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Posted on January 8th, 2009 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Jan. 8-15, 2009

Weekly Digest: Jan. 8-15, 2009

Are you dancin’ in 2009? ‘Cause we’re askin’…

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Posted on November 26th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Nov. 27 – Dec. 4, 2008

We are thankful to have finished the print edition of the paper a day early [...]

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Posted on October 17th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Oct. 16-23, 2008

WEEKLY DIGEST: Oct. 16-23, 2008

Every year about this time, I get Lionel Ritchie’s song “All Night Long” stuck in [...]

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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST Oct. 9-16, 2008

WEEKLY DIGEST Oct. 9-16, 2008

It’s a bang-up beautiful issue, methinks, with a cover story about the Leonardo da Vinci [...]

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Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: May 8-15, 2008

THE RACE IS ON: And on and on and on, much like the war in [...]

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Posted on March 21st, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: March 20-27, 2008

In Birmingham we are fighting history, race against race and class against class.

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Posted on March 7th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: March 6-13, 2008

We’re taking Ginny Phillips off the masthead. Now that she’s a published author, it only [...]

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Posted on February 22nd, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest Feb. 21, 2008

IT TAKES A VILLAGE: Just ask Joe Minter, who took his backyard in Titusville and [...]

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Posted on February 14th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest Feb. 14, 2008

SURPRISE, SURPRISE! In this city, a mysterious package is the last thing you want to [...]

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Posted on January 24th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

EVERYONE IS HUNGRY

So sing the Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars in this week’s issue. Bobby Fischer checkmated. The end of the Bomb Shelter, Pompeii’s last days and more.

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Posted on January 17th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

BACK ON OUR TOES

T.S. Eliot said April was the cruellest month, what with all the lilacs bred from [...]

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Posted on January 10th, 2008 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Jan. 10-17, 2008

WE ARE WHAT WE EAT & ALWAYS HAVE BEEN: Birminghamians are obsessed with food, with [...]

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Posted on November 17th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Nov. 15 – 22, 2007

THE CONTENTS PAGE IS FULL OF LIES: Yep. The table of contents for Vol. 11, [...]

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Posted on November 1st, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Nov. 1-8, 2007

DEAD BUT NOT GONE: That’s the best way to think of your dearly departed, particularly [...]

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Posted on October 25th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Oct. 25 – Nov. 1, 2007

FINE ART & HAUNTING ARTIFACTS: Visitors to “Pompeii: Tales from an Eruption” will be treated [...]

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Posted on October 5th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Oct. 4-11, 2007

THIRTY YEARS IN THE TAKING: That’s the subhead of this week’s cover story, “Larry Langford’s [...]

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Posted on September 6th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: Sept. 6-13, 2007

THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW that says no self-respecting publication in the city of [...]

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Posted on August 12th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Aug. 9-16, 2007

Every year around this time, we Weekly people get sentimental about our halcyon college days [...]

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Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by Glenny Brock

Weekly Digest: Aug. 2 – 9, 2007

Some weeks are full of history and music, and so are some weeklies, particularly this [...]

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Posted on July 19th, 2007 by Glenny Brock

WEEKLY DIGEST: July 19-26, 2007

It’s not often that anybody gets to write about the Alien Tort Statute outside of [...]

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Weekly Tweets

  • @blakebritton Patrick Cooper's twitter appears to be @PatCoop but he hasn't tweeted since June. #bham 1 day ago
  • Patrick Cooper is running for Mayor of Birmingham, has a three-point plan. Not "Let's Do Something." http://bit.ly/42EgLb 1 day ago
  • Story and Video: Smitherman terminates Langford chief of staff http://bit.ly/3VoUQS 1 day ago
  • Smitherman names Kevin Moore interim chief of staff. #bham 1 day ago
  • Presser over. 1 day ago
  • Says he's committed to the city. Ready to work hard, etc. Smitherman talking. Paepcke asks if any charges pressed against Bowie. No. #bham 1 day ago
  • But seriously folks, Mr. Moore last worked in Parks and Rec. He seems calm. Says this is a very important time for the city. #bham 1 day ago
  • He last worked in the Parks and Rec. dept, possibly under Leslie Knope. If you don't get it, google it. #bham 1 day ago
  • Moore has been associated with city hall in #bham for 14 years. Says there's a lot of work to be done. Going to work with budget and finance 1 day ago
  • Smitherman hopes to have proposals on how to fix the budget shortfall by Tuesday, says Moore is working through the weekend. #bham 1 day ago
  • Everyone is subject to review, smitherman says. #bham 1 day ago
  • Smitherman says she's been interviewing the Mayor's staff individually to find out who knew what about budget. #bham 1 day ago
  • More updates...

War on Dumb

The aftermath of Larry Langford 

The aftermath of Larry Langford 

Last week’s verdict established Larry Langford’s guilt, but it will be a long time before we’re done settling all his unanswered questions. 

Upon Further Review

Dear (New) Mayor, Let’s talk sports…

Dear (New) Mayor, Let’s talk sports…

Whoever emerges from the special election in December holding my city’s mantle of leadership inherits a sports scene that is in the direst of straits.

Column

The Ballad of Federal Gaol

The Ballad of Federal Gaol

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

Film

Paranormal Activity yields big scares

Paranormal Activity yields big scares

Paranormal Activity builds scares out of shadows, loud noises and anticipation.

Small World Cartoons

Not My President

Not My President

When “your man” didn’t become President, what did you say?

Suburban Legends

Batdance

Batdance

Some thoughts on the end of society