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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 23rd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

UPDATED: Dutch reports: Joran van der Sloot admits to dumping Holloway’s body

UPDATED: Dutch reports: Joran van der Sloot admits to dumping Holloway’s body

(UPDATED 5:52 a.m.) The primary suspect in Holloway’s disappearance has confessed, according to reports from the Netherlands

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Posted on February 23rd, 2010 by Madison Underwood

UPDATED: Dutch reports: Joran van der Sloot admits to dumping Holloway’s body

UPDATED: Dutch reports: Joran van der Sloot admits to dumping Holloway’s body

(UPDATED 5:52 a.m.) The primary suspect in Holloway’s disappearance has confessed, according to reports from the Netherlands

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Posted on February 18th, 2010 by Madison Underwood

Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience

Iran, Iraq, education & optimism: What Condi Rice said to a hometown audience

The former Secretary of State told Birmingham-Southern students that Iran is a “military dictatorship,” words Hillary Clinton would use four days later

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Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Weekly Staff

Greenlighting 280

Greenlighting 280

Should busy 280 become a toll road?

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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 27th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

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?

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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 20th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Cooper loses second shot, Bell wins fourth

Cooper loses second shot, Bell wins fourth

Bell faces unprecedented challenges and another mayoral election two years away.

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Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Mayors race: The evil of two lessers

Mayors race: The evil of two lessers

Birmingham again must settle for less than it needs

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Posted on January 14th, 2010 by Jesse Chambers

RIP Joe Shannon

RIP Joe Shannon

Remembrance of Birmingham Bay of Pigs veteran

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Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Kyle Whitmire

Collins calls it quits

Collins calls it quits

After more than 30 years in politics, Collins is bowing out before voters can put her head in a basket

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Posted on January 6th, 2010 by Weekly Staff

50 questions for Birmingham’s next mayor

50 questions for Birmingham’s next mayor

Ben South has some questions for Bell and Cooper

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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 Weekly Staff

2010 – The Year in Preview

2010 – The Year in Preview

Predictions for Birmingham and beyond

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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 30th, 2009 by Kyle Whitmire

Do the dome … how?

Do the dome … how?

Forget Langford’s conviction. The most memorable moment of 2009 was breaking ground on the dome.

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  • Alright we're out of here. Good day Weekly readers. #Katopodis 4 days ago
  • Prosecution objects to the "substantive reasonableness" of Bowdre's sentence for #Katopodis. 4 days ago
  • 3 years supervised release after he gets out. Bowdre's been asked to put #Katopodis in a minimum security prison with credit for time se ... 4 days ago
  • I wonder how much Jefferson county gets monthly in restitution from people who have defrauded the county? #Katopodis 4 days ago
  • Prosecution asks for $166000 in restitution to Jefferson County, Bowdre makes it so. 4 days ago
  • 3 years, 10 months. I think prosecutors were asking for six years. #Katopodis 4 days ago
  • #Katopodis gets 46 months. 4 days ago
  • Bowdre said she found a letter from a fellow inmate to be especially moving. Inmate said #Katopodis is very encouraging of others in jail. 4 days ago
  • Bowdre: #Katopodis is not going to jail for helping others, he's going to jail for helping himself to other people's money. 4 days ago
  • Bowdre about to deliver the sentence, talking about it now. #Katopodis 4 days ago
  • Martin is laying it on #Katopodis. Says JK is probably best educated defendant that's been in this building, he should have known better. 4 days ago
  • We're back. Martin says #Katopodis case is one of the most disgusting he's seen, doesn't have God in his heart, has larceny in his heart. 4 days ago
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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

Ringing the changes

Ringing the changes

Thoughts on navigation, prevarication & vindication

Film

Wonderland without wonder

Wonderland without wonder

Burton’s film looks but doesn’t feel like “Alice”

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