Author Archive

Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Mark Kelly

Charlie Louvin live

Charlie Louvin live

Alabama-born music legend Charlie Louvin sings songs of sin and redemption, of love both faithless and true.

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Posted on September 24th, 2009 by Mark Kelly

Bumper sticker logic

Bumper sticker logic

Some thoughts on what’s killing our nation

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Posted on July 9th, 2009 by Mark Kelly

At Ruffner Mountain, a poet reveals links between literature & the environment

At Ruffner Mountain, a poet reveals links between literature & the environment

 
The kids dash the last 40 or so yards across the big clearing, having caught [...]

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Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Mark Kelly

The long service of ‘Miss Nina’ Miglionico

The long service of ‘Miss Nina’ Miglionico

Nina Miglionico served as president of the Birmingham City Council during years of turbulence and [...]

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Posted on May 6th, 2009 by Mark Kelly

Bob Dylan redefines hip again in Together Through Life

Bob Dylan redefines hip again in Together Through Life

Bob Dylan sounds like a man out of time. 
In a very real sense, that statement [...]

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Weekly Tweets

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

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

The Paranoid Guide to the 2010 Census

Uncle Sam left something lurking in your mailbox. Dare you open it?

Suburban Legends

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The King of Rock: No, Not Elvis

The world is designed to piss me off