Charlie Louvin deserved a much bigger audience than he drew in Birmingham on Friday evening, Oct. 4. What better place, after all — given our city’s past, present and any of several possible futures —

But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. — Matthew 5:44 My first thought

Bob Dylan sounds like a man out of time. In a very real sense, that statement has been true from the moment, nearly a half-century ago, when a chubby-faced, clean-cut kid from a small town on the

Nina Miglionico served as president of the Birmingham City Council during years of turbulence and transition. She died Wednesday, May 6. She was 95. In March 2005, contributing editor Mark Kelly wrote