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Posted on March 17th, 2010 by Courtney Haden

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

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Posted on March 11th, 2010 by Courtney Haden

Ringing the changes

Ringing the changes

Thoughts on navigation, prevarication & vindication

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Posted on March 3rd, 2010 by Courtney Haden

About 31 years, as the gad flies

About 31 years, as the gad flies

An interview with citizen activist Ouida Fritschi

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Posted on February 24th, 2010 by Courtney Haden

Feel the Byrne

Feel the Byrne

In which the columnist draws a line between Django Reinhardt & constitutional reform in Alabama

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Posted on February 3rd, 2010 by Courtney Haden

Don’t let your deal go down

Don’t let your deal go down

Do you spell economic stability B-I-N-G-O?

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Posted on January 28th, 2010 by Courtney Haden

America goes up on eBay

America goes up on eBay

Supreme Court sells off the republic for parts

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Posted on January 21st, 2010 by Courtney Haden

The thin line between love and Haiti

The thin line between love and Haiti

People with nothing have now even less

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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by Courtney Haden

A compilation of elation

A compilation of elation

Cheer today, yawn tomorrow

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Posted on December 30th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

A glimpse of a new decade’s early misgivings

A glimpse of a new decade’s early misgivings

Let’s get this out of the way first: Jimmie Johnson five-peat.

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Posted on December 24th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Ten years after

Ten years after

A decade under the confluence

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Posted on December 17th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

Obsessive Compulsive Christmas

A holiday drive through the years with Chevy 6

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Posted on December 2nd, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Afghan agley

Afghan agley

A nation loses its balls in the rough

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Posted on November 18th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Surviving the New Depression with sweet taters

Surviving the New Depression with sweet taters

Political commentary plus a recipe for sweet potato pie.

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Posted on November 11th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Rev. Joseph Lowery receives Shuttlesworth award

Rev. Joseph Lowery receives Shuttlesworth award

As Rev. Joseph Lowery could tell you, if you want freedom, you have to fight to make it yours.

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Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

The Ballad of Federal Gaol

The Ballad of Federal Gaol

A poem about an ex-mayor & a prisoner-to-be.

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Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

The unfettered Leonard Cohen

The unfettered Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen fronts the house band in Purgatory.

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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Paltry prayer vigil means Langford love lagging

Paltry prayer vigil means Langford love lagging

Some 26,227 citizens went out of their way to vote for Larry Langford, but last Sunday only .002% of that number came out to pray for his immortal soul.

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Posted on October 14th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Miss Keller goes to Washington

Miss Keller goes to Washington

The new statue of Alabama native Helen Keller in Washington D.C. is not only the first representation of a child and the first of a disabled person in the Capitol, but also likely the first bronze rendering of a radical socialist activist erected there.

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Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Courtney Haden

The Protean Picker Jim Lauderdale

The Protean Picker Jim Lauderdale

Jim Lauderdale reigns as one of the busiest players in the music industry, writing hit songs for artists like George Strait and working on projects with everyone from Willie Nelson to Donna the Buffalo.

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Posted on October 1st, 2009 by Courtney Haden

Interview with St. Vincent

Interview with St. Vincent

Annie Clark is a girl on the cusp of transmutation.

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War on Dumb

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

Birmingham 101: What will history say about us?

‘The city of perpetual promise.’ Does that mean incessant failure? Or rather, that Birmingham never gives up hope?

Upon Further Review

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Bama wins, 2010 and amen

Part two of the college football season recap.

Column

Ties that bind

Ties that bind

A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush

Film

Casualties of war

Casualties of war

“The reasons we go to war always matter,” says the soldier played by Matt Damon [...]

Small World Cartoons

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Narcissistic Personality Disorder

In lieu of politics, I bring you talking roaches. Cartoonists are primary NPD sufferers.

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off