fast One With His U.S. Senate Seat? Is the GOP running a stealth candidate for Richard Shelby's Senate seat?
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Is Republican Greed Driving a Political "Marriage" Made In Hell? How far will Alabama GOPers go to get their hands on billions of dollars?
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WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Interference With Courts in Spain The U.S. is trying to export judicial corruption.
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Are the Politics of Global Warming Costing Climatologists Their Jobs In Some States? Gvoernors in some states appear to be making key personnel decisions based on global-warming politics.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Is Karl Rove Securing the Crime Scene? Karl Rove seems to have concerns about Obama attorney general nominee Eric Holder. Could that be a good thing?
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, November 2, 2008
Has Karl Rove's Terror Campaign Worked in the Deep South? For the past eight years, Karl Rove has led a campaign to intimidate would-be Democratic candidates in the Deep South. Has it worked?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Would Rahm Emanuel's Exit Be Good News for Justice? Rahm Emanuel might be on his way out as White House chief of staff, and that could be good news on the justice front.
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New Orleans Saints' "Bounty" Scandal Illustrates the Power of E-Mails In Uncovering Misconduct Football helps show the crime-fighting potential of e-mail.
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Will Lawyer Get Away With Making False Statements Under Oath in Divorce Case? Is the legal profession capable of policing its bad actors.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Here's How An Appellate Court Cheated Don Siegelman The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that upheld most of the convictions against former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman appears to have given validity to the government's case. And with federal prosecutors asking that Siegelman receive a 20-year prison sentence, the possible repercussions are drastic. So here is a key question: Did the 11th Circuit get it right? In a series that starts today, we show the answer is no.
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Obama's Support for Michael Vick Reveals Shallow Thinking Obama's support for Michael Vick makes no sense in terms of broader justice issues.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Is Alabama Governor Acting Like a Closeted Racist Alabama governors long have been known for racially charged actions. Have times changed much?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Will Federal and State Judges Be Exposed in Swiss Banking Scandal? Will U.S. judges get caught in looming Swiss banking scandal?
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Could Political Affiliation Be A Deciding Factor in Divorce Cases? Does it help to be a rich Republican in divorce court?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Man Who Poisoned Oak Trees Must Be A Republican The poisoning of iconic oak trees reminds of political dirty deeds.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 21, 2011
Law Firm That Sued Taco Bell Has Its Own Issues With Fraud The law firm that pointed fingers at Taco Bell has its own connections to fraudulent conduct
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Pure Greed Threatens a Low-Cost Spay/Neuter Clinic Do some vets really care about pet overpopulation?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Siegelman Appeals Panel Might Be Leaning Toward a New Trial A three-judge panel in the appeal of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman gave hints that it might grant a new trial in the corruption case.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 18, 2010
Brother Says Alabama Lawyer Was Shot in the Head on Golf Course His brother shines light on the mystery surrounding the death of Alabama lawyer Major Bashinsky
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 5, 2011
University Makes a Habit of Hiring Football Coaches With DUIs One university is making it a habit to hire head football coaches who have DUI arrests on their records?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 1, 2011
Obama's Weakness on Debt-Ceiling Deal Should Not Be A Surprise Obama continues to operate from a position of weakness.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 10, 2011
Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Reveals Cluelessness Among American Elites The Arizona shooting reveals that some American elites are out of touch with reality.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 31, 2012
CEO Ted Rollins Is the "Ultimate Deadbeat Dad" Ted Rollins leads a company with a $380-million IPO, but his ex wife calls him the "ultimate deadbeat dad."
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 8, 2009
University Discriminates Against Medical Trainees From India A school of medicine in the Deep South practices widespread discrimination against international medical trainees.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 13, 2011
Do Obama and Voters Have Blood on Their Hands in the Giffords Shooting? Should the president share in the blame for the toxic environment that led to tragedy in Tucson?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Debt Collectors Face Lawsuit After Florida Man's Death Did unlawful actions by debt collectors contribute to the death of a Florida man?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 15, 2011
Have Democrats Become a Hopeless Cause in Alabama--and Elsewhere? Are Democrats Their Own Worst Enemies?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 7, 2011
University Leaders Are Ethically Challenged What kind of people are running major universities?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 26, 2011
Are Black Public Officials More Likely Than Whites to be Prosecuted in the Deep South? Are black officials in Alabama being prosecuted for political reasons?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Is Alabama Being Led By a Bunch of GOP Sociopaths Republican behavior in Alabama just keeps getting stranger and stranger.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 31, 2009
Justice in Siegelman Case Will Begin in Montgomery, Alabama Karl Rove's Congressional testimony was titillating. But the truth in the Don Siegelman case probably will not emerge from Washington, D.C. It will come from Montgomery, Alabama.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Do CEOs Tend to be Out of Touch With Reality? A CEO has a curious view of reality.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 30, 2009
GOP Whistleblower Receives Death Threats in Alabama A GOP insider revealed camapaign-funding irregularities connected to Jack Abramoff. Now the insider is receiving death threats.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Taco Bell Might Sue the Law Firm That Sued It Taco Bell plans to turn the tables on the Alabama law firm that sued it.
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Are Democrats on the Verge of Extinction in Some Parts of the U.S.? Do the 2010 midterms mean Democrats are in irreversible decline?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 9, 2011
Did Lilly Ledbetter's Own Lawyers Screw Up Her Case? Who is responsible for the cheating of Lilly Ledbetter?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Artist Strikes a Blow For First Amendment in Alabama The University of Alabama sued sports artist Daniel Moore, claiming he was violating trademark law. A federal judge ruled for Moore--and the First Amendment.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 8, 2010
Federal Judge Charged With Buying Drugs From Stripper A federal judge is in trouble for his off-the-bench activities.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Defamation Judgment Against Montana Blogger Reflects the Messy Nature of U.S. Courts Mainstream news outlets are blindly attacking a Montana blogger without examining all sides of a complicated story. Why?
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Republican Governors "Lead" the Nation's Worst Economies Want your economy to really suck? The facts say, "Vote Republican."
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 16, 2010
University Launches Assault on Academic Freedom An Alabama university is trying to trash academic freedom--and it's drawing the national spotlight.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Obama Nominee Should Be Rejected for Key Justice Department Post Obama nominee is riddled with conflicts of interest.
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Political Prosecutions Continue in Alabama Barack Obama might be in the White House, but injustice continues in America's broke courts. The John W. Goff case is proof that Karl Rove's legacy of sleaze lives on.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Strange Tale of a Pedophile in the U.S. Justice Department Did privilege and connections help a pedophile land in the U.S. Department of Justice?
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 18, 2011
Key Figure in Abramoff Case Gives New Meaning to the Term "Dirt Bag" Is Michael Scanlon an even bigger slime ball than Jack Abramoff?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 28, 2011
Riding the Storms Out On A Frightful Day in Alabama One Alabamian finds reason to give thanks after a day marked by deadly tornadoes.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 9, 2012
A CEO With Shaky Ethics Has At Least One Staunch Defender CEO Ted Rollins has a history of treating people badly. But he has one defender in Alabama.
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Resident of Student-Housing Development Dies In a Hail of Bullets Campus Crest Communities is a private developer of student housing around the country. A resident recently died in a hail of bullets at one of the complexes.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Is Someone Trying to Set Me Up for an Arrest on Bogus Criminal Charges? Why does the star prosecution witness in the federal Alabama bingo trial want to talk to me?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Bush Influence Lives on in U.S. Department of Justice An Alabama corruption case shows that loyal Bushies remain deeply embedded in the DOJ.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 22, 2010
Could Siegelman Prosecution Wind Up Helping the Porn Industry? The Bush DOJ's corrupt machinations in the Don Siegelman case might wind up boosting the porn industry. How's that for GOP family values?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Obama Justice Department Appears to be Participating in a Coverup The Obama administration has long ignored apparent Bush-era crimes. Now the White House seems to be engaging in active deceit.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 20, 2009
Did Eric Holder Sell Paul Minor Down the River Attorney General Eric Holder could have intervened, forcing the Federal Bureau of Prisons (which answers to him) to allow Paul Minor to attend his wife's funeral. Holder, who intervened in the case of Republican Ted Stevens, chose to remain mute. Why?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 3, 2008
Confronting a Corrupt Republican Judge at Election Time It appears that Alabama is about to re-elect a corrupt Republican to an important appellate court. A citizen confronts the judge with clear evidence of corruption.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 7, 2009
A University Makes Money Off India, While Cheating Trainees From India An Alabama university hopes to make big money off an alliance with a company from India. The same university discriminates against medical trainees from India.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 13, 2011
Notorious Siegelman Prosecutor Has Lined Up a Curious New Job A corrupt Bush prosecutor is attracted to massive amounts cash.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Judge In Paul Minor Case Continues His Evil Ways Judicial shenanigans continue in the political prosecution of Paul Minor in Mississippi
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 20, 2012
News Flash for Newt Gingrich: Americans Do Not "Own" Their Jobs Newt Gingrich ignores the fact that almost all Americans are extremely vulnerable in the workplace.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Is It Too Easy for America to Go to War? Fewer than 1 percent of Americans are called on to fight in our current wars. What does that mean for our country?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Judges Routinely Favor the Interests of the Legal Profession Who receives favors in American courtrooms? Lawyers do.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 8, 2011
Is Our Country Rotting From the Inside Out? Signs abound that rot is forming at the heart of our democracy.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Are Bush Crimes Prosecutable? Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts, normally a well-reasoned progressive voice, says we should give Bush officials a free pass on their apparent crimes. Hard to believe someone as smart as Pitts could be so off base.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Why Do Feds Nail One Fraudster, While Another Goes Free? Does the U.S. Justice Department have a double standard on prosecution of financial crimes?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 2, 2010
November 2, 2010: The Day Our Democracy Teetered? If today's midterm elections go as expected, it does not bode well for our future.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 30, 2008
Could Roller-Coaster Tragedy Be Used Against Democrats? Could a fatal roller-coaster accident in Georgia be used by Republicans as a wedge issue against Democrats?
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 5, 2010
It's Time For Obama To Play Rough With Richard Shelby Richard Shelby is blocking Obama nominations. Here's how the president can fight back.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 12, 2010
Richard Shelby Deserves a Thrashing--And He's Getting One Richard Shelby is getting the public spanking he so richly deserves.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Richard Shelby Is A Reptile! Alabama's conservative senator is being well paid to block meaningful financial reform.
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Cause of 2008 Financial Collapse Remains Lost on Corporate Chieftains Bankers go wild when a "financial guru" tells them they aren't to blame for the 2008 financial collapse.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Siegelman Case: Ten Years of Injustice--and Counting The nation's most notorious political prosecution is now 10 years old.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Plot Thickens in Mississippi Senate Race Evidence continues to mount that the Bush DOJ plans to issue an indictment that is timed to influence the tight Mississippi US Senate race between Dem Ronnie Musgrove and Repub Roger Wicker.An indictment against Musgrove,which could come between now and the 11/4 election,probably would secure a victory for Wicker.It also raises questions about a number of criminal investigations by the DOJ that appear politically motivated.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 13, 2011
Former GOP Governor Is Not Out of the Woods on Abramoff Case The spirit of Jack Abramoff hangs over the federal bingo trial in Alabama.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 12, 2010
Obama and Whistleblowers: Should Progressives Be "Disgusted"? The White House has been unfriendly to government whistleblowers. Should progressives be alarmed?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Calling for an Investigation of GOP Corruption in Alabama Will we ever get to the bottom of the GOP cesspool in Alabama?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 5, 2009
Even Republicans Can't Believe Holder's Latest Move in Alaska Case Eric Holder has provided favorable treatment to two more Republicans. That makes four, with zero Democrats, since Holder has been in office.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 27, 2010
Confusion Reigns in the Wake of Supreme Court Rulings on Honest-Services Fraud The U.S. Supreme Court narrowed the scope of federal honest-services fraud statutes, but confusion remains about what the rulings really mean.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 19, 2011
Did a GOP Conspiracy Target Both Don Siegelman and Gray Davis? Are there connections between the downfalls of two prominent Democrats--Don Siegelman and Gray Davis?
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Black Minister Wrongfully Winds Up On "Most Wanted" List in Alabama How a black minister became "Most Wanted" in Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 2, 2012
Racist Montana Judge Hardly Is the Only Rogue on the Federal Bench Racism is just one of many problems among the federal judiciary.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 26, 2012
Conservatives' Use of Animal Abuse Should Come As No Surprise Threatening to abuse animals is a part of the conservative playbook.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 16, 2010
Does This Provide More Evidence of Sociopathy Among Republicans? An Alabama murder case provides more signs of sociopaths among the GOP.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 1, 2010
The Justice Story Behind a College-Football Showdown A tale of financial fraud lurks beneath the surface of this weekend's big Alabama-Florida game.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 8, 2011
Are Blacks More Likely Than Whites to Face Stiff Penalties in Child-Support Cases? Is race a determining factor in child-support cases?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Jill Simpson is Still Standing Strong Jill Simpson, an Alabama attorney and Republican whistleblower, has played a vital role in uncovering sleaze at the Bush Justice Department. It's been almost a year since Simpson stepped forward, and in spite of outrageous GOP attacks, she is standing strong.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 27, 2010
Is Sarah Palin Smarter Than Obama? Sarah Palin clearly isn't very sharp. But she could teach Democrats a thing or two about street-fighting politics.
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University of Alabama Trustees Could Help Befoul the Drinking Water for 200,000 People A university governing board is on the verge of taking steps that could ruin a key source of drinking water.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 14, 2011
Alabama Is Not the Only State Where Obama Has Helped Persecute Members of His Own Party Republicans take advantage of Obama's weakness on justice issues.
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Artur Davis Is Gone--And We Hope He's Never Coming Back Is Artur Davis permanently out of political life? Let's hope so.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 21, 2009
Justice Department Can't Handle the Truth About Siegelman Judge Is the U.S. Justice Department protecting the corrupt judge in the Siegelman case.
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Parker Griffith is Our MDP: Most Despicable Politician What are the ugly motives behind Parker Griffith's party switch?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 26, 2012
Jerry Sandusky and the Emotional Damage that Pedophiles Leave Behind New developments in Pennsylvania and Alabama raise tough questions about the damage wrought by child sexual abusers.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Meet A Corrupt Federal Judge That Ronald Reagan Gave Us Ronald Reagan gave us a corrupt federal judge back in the 1980s--and the "gift" keeps on giving.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Were Siegelman and Minor Prosecutions True Inside Jobs? What makes the Don Siegelman and Paul Minor prosecutions so particularly heinous. For one thing, growing evidence indicates that federal judges were in on the fixes.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 24, 2009
Rove Launches a Slimy Spin Campaign Karl Rove appears to be using two newspapers to help launch a spin campaign that is detached from reality.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Fighting Back Against the ReThugs Who Cheated Me Out of My Job I got cheated out of my job in Alabama because of my blog content about the Don Siegelman case. Now, I'm fighting back.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Legal Fallout Begins In the Wake of the Amy Bishop Shootings at UAH Roughly one year after fatal shootings on an Alabama college campus, the legal fallout begins.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Why Is Federal Judge Stalling on Siegelman Ruling? A federal judge opts for delay on a key matter in the Don Siegelman case.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 1, 2011
How Many People Have to Die Before We Get Serious About Distracted Driving? Distracted driving continues to claim lives.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Political Prosecutions of Karl Rove A new documentary spotlights Democrats who were targeted for political prosecutions by the Bush Justice Department and Karl Rove.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Did Toyota Commit Fraud With Evasive Courtroom Tactics? Toyota's reputation takes another hit with news of the company's unethical courtroom tactics.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Will Obama Appoint "Rabid Republican" to Key Alabama Post? An Alabama news Web site is reporting that the Obama administration is leaning toward the appointment of a "rabid Republican" as U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 5, 2010
Spirit of Rove and Dubya Lingers at Department of Justice Latest shenangians in Alabama indicate the U.S. Department of Justice still is being used as a political weapon.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Ohio State Football and Our Broken Justice System Have a Lot in Common Disgraced Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel would be a nice fit in the legal profession.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 14, 2011
Republican Henchmen Get Their Grimy Hands on State Education Dollars GOP goons are making off with state education money.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 24, 2011
Republicans Get Caught With Hands in the Cookie Jar The Riley gang still is trying to loot the public coffers in Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Private Developer of Student Housing Offers "Fully Loaded" Activities College students can enjoy "fully loaded" activities at housing developed by Campus Crest Communities. That's not always a good thing.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 8, 2010
Will Berwick Help Shine a Light on Medicare Fraud at Universities? President Obama's appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid should focus, among other things, on university-based research fraud.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Is Another Bush Prosecution Falling Apart? A federal judge in Georgia has admitted that he never should have overseen the case against former state senator Charles Walker. Could that be a sign that another Bush prosecution is falling apart?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Alabamians Are Blinded By the Light of College-Football Glory Ugliness lurks beneath the surface of college-football glory in Alabama.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Do You Really Want to Receive Health Care at a State Hospital? Receiving health care at a state hospital, particularly those run by universities, can have serious legal consequences.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 16, 2012
Did Reagan-Appointed Federal Judge Engage In A Criminal Conspiracy? Comments from the bench by an 84-year-old Reagan appointee indicate a criminal conspiracy might be afoot in federal court.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 5, 2009
The Orwellian World of a Southern University An Alabama university's handling of free-speech cases indicates higher education might not be as liberal as many people think.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Did Appellate Court Screw Don Siegelman? You Betcha The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the conviction of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman on corruption. Did the all-Republican, three-judge get it right, according to the law. Not on your life.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, August 15, 2011
Verdict in Federal Bingo Trial Shines New Light on the Don Siegelman Case New proof emerges that Don Siegelman was wrongly convicted.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 30, 2010
A Fox Is Guarding the Foreclosure Henhouse Is GMAC Mortgage serious about getting to the bottom of foreclosure fraud?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 18, 2010
GOP Crusader Proves to be a Hypocrite on Gambling GOP Hypocrisy: The gift that keeps on giving.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 3, 2010
University PR Type Gets Caught in a Blatant Lie University officials seem to have a problem with the truth.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Snakes Alive! A Rift Develops in the Alabama GOP Despite her claims that she will cling to her US attorney's spot and force Obama to fire her,Martin knows her days are numbered in the DoJ.That means she needs a new appointment-to avoid having to get a real job-and she wants Riley to appoint her to the vacant Criminal Appeals seat...Riley probably is concerned that if he appoints Martin, it could turn scrutiny onto him--and his own considerable ethical baggage.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 19, 2012
Child Sexual Abusers Tend To Be A Crafty And Elusive Bunch Holding abusers accountable presents many challenges.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 12, 2010
Siegelman Shines Spotlight on Obama's Folly Don Siegelman points out the nonsensical nature of the Obama administration's approach to justice matters.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Cheating of Don Siegelman, Part I The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld most of the convictions in the Don Siegelman case, giving some validity to the trial-court's findings in the politically charged case. But a close examination shows that the 11th Circuit bothced the Siegelman appeal in multiple ways.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 24, 2009
Don Siegelman Case Might be Repeating Itself in Alabama Federal prosecutors still are behaving in curious ways in Karl Rove's Alabama.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 25, 2010
U.S. Senate Candidate Challenges Eric Holder on Justice Issues An underdog candidate presses the Obama DOJ.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 24, 2011
Watchdog Group Seeks Documents on DOJ's Investigation of Tom DeLay Seeking answers on feds' failure to prosecute Tom DeLay.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 20, 2011
Will Siegelman Convictions Collapse Under A Shifting Legal Landscape? Appellate hearing produces encouraging signs on Siegelman case.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Did Health-Care Reform Lead to a Medical Dean's Ouster? A medical dean in Alabama has announced he is stepping down. Is pressure brought on by possible health-care reform behind the decision?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 21, 2010
Story of Obama Classroom "Assassination" Hits Close to Home Is political speech treated differently in Alabama public education, depending on whether it is of a conservative or progressive variety? Oh, yes.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A Rich Republican Puts His "Family Values" On Display Here's how one rich Republican practices "family values."
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Balcony Collapse Near University Campus Produces Severe Injuries Three young men suffered severe injuries in a balcony collapse at a campus housing complex built by a private developer.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 14, 2012
Federal Judge Lowers the Boom in Child Pornography Case    An Alabama man gets the maximum 30-year sentence in a federal child porn case  
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Artur Davis Must Be the Sorest Loser In the History of American Politics Former Alabama Congressman Artur Davis is a man without a party--and seemingly with no clue about what he is saying and writing.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 21, 2011
Republicans Acted With Racist Motives In Alabama Bingo Trial Federal judge says Alabama GOPers acted with racist motives.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 4, 2010
What If the BP Oil Well Had Still Been Gushing On Election Day? Voters seem to have forgotten the BP oil spill in a big hurry.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 27, 2012
Prosecutor in Gabe Watson Case Has Ties to Some Big Blunders The Gabe Watson prosecution was not the first case that has blown up in the face of Don Valeska
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 16, 2009
Palin's Attorney Treads On Thin Legal Ice Sarah Palin's attorney is threatening lawsuits against journalists who report that the Alaska governor's resignation was linked to a possible federal investigation. The published material, however, is not remotely defamatory under the law, and the lawyer could wind up bringing a lawsuit on himself--and Palin
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 21, 2011
A University Shines Light On Its Own Incompetence A university lays its own incompetence out for the public to review.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 14, 2010
Lawyers Regulating Lawyers Helps Breed Corruption Here is another example of why it's a bad idea for lawyers to oversee lawyers.
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Scalia and the U.S. Chamber: An Ugly Combination The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is poised to wreak havoc on the 2010 elections.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 28, 2008
How Nasty Are Republicans? Check Out This Don Siegelman Interview An interview with former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman in GQ reveals the ugliness of the modern Republican, and it all hits close to home for this author.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Is Another Fix In Place On The Siegelman Case? Could the Obama administration actually strike a deal with GOP senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby to keep a Bush-appointed prosecutor in charge of the Don Siegelman case.
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How Does a Democrat Find the Motivation to Vote on Primary Day in Alabama? Why should a Democrat in Alabama bother voting in a primary election?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 17, 2011
Could a Private Investigator Uncover the Truth Behind a Mysterious "Suicide"? The mysterious "suicide" of a prominent attorney needs to be examined by another set of eyes.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 12, 2009
Humanity Remains Absent in Paul Minor Case Not only was Mississippi attorney Paul Minor wrongfully prosecuted and convicted by the Bush Department of Justice. Now federal lawyers are fighting to keep[ him from seeing his dying wife in her final days.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Are Football Star and His Mother Sending the Wrong Message on Aborton? Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother will be featured in a "pro life" commercial during the Super Bowl. Will the ad send some dangerous messages?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Does Siegelman Case Mean GOP Governors Are Headed for Prison? Don Siegelman, former Democratic governor of Alabama, was convicted for appointing a donor to a regulatory board. What about numerous GOP governors who have done much the same thing?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 7, 2008
The Smoking Gun Behind GOP Corruption Why is today's Republican Party so corrupt? Perhaps the party's ties to Big Tobacco explain it.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Obama Justice Department Protects Corrupt Alabama Prosecutor Is the Obama DOJ trying to expose corrupt Bush appointes? Nope. They are trying to protect them.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 27, 2009
Siegelman's Second Appeal Focuses on the "Explicit" Nature of Bribery Law Don Siegelman is asking for the full U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear his case. At stake is the definition of lawful activity between public officials and political contributors.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MA Vote is a Rejection of "Look Forward, Not Backward" The seeds for last night's meltdown in Massachusetts were sown last January.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Despite BP Disaster, Big Oil Has Its Eye on the Arctic Big oil already has befouled the Gulf of Mexico, and it now wants to turn to the Arctic Ocean.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Siegelman And Scrushy Should Have Testified In Their Own Defense Defense lawyers often decline to have their clients testify in criminal trials. That strategy seems to be taught in Law School 101. But it doesn't always work out so well. The Don Siegelman case in Alabama is one example.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, January 17, 2010
Are Obama and Artur Davis Creating a Train Wreck in Alabama? The Obama administration apparently is set to make a terrible nomination for a key justice-related post in Alabama.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Is California Prisoner a Victim of Judicial Retaliation? A former Los Angeles lawyer has been in solitary confinement for 14 months--even though he is charged with no crime. What gives?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 29, 2010
Bush "Justice": Punishing Those Who Refuse To Lie Under Oath An Alabama Republican is paying a huge price for refusing to lie about the actions of former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 8, 2010
Obama Must Stop Embarrassing Himself on the Sports Stage Barack Obama probably is our most athletic president ever. So why doesn't the White House help him out in unfamiliar sports surroundings?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tornadoes Prove That Spencer Bachus Is a World-Class Tool Spencer Bachus is trying to run away from his vote against satellites to support tornado forecasting.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 4, 2009
Cyril Wecht Lands Verbal Haymakers on Bush Prosecutor The government's case against Pennsylvania forensic pathologist Cyricl Wecht fell apart when an appellate court forced a biased trial judge to step down. Wecht took several delicious verbal swipes at Bush-appointed prosecutor Mary Beth Buchanan after she dismissed charges against him. Makes you wonder why corrupt trial judge Mark Fuller still is in charge of the Don Siegelman case in Alabama.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Did Rove Follow Siegelman Case in Alabama? Oh, Yes Documents and testimony released yesterday by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee show Karl Rove closely followed the Don Siegelman case.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 21, 2010
Son of Famed Coach Has Ties to Insurance Fraud The University of Alabama recently won a national title in football. But a prominent booster has ties to insurance fraud
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"Casino Jack" Hits Close to Home In A State Tarnished By Abramoff's Sleaze Kevin Spacey brings the Jack Abramoff sleazefest to the big screen
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 5, 2010
Siegelman and the Downside of the Supreme Court's Ruling on Honest-Services Fraud The recent SCOTUS ruling on honest-services fraud seems like a positive for victims of Bush-era political prosecutions. But it could have downsides.
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Private Investigator Says Attorney's Death Looks More Like A Murder Than A Suicide The body of a prominent Alabama lawyer was found two years ago today. A private investigator says the case looks more like a murder than a suicide.
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Is Lawsuit Cash Having a Negative Impact on Progressive Politics? Does cash trump progressive ideals with the Obama administration?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 23, 2012
Facebook Warns Prospective Employers Not to Ask for Passwords in Job Interviews Facebook joins the fray over invasive job-interview questions.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 21, 2011
Is the United States Becoming More and More Like Egypt? Conditions in the U.S. are sounding much like those that led to uprising in Egypt.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Obama Administration Seems to be Terrified of White People From Shirley Sherrod to the economy, the White House seems to have a great fear of upsetting white independent voters.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Corporate Candidates Crash and Burn in Alabama Alabama is rejecting corporate candidates. What does it mean?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 1, 2010
Josef Stalin's Spirit Lives On Through Paul Minor Case In Mississippi The George W. Bush administration imprisoned some of its political opponents. Now it appears that federal courts are helping to cover up the crimes.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Would a University Fire Employees to Cover Its Own Ass? How low will a large university go in order to cover up its discriminatory actions?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 20, 2011
Obama Nominates a Bushie for EEOC Position The White House nominated a Bush appointee to a key equal-employment position.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 23, 2012
This Might Explain Why Newt Gingrich Actually Could Become President Obama's weakness on justice issues, as exemplified by an upcoming "corruption" trial in Alabama, has left us vulnerable to a Newt Gingrich presidency.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 25, 2011
Will Democrats Ever Rise Again in the Deep South? Are Democrats taking more wrong turns in the Deep South?
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Republicans Try to Shoot the Messenger on Corruption in Alabama We have confirm that Alabama Governor Bob Riley received campaign funds from Mississippi gambling interests in 2002, laundered through Jack Abramoff. So what do GOPers do? They attack the source.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 6, 2010
Has Obama Failed to Root Out Scoundrels in Justice Department? Activities in Alabama indicate the U.S. Justice Department still has huge problems.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Do Liberals Control Higher Education? Not Hardly A progressive getting fired from a university for blogging on his own time? And he's not even the first progressive in his office to get in trouble for blogging? Who says liberals control higher education?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Have Hospitals Found a Way Around Wrongful-Death Lawsuits? Will "immunity" help hospitals get away with malpractice?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Will Justice Move Forward Now that Karl Rove's Buddy Has Left the White House? Greg Craig has exited the Obama White House. Is that good news for those who want to see accountability for Bush-era political prosecutions?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 10, 2010
Will Spotlight Finally Fall on Republican Corruption? An insider is calling for a widespread of proble of GOP corruption in Alabama.
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Judges Make All the Difference in Federal Corruption Trials Americans are guaranteed equal protection under the law. But are federal judges equal in their application of the law?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, March 5, 2010
Sarah Palin and the GOP Embrace the Spirit of George Wallace Sarah Palin is drawing on the ghost of George Wallace in an effort to lead the GOP down a dangerous path.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Rove Takes Shots From Progressives in Alabama Karl Rove came to Alabama, and progressives were ready to return fire.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 23, 2012
CEO Ted Rollins Got a "Rocky Mountain High" While Sealing a Deal at Colorado State University A CEO gets high while completing a deal on student housing at Colorado State University
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 6, 2009
Could New Revelations Blow the Roof Off GOP Corruption? News yesterday about campaign financing in Alabama should lead to a widespread investigation of GOP insiders, including those responsible for the Don Siegelman prosecution.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Was Justice Done in Chicago "Dog-Urination" Murder? A murder case that started with a dog urinating on a lawn ends with a curious sentence.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Karl Rove's "Genius" is Losing Its Luster Karl Rove has been hailed as an electoral genius, a governmental guru. But these days, he's not looking so smart
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 2, 2009
Is Artur Davis Selling Out Obama for Personal Gain? Alabama Congressman Artur Davis reportedly is consulting two Republicans about the nominee for a U.S. attorney post. This could lead to the re-appointment of Leura Canary, the prosecutor in the Don Siegelman case. Will Davis heap embarrassment on the Obama administration, just to further his own bid for Alabama governor?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Don Siegelman and the Evil of a Political Prosecution Does it matter if a prosecution is politically motivated? Under the law, it sure does.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Taxpayers Are Picking Up The Tab For A Republican Book Deal The GOP is using taxpayer funds for a private book deal.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 27, 2011
Attorney With A Checkered Past Targets Nfl Standout Rolando Mcclain A lawyer with a troubling past is going after an NFL standout.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 22, 2010
Shirley Sherrod Is Not Alone In Being "Put Through Hell" The Obama Administration finally got it right on the Shirley Sherrod story. But what about other victims of injustice?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 13, 2010
Government Pays Restitution to Victim of Bush DOJ An Alabama defense contractor is the first victim of a Bush-era political prosecution to receive compensation.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Prosecutors Resort to Fabrications In Siegelman Case Prosecutors apparently realize they can't win an argument on the facts or the law in the Don Siegelman case. So they rely on outright falsehoods.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Death of a Lawyer Hits Close to Home in Disturbing Ways Here's how the death of a low-profile lawyer hits close to home.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 13, 2010
Is Prayer the Answer to Oil-Spill Crisis? Oil is visiting Alabama beaches in major amounts, and one citizen has called on prayer to help save the ecosystem. Is it too little, too late?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 16, 2009
Paul Minor Might Not Be Allowed to Attend His Wife's Funeral Mississippi attorney Paul Minor, a victim of the Bush Justice Department, was not allowed an emergency release from prison to be with his wife in her last days. Now, it appears he won't be allowed to attend her funeral.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, June 7, 2010
Will Obama Be Investigated After Letting Rove Off the Hook? Barack Obama has turned a blind eye toward Bush-era crimes. What will be his reward? Perhaps an investigation of his own White House.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Obama's White House Counsel Has Ties to Republican PR Firm The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Greg Craig might be on his way out in the Obama White House. Here are more reasons Craig should be shown the door.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 15, 2009
Universities And Other Scoundrels Reach Late Deals With Bushies Fraudsters are trying to reach last-minute settlements with the Bush administration, out of fear they won' get off easy under Obama. The fraudsters include universities, and the writer has personal insight on one of them--the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 14, 2009
Paul Minor Ruling Presents Good News and Bad News An appellate ruling on the Paul Minor political prosecution is a mixed bag.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Are Siegelman and Minor One Step Closer to Justice? A ruling today in the Ted Stevens case will lead to heightened scrutiny of the Bush-era Department of Justice. That should be a good sign for Don Siegelman, Paul Minor and other victims of political prosecutions.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 24, 2010
Victim of Bush Justice Department Fights Back in Mississippi A former Mississippi judge is taking a Bush prosecutor to court.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 3, 2011
Here's a Nominee for "Stupidest Thing Ever Said by a Democrat" With "friends" like these, Democrats don't need enemies.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 17, 2011
Newspaper Kisses Up to Outgoing GOP Governor One Last Time A right-leaning newspaper shamelessly kisses up to a corrupt GOP governor.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 12, 2009
Are Universities Riddled With Corruption? Universities are supposed to be bastions of higher learning. But recent history indicates they can be hotbeds for corruption and mismanagement.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Sports Artist Gains Support In Battle for the First Amendment A sports artist fights back in a battle with universities over First Amendment rights.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Universities Gang Up on Artist and First Amendment Universities are joining forces in an effort to overpower an Alabama artist--and the First Amendment.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Public Integrity Section Shows Lack of Integrity in Siegelman Prosecution The Public Integrity Section (PIN) of the U.S. Justice Department has been under scrutiny for apparent prosecutorial misconduct in Alaska corruption cases. An Alabama whisteblower says similar misconduct was present in the Don Siegelman case, and she says those convictions should be set aside.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Assassination of Obama Used as a Teaching Tool in Alabama What better way to teach your students geometry than to use a presidential assassination as an example? Makes perfect sense in Corner, Alabama.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Obama Should Be Listening to Message from Alabama Democrats Alabama Democrats are sending an important message about justice. Will President Obama listen?
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Obama Justice Department Suffers a Monumental Failure The Alabama bingo trial is the latest failure for Obama on justice matters.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 15, 2010
Is Justice Department Still Targeting Democrats in Alabama? An FBI raid at the office of veteran Alabama Democrat John Rogers raises troubling questions about the Obama DOJ.
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CEO of a Wall Street Darling Once Was Convicted for the Assault of His Stepson The CEO who leads a company that markets student housing to college student once was convicted of assaulting his stepson.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 28, 2008
Fired Alabama Blogger Poses Questions for University President A university president faces tough questions from an Alabama blogger who apparently was fired for writing critically about the Bush Justice Department.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, February 20, 2012
Newt Gingrich Bashes Federal Judges For All the Wrong Reasons Here's the real reason federal judges deserve scrutiny.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Will the GOP Help BP Get Away With a Fast One on the Alabama Coast? Will corporate interests get away with negligence on the Alabama Gulf Coast?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, February 17, 2011
Lawsuits Are Piling Up Over A Mass Shooting In Alabama Last year's mass shooting on a college campus in Alabama is generating plenty of lawsuits
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, October 19, 2008
Sleazy Employers Come in Many Varieties From Florida congressmen to Alabama university presidents, unethical employers seem to be all the rage.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 24, 2011
How To Fire An Employee--and Not Get Sued Here's how some employers try to get away with treating their workers unlawfully.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Reagan Would Chastise Republicans for their Stance on Debt Ceiling The GOP has gone too far to the right for Ronald Reagan.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 24, 2008
Don Siegelman Comes Out Swinging An inside look at the appeal being filed by former Alabama Democratic Governor Don Siegelman, who has been the best known political prisoner to suffer under the Bush Justice Department
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Will Smarts Translate Into Strength for Obama? We know that Barack Obama is a smart guy. But can he translate those smarts into the kind of strength he will need to become an outstanding president?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Did a Conservative Newspaper Help Pave the Way for a Serial Child Molester? A conservative newspaper expresses outrage now about a child molester after ignoring wrongdoing in a GOP stronghold for years.
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 30, 2009
Prosecutors In Siegelman Case Have No Shame How desperate are federal prosectuors to keep corrupt U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller on the Don Siegelman case? Very.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 27, 2009
It's Really Not About Don Siegelman The Don Siegelman case really is not about the former Alabama governor. It is about "equal protection," "due process," the fundamental integrity of our courts--all issues that are way bigger than Siegelman, or anyeone else.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sarah Barracuda: A Northern Gal With a Southern Heart Sarah Palin might be a newcomer on the national stage. But she reminds at least one Alabamian of a character from Karl Rove's Deep South
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Obama Needs to Make This Recess Appointment Pronto Now is the ideal time for President Obama to show he is serious about justice issues. And he can start with a key recess appointment in Alabama.
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Misconduct in Ted Stevens Case Shines a Glaring Light on Siegelman Prosecution Prosecutorial misconduct in the Ted Stevens case has made national news. But what about even worse conduct in the Don Siegelman prosecution?
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 19, 2010
BP Oil Cap Drives Republican Lunacy Into High Gear Hypocrisy goes into overdrive when GOP politicos call for prayer to help resolve the BP oil disaster.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Whistleblower's Letter Reveals Corruption in Siegelman Prosecution An inside look at corruption in the Don Siegelman prosecution.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 14, 2009
Don Siegelman and the Plague of Judicial Bias The prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman is probably the best known case involving apparent judicial bias. But recent news reports indicate the problem is widespread and difficult to combat.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 23, 2011
Lilly Ledbetter Encounters Many Hurdles on the Road to Equal Pay Lilly Ledbbetter continues to fight for justice in the workplace.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 4, 2009
Did Holder Go Easy on GOP Phone Jammer? The case against alleged Republican phone jammer James Tobin has ended, with the DOJ dropping a possible appeal. Did Eric Holder go easy on a GOP scoundrel?
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Did U.S. Senator Ignore Concerns From India About Discrimination? U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) was warned by government officials in India about discrimination at an Alabama university. Shelby apparently did nothing.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, October 31, 2011
Is A Southern GOPer Conducting A "scam In The State House"? Why are taxpayer dollars being used for partisan politics in Alabama?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 8, 2008
Alabama Prosecutors Earn a Place on "10 Worst" List Two U.S. attorneys from Alabama make a list of the nation's worst prosecutors. Both went after former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Is the Abramoff Era Really Over? Does the sentencing of Michael Scanlon mean the Jack Abramoff scandal is over?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, May 3, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Actually Makes Pro-Consumer Ruling Supreme Court sides with consumers over debt collectors.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 2, 2010
Was Party-Switcher Really Influenced By Fox News? An Alabama judge says she switched parties partly because of Fox News' influnce. We aren't buying it.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Alabama Cases Show That Justice Is Not Color Blind A black politician receives a 15-year prison sentence in Alabama. A white businessman, with a famour name, avoids scrutiny altogether. What does that say about our justice system?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 2, 2008
Rove's Fingerprints Are at the Scene of the Crime The Inspector General's report issued this week shows Karl Rove's fingerprints were all over the Bush Justice Department scandal.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 15, 2008
Greed and Incompetence Come Home to Roost in the Bush Economy The economic news can't get much worse as the Bush Administration nears a merciful end.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, July 26, 2010
Is A University Trying To Cash In On BP Disaster in the Gulf? In a case of curious timing, a major university appears to be trying to rake in federal dollars in the wake of the BP oil spill.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 22, 2011
Voting Rights Act Withstands a Challenge in the Deep South Court turns back a challenge to the Voting Rights Act from a heavily Republican county in Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, April 27, 2012
University Presidents Weave A Trail of Deceit Two university presidents in the Deep South weaved a multi-state trail of deception.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 23, 2009
Conservationists Win A Hollow "Victory" On Alabama's Gulf Coast Did conservationists come out on top in their efforts to block a Republican administration's plans to build a private luxury hotel on public land? Not really.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 4, 2009
Did Alabama's GOP Governor Commit a Crime? Governor Bob Riley, according to a news report, has tried to influence a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court in a gambling-related case. If this is proven, did Riley commit a crime?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 8, 2010
Is GOP Governor Coming Unhinged Over Bingo? Jesse Jackson is standing up for bingo workers in Alabama--and the GOP governor seems to be losing it.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Cheating of Don Siegelman, Part II How badly did the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals screw up its ruling in the Don Siegelman case? The appeal was largely about bribery, and the court did not even get the fundamentals of bribery law right. The court claimed that the case hinged on an argument the Siegelman defense team didn't even make. What can explain such incompetence by a federal court?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 23, 2009
Why Did the 11th Circuit Cheat Don Siegelman? Here's My Guess Why did a federal appeals court cheat Don Siegelman and codefendant Richard Scrushy? Probably because it is trying to keep a lid on the Republican sleaze that is oozing out of Montgomery, Alabama.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Siegelman Seeks Reversal Based on Ruling in Skilling Case Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman seeks a reversal of is Bush-era convictions.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Oil Is About To Visit the Alabama Coast The BP Oil slick is heading toward Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Remember The Schnauzer Who Inspired A Blog Animals can be a blessing--even in the progressive blogosphere.
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Universities Wrestle With Bloggers and the First Amendment Universities have a tortured relationship with bloggers and the First Amendment.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 6, 2012
CEO Lied Under Oath To Greatly Reduce His Child-Support Payments Court documents indicate a CEO lied under oath over child support.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Why Is There a New Judge in Pennsylvania Case, But Not For Don Siegelman? A biased judge was forced to step down in the Pennsylvania case involving forensic pathologist Cyril Wecht--and it's made a huge difference. Why hasn't the same thing happened in the Don Siegelman case in Alabama?
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 5, 2009
Justice Creeps Forward in an Alabama Racial Prosecution The Alex Latifi case in Alabama was one of the ugliest episodes of the Bush DOJ. The struggle for justice continues.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Power of a Raw Story Since Raw Story on Friday afternoon broke the story about my termination from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), traffic on Legal Schnauzer has more than tripled from what I would normally see on a Friday and Saturday. And that's on a weekend in the middle of summer vacation season.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 11, 2010
Here's How to Fix the Honest-Services Fraud Law We need a legit honest-services fraud law. Here's how to get one.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Will Alabama Republicans Steal Another Election? Alabama Republicans are purging voter roles in an apparent effort to steal another election.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, August 13, 2009
Rove Did NOT Deny Involvement With Siegelman Case Reports in both the mainstream and Web Press have indicated that Karl Rove denied involvement with the Don Siegelman case. One problem with those reports: They aren't true.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Siegelman Prosecutors Lash Out at Whistleblowers Prosecutors in the Don Siegelman case have turned much of their nastiness on DOJ whistleblower Tamarah Grimes.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 1, 2012
High-Flying University Presidents Feed at the Public Trough Do university presidents use jets to steal from the public?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 30, 2012
Legal Headaches Can Emerge From Exposure to Psychological Wreckage Have you ever had a Neighbor From Hell? This explains an awful lot about mine.
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Death Threats Are the Price You Pay for Environmental Activism An environmental activist draws death threats.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Justice Department Whistleblower Is Fired in Alabama Tamarah Grimes became known late last year for disclosing prosecutorial misconduct in the Don Siegelman case. Now, Grimes has been fired from her job as a legal aide in the Middle District of Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 26, 2010
Karl Rove Returns to the Scene of the Crime Karl Rove returns to Alabama, site of his best-known crimes.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 19, 2008
Bushies Protect Alabama Attorney With Unsavory Past An Alabama attorney has a long history of unethical behavior in the legal profession. But his family ties to Karl Rove and the Bush administration help provide him with an "umbrella of protection."
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Who Really Is Acting With Racist Motives in Alabama? A judicial controversy has the word "racism" flying around in Alabama.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 18, 2008
Will Abramoff Case Finally Break Open? Jack Abramoff has been sentenced. But will justice every really come for citizens who have been cheated by Abramoff's antics?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Federal Prosecutors Want Longer Sentence for Siegelman Federal prosecutors plan to recommend that former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman receive a 20-year prison sentence, an increase from the original sentence of roughly seven years.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, November 4, 2008
A Game Plan for Voting in a Deep Red State How should progressives in red states approach today's election? Some ideas from an Obama supporter in Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 19, 2012
Ten Commandments Judge Rises from the Dead in Alabama The resurrection of Judge Roy Moore has caused consternation, among politicos, in Alabama
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 29, 2008
Republican Governor is a Hypocrite on Gambling Alabama Governor Bob Riley says he is opposed to gambling. This is the same guy who had no problem with $13 million in Mississippi Choctaw gambling money coming into his campaign.
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The Cheating of Don Siegelman, Part III Is it too much to ask for federal judges to give the correct jury instructions in a criminal case. In the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, it apparently was too much to ask.
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How Much Money Will Be Wasted On The Siegelman Case? Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman and codefendant Richard Scrushy recently filed appeals of their criminal convictions with the U.S. Supreme Court. Our initial reaction? How much money is going to be wasted on a case that should have been kicked out of court before the first witness ever took the stand?
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Civil-Rights Icon Couldn't Outlive "Employment Terrorism" The recent death of a major figure in the fight for civil rights reminds us that we still have much work to do.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 17, 2010
Will Abramoff Tale Ever Fully Unravel in the Deep South? Is the Jack Abramoff story winding down or heating up?
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 6, 2009
Don Siegelman and the Little Banner that Could How do important messages about justice reach the public? Jeff Miles, of Madison, Alabama, shows us one way to get the word out. In a brief (1:28) video titled "The Little Banner That Could," Miles shows us how a simple message made its way from a small garage in north Alabama to within a few blocks of America's seat of power.
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Are Business Interests Still Buying Judgeships in the Deep South? The 2008 election brought a lot of good news for progressives. But the news on judicial elections in the Deep South is not so cheery.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 11, 2008
Do Some Employers Just Want to Be Sued? A bank employee who had a gun put to her head during a robbery winds up getting fired. What are some employers thinking?
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How a Corrupt Bushie Operates in Alabama An Alabama blogger shows exactly how a U.S. attorney in the Bush Justice Department corruptly protects wrongdoers with strong conservative loyalties.
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Was Siegelman Whistleblower Really a Security Risk? A Justice Department officials says a whistleblower in the Don Siegelman case was fired because she had become "an operational security risk." Is there any evidence to support that claim regarding former legal aide Tamarah Grimes? Not that we can find.
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How the 11th Circuit Cheated Don Siegelman: A Summary Explosive news has come in recent days from motions for a new trial in the Don Siegelman case. But those motions would not have been necessary if the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals had followed its own precedent and overturned the verdicts.
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Siegelman and the Rove Testimony: What's Next? Karl Rove's testimony on the Don Siegelman case was a good first step. But a thorough investigation, followed by tough questions for Rove and others, is a key next step.
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Obama Is Concerned About Political Prosecutions--In Russia Barack Obama finally speaks out against political prosecutions--but he's talking about Russia, not the U.S. What gives? Has the man ever heard of Don Siegelman, Paul Minor?
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Siegelman Prosecutor Might Land Key Guantanamo Post The Obama administration might appoint a prosecutor with a shaky past to a key position.
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Case of the Fired Blogger: Why Did University Resort to Thievery? Why would a university resort to thievery in the case of an employee it fired for writing a blog--on his own time? Does this indicate that someone external to the university--federal law enforcement officials perhaps--are behind the firing?
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University Acting in Bad Faith in Blogger's Firing Is an Alabama university trying to pull a fast one with an employee it fired because his personal blog is critical of the Bush Justice Department? Sure looks like it.
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Good Day for Siegelman, Good Day for Justice The former governor got more good news,in the form of an excellent column titled "What Karl Rove Fears Most"(love that headline!)by Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post.There is so much good stuff in Froomkin's column, it's hard to know where to begin.Basically,it's a splendid overview of recent events regarding Rove and his slithering efforts to avoid testifying about his role in the Siegelman case and other DOJ shenanigans.
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Will a Corrupt U.S. Attorney Eat Her Own Words? Alice Martin, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, was the first prosecutor to go after former Democratic Governor Don Siegelman. Martin claims that she is a high-minded, impartial public servant. But do her actions live up to her rhetoric?
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Paying the Price For Looking Too Closely at the Siegelman Case Republican authorities are threatening to seize my house, in a thinly veiled attempt to shut down my blog. I think this has a lot to do with U.S. Attorney Alice Martin, who led the first effort to go after Don Siegelman.Here is my most recent post about what amounts to state-sponsored terrorism by the Alabama GOP.
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Conditions Go From Bad to Worse Off Alabama Coast Submerged oil, low oxygen levels, and a looming oil slick makes for a dismal outlook on the Alabama coast.
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, September 29, 2008
A Tale of Two Progressive Bloggers Two employees at a public university in the Deep South encounter troubled waters because they write progressive blogs.
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The Backstory of a GOP "Political Hit" What would cause the Republican sleaze machine to attack a regular citizen, a "Joe Six Pack," if you will. Here's the story behind a GOP political hit.
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Former AGs Seek A Stevens-Like Review of Siegelman Case A Department of Justice review resulted in dismissed charges against former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK). A group of former top law-enforcement officials is asking for a similar review in the Don Siegelman case.
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Has Rove Targeted Alabama State Employees? Sources are telling an Alabama blogger that Karl Rove and his intelligence network have targeted a number of state employees who did not toe the Bush party line.
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Don Siegelman and the Bush Double Standard A former Democratic governor in Alabama is prosecuted on "corruption" charges for allegedly receiving a campaign contribution and then taking action that benefited his supporter. Alabama's current Republican governor has done pretty much the same thing. Does the Bush Justice Department show any signs of prosecuting that deal? Does the Alabama press show any signs of raising questions about the deal?
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Minor Appeal Shines Spotlight on GOP Corruption The Paul Minor case in Mississippi exposes the corruption of a federal judge (a Reagan appointee) in the Deep South.
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Rove, Alabama, and Machiavelli's Shadow How extensive is the damage that Karl Rove has wrought upon the United States? A new interview with author Paul Alexander provides important clues.
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Trapped in the Justice Department's "Roach Motel" Why has the U.S. Department of Justice become a dysfunctional cesspool? It's partly because the DOJ's "watchdog" is sound asleep.
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Will This Corrupt U.S. Attorney Eat Her Words? Alabama U.S. Attorney Alice Martin has been called one of the primary practitioners of political prosecution in the corrupt Bush Justice Department. An Alabama blogger has had a personal experience that proves Alice Martin truly is a Bush political hack.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 29, 2010
Did Bush DOJ Intentionally Appoint Tainted Specialt Prosecutors? We now know Bush-appointed special prosecutors were tained by misconduct. Were they chosen in order to produce whitewashes on key investigations?
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A Portrait of Alabama Sleaze in the Age of Rove A corrupt attorney with family ties to Karl Rove and the Bush White House shows that you can actually steal a citizen's rights to his own property--and get away with it!
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Progress for Political Prisoners in Paul Minor Case? The Paul Minor case in Mississippi ranks right up there with the Don Siegelman case in Alabama as an example of political prosecution by the Bush Justice Department. Encouraging news comes today for the Minor defendants.
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Oil Probe Reflects a Double Standard on "Scandalous" Behavior The Obama administration is right to investigation the BP oil spill for possible criminal behavior. But why is the administration ignoring signs of criminal behavior in the Bush White House?
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Should We All Look in the Mirror Over Bailout Mess? Is it time for citizens to accept some of the blame for our current financial crisis? Why did we let this happen?
SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Big Siegelman Story is Brewing at Vanity Fair Investigative journalist Craig Unger is working on a major piece about the Don Siegelman prosecution for a fall issue of Vanity Fair.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Caught Red-Handed in Alabama A corrupt Bush Justice Department official is caught red-handed in Alabama.
SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 10, 2008
ExxonMobil Prospers, Alabama Flounders Alabama's Republican-controlled Supreme Court overturned a $3.6 billion judgment for the state and against oil giant ExxonMobil. With the Bush economy going in the tank, Alabama sure could use that money now.
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The Cheating of Don Siegelman, Part V Was there sufficient evidence for a bribery conviction in the Don Siegelman case? No, not even close.
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Siegelman and the Alabama Press I've taken a journalism class or two in my time,and this one is hard to figure.The state's former gov gives his first major in-state interview since his release from prison and the AP's Montgomery bureau doesn't pick it up?This is curious: both stories are sympathetic to Siegelman,yet they don't run the first one and then don't mention the second because, well,I guess as they say on South Park,"Nothing to see here,move along."
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Alabama's Right-Wing Press Can't Grasp the Siegelman Case Alabama's right-wing press shows an inability to grasp key concepts in the Don Siegelman prosecution and the evolving Bush Justice Department scandal.
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The Cheating of Don Siegelman, Part IV Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was convicted largely on the basis of impermissible hearsay evidence. But the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed the unlawful trial-court finding to stand.
SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 30, 2008
Meet a "Loyal Bushie" and a Corrupt U.S. Attorney The Alabama blog Legal Schnauzer starts a series of posts that will spotlight the slippery ways of a corrupt U.S. attorney in the Bush Justice Department.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, June 5, 2008
Doing Battle With a Corrupt Bushie An Alabama blogger shows you exactly how a corrupt U.S. attorney in the Bush Justice Department practices the ugly art of political prosecution, protecting her Republican allies who have committed clear federal crimes.
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Siegelman Prosecution has ties to 9/11 The prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman was driven in part by a desire to cover up activity related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist.
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Lawyer Threatens to Sue Me for Blogging the Truth A lawyer threatens a blogger for writing the truth, based on multiple public documents.

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