Mobile Bay Times

June 19, 2013

Poll: Americans view GOP in less favorable light than Democratic Party.

Surviving the next Gulf oil spill. By Ben Raines, New York Times.

Reassurance for the climate change faithful: The end remains nigh.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: The swelling movement.

Dissent festers in states that Obama has forgotten.

Big Brother alert: Cameras in the cable box to monitor TV viewers.

Obama calls for an end to Catholic schools, says religious education divisive.

June 18, 2013

Birmingham: The City of Freedom?

Federal free cellphone program festering in corruption.

Going to war in Syria.

Bold journalist dead at 33, killed in LA car crash.

June 17, 2013

Stimpson tries to win over critic who cited Mobile as one of American's most miserable cities.

Ideas for Jefferson County general fund fix include commuter tax.

When Reagan asked to meet the man 'who dislikes me so much.'

Food stamps: Congress delves into the meaning of $4.50 a day.

'Sky' High on Alabama: Air travelers worldwide can read article on state's economic rise.

June 16, 2013

What Sweden can tell us about Obamacare.

June 15, 2013

Coal industry pins hopes on exports as U.S. market shrinks.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve Flowers: A pretty good session.

Bonner's federal pension estimated at $65,000.

Obama Africa trip to cost $100 million.

June 14, 2013

The Political Round-Up.

‘Our Mockingbird’ and the ghost of George Wallace: Segregation, 50 years on.

Five myths about privacy.

CBS News confirms multiple breaches of Sharyl Attkisson’s computer.

Bell tolls for a new majority in America.

June 13, 2013

State budgets on the mend.

Privacy isn't all we're losing.

June 12, 2013

Gulf Coast presses for action on insurance, makes allies of flood-wracked Jersey.

Surveillance: A threat to democracy.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: Scalia should be the pariah, not Farrakhan.

June 11, 2013

Was Cheney right about Obama?

New York Times: A real debate on surveillance.

Is our guardian angel actually Big Brother?

Does Snowden herald a chorus of whistle-blowers?

How did a high school dropout become entrusted with government's biggest secrets?

Hillary’s sorry state of affairs: Probes into her department’s sex scandals were quashed, memo says.

Kennedy's finest moment.

Roy Moore letter praises 1st District congressional candidate Dean Young.

June 10, 2013

The Real Deal by Kathy Jumper: Costco, Cabela's to Mobile? New Realtors' chief doesn't last long.

Byrne a mix of positives and negatives as congressional candidate.

David Brooks and the mind of Edward Snowden.

Americans still demanding truth about Benghazi.

June 9, 2013

Birmingham bouncing back?

Peeping Barry.

Government surveillance programs renew debate about oversight.

When presidential words led to swift action.

June 8, 2013

Orwell's 1984 selling like hotcakes.

Obama defends sweeping surveillance efforts.

Jefferson County a portent of peril for municipal bondholders.

June 7, 2013

Hillyer airs first TV spot of 2013 campaign for Congress.

Government spying scandal expands to include pretty much everyone, everywhere.

New York Times: Obama's dragnet.

With stealth edit, New York Times pulls punch in shot at Obama administration.

This Week in Washington with U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner.

Big Brother: 'Don't worry, I will look out for you.'

Before disclosures, Bush and Obama administrations long denied widespread NSA data trawling.

June 6, 2013

Byrne on faith, family and bid for Congress.

NSA collecting phone records of millions of Verizon customers daily.

Holder holding on.

Dispute over Obama's birthplace simmers on.

June 5, 2013

Looking to 2016, Iowa GOP gets excited about Scott Walker.

Rice fails up, becomes national security adviser.

Our scandalous times.

Jefferson County strikes bankruptcy deal.

Blind to Terror: The U.S.'s disastrous Muslim outreach efforts and the impact on U.S. Middle East policy.

The undoing of Detroit.

Treasury Inspector General invokes the dread name of Nixon.

Time to stop feeding the tiger?

June 4, 2013

Conservative groups reveal chilling requests from IRS.

Lawmaker assesses 2013 legislative session.

Wall Street buyers behind the rise in house prices.

Sessions a leading figure in immigration debate.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: 'The psychology of the oppressed.'

Opinions are optional, facts aren't.

Obama administration's secret email network.

The crime of Christianity.

Kerry says U.S. will sign U.N. arms treaty, ignoring congressional opposition.

June 3, 2013

The Political Round-Up: Byrne expected to announce bid for Congress at 2 p.m. Tuesday.

Petition circulating to make new I-10 bridge over Mobile River more friendly for pedestrians, cyclists, tourists.

Mid-American Apartment Communities acquires Colonial Properties Trust in $8.6 billion deal.

The smoking gun in plain sight.

GOP governors’ endorsements of Medicaid expansion deepen rifts within party.

Scott Walker's 'Alabama values' and European austerity.

A fight over water, and a way of life.

Plan to shut military supermarkets shows difficulty of cutting defense spending.

To Istanbul, with love.

Obama administration critic hits nerve.

June 2, 2013

Bad blood between Barry and Bubba may threaten Hillary's 2016 campaign.

The $2.7 Trillion Medical Bill: Colonoscopies explain why U.S. leads the world in health expenditures.

Report: How GOP lost young voters.

June 1, 2013

Fact Check: IRS misled Congress, public.

Why this scandal is different. By Peggy Noonan.

Half of America wants Obama impeached: Even Democrats join surge of dissatisfaction in unprecedented numbers.

May 31, 2013

Rate Shock: In California, Obamacare to increase individual health insurance premiums by 46-164 percent.

Krauthammer: Obama a fraud, a Wizard of Oz wedded to failure.

Republican who ran against Durbin: FEC's Lerner told me never to run for office again.

James Comey at FBI, a man who can say no.

Making Money: The bail bond business.

Eight arrested in brawl at kindergarten graduation ceremony.

May 30, 2013

Alabama Political Reporter: Hubbard investigation ongoing.

The IRS and FBI: Breach of Faith.

An Antidote to Cynicism Poisoning: Restoring public faith will require a full investigation of the IRS's politicization. By Peggy Noonan.

What does it mean to vote black?

What happened to Seal Team Six? The most serious scandal of all.

May 29, 2013

The Political Round-Up: Finalists for judgeship chosen.

McCain still a hero, but now also an old fool.

Getting creative with BP bucks.

Bentley clashes with legislator over ethical issue tied to Gulf State Park bill.

Conservative group's lawsuit targets IRS agents personally.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: The squeeze of reality.'

Benghazi's smoking gun? Only president can give 'cross border' authority.

Obamacare 'navigators:' Another Sibelius snitch brigade?

Forbes: Economically, could Obama be America's best president ever?

May 28, 2013

Democratic Eminence Grise: Obama administration not corrupt, just incompetent.

To the Slaughter: British lions come up lambs in Woolwich.

The unraveling of Sykes-Picot.

Alabama profile in Delta's 'Sky' magazine spotlights thriving industries.

A less conservative America poses challenges for Republicans.

Obama's next big campaign: Selling health care to the public.

The continuing storm over stormwater management in Mobile.

High end health plans scale back to avoid 'Cadillac' tax.

Obamacare's other surprise.

The VanderSlooting of America.

Stupid. By P.J. O'Rourke.

Under Obama, IRS chief a regular White House visitor.

Obama's most dangerous enemies are being targeted.

Durbin redefines 'dated' First Amendment.

Postal service on last legs, with little help in sight.

Ohio: Land of the bogus voter.

May 27, 2013

The Real Deal by Kathy Jumper.

Americans and their military, drifting apart.

Austerity to blame? But where's the austerity?

Is the time right to remove extra scrutiny over voting rights in Southern states?

Bentley touts road plan.

Florida teacher instigated two-year FBI investigation of 'Louie Louie.'

May 26, 2013

Groups targeted by IRS tested rules on politics.

Political intelligence firms set up investor meetings at White House.

Monsanto's dirty dozen.

New York Times: Caution and the Common Core.

May 25, 2013

Obamacare: Could the president be right? If not, will Obamacare be the albatross around Democrats' necks in 2014?

Economy, jobs have slipped from Obama's radar.

May 24, 2013

Everything you know, or think you know, about Obamacare is wrong.

May 23, 2013

The Round-Up: Biggest real estate deal in Mobile history.

Rocked by scandal, Obama reeling.

National debt still weighs heavy, will explode with rise in interest rates.

IRS's Lerner has dubious history.

Gadsden Times: A productive legislative session.

Strange calls for special prosecutor in IRS case.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve Flowers: A look at GOP house leadership.

Global warming debunked: NASA report verifies carbon dioxide actually cools atmosphere.

May 22, 2013

Hubbard takes charge on last day of session.

Unions break ranks on Obamacare.

New York Times: Obama administration threatens press freedom.

How 'Hope and Change' gave way to spying on the press.

Progressives for Sale: Secret corporate cash behind Obama-allied think tank, leak reveals.

When did we vote to become Mexico?

Alabama Policy Institute: Cap and trade by other means.

The Obama Administration's hall of mirrors.

The EPA’s Conservative Problem -- Surprise: The EPA, too, treats conservatives unfairly.

May 21, 2013

IRS official takes the Fifth.

Press shocked by its own creation. By Pete Riehm.

Obama’s rating steady in face of controversies, likely buoyed by rising economic hopes.

True Scandal: A tea-party group targeted by Democrats gets attention from the IRS—and the FBI, OSHA, and the ATF.

Marsh clashes with governor.

Republicans: Couldn’t risk vote to change accountability bill.

Legislative summary.

Rancorous legislative session ends quietly: Legislature passes flurry of bills.

Journalism Under Fire: Obama DOJ formally accuses journalist in leak case of committing crimes; yet another serious escalation of the Obama administration's attacks on press freedoms emerges.

The Spectator-in-Chief.

Bill Kristol to Marco Rubio: ‘Walk away’ on immigration; ‘Jeff Sessions is winning the debate.’

What America has gained, what America has lost. By George Packer.

May 20, 2013

The Real Deal by Kathy Jumper: Major theme park operators eyeing Foley's Blue Collar Country, Bimini Bob's about to open.

Lawmakers expecting a busy last day.

New York Times: Celebrating inequality.

Union that enforces immigration laws opposes bill.

Can Obama bridge the divide between the two Americas?

May 19, 2013

Last day: So many bills, so little time.

‘Most successful session': Anniston’s Marsh sees 2013 in ‘win’ column.

Officials scattered, steaming over Accountability Act.

Kennedy tries new strategy to lift Democrats.

The next scapegoat.

Feds to pay down $35 billion debt in second quarter.

May 18, 2013

Strange set to investigate claims that IRS was used to target Alabama groups.

Bentley defends two-year delay on school tax credits.

Are school vouchers losing steam?

ASU probe continues.

Driving the juke joint trail.

May 17, 2013

Energized GOP weighs how far to take inquiries.

The Political Round-Up: Twenty-three lawyers seek judicial vacancy; DA Dixon to address GOP breakfast club; Commercial Realtors back Stimpson; Autistic candidate for City Council.

No Ordinary Scandal: Political abuse of the IRS threatens the basic integrity of our government.

Rep. Mike Kelly unloads on the IRS.

May 16, 2013

Help wanted: Alabama Democratic Party looking for a chairman but does anyone want the job?

Bentley: Budgets basically look fine.

An onset of woes threatens Obama's second term.

Obama: The ultimate ad hominem president.

New York Times: Take politics out of IRS.

IRS targets says dealing with rogue agency a nightmare.

Acting IRS director forced to walk plank.

Darrell Issa, trying to prove ‘his mettle,’ chases multiple scandals.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve Flowers: Senate leadership wraps up session.

The war that won’t end — Still waiting for serious negotiations between Alabama, Florida, Georgia.

The great unraveling — Credit Bentley for trying to slow the Alabama Accountability Act.

Decatur Daily: Insurance exchanges are effective.

May 15, 2013

Governor said to be casting a wary eye toward so-called campaign finance reform.

Sessions' 49 amendments to immigration reform.

U.S. budget deficit shrank faster than expected.

May 14, 2013

IRS's turn to answer questions.

Alabama tea party groups targeted by IRS.

Hubbard's house conference hauls in cash.

Budget surpluses spur tension in some GOP states.

Tri-state water war continues to play out in Congress.

U.S. oil boom sidelines OPEC.

Auburn University explains chief's annual salary.

May 13, 2013

The Real Deal by Kathy Jumper.

The Magic of Nick Saban: Everyone wants to go to the University of Alabama.

IRS targeted groups critical of government, documents from agency probe show.

IRS scandal grows broader, deeper.

Newspaper monopoly that lost its grip.

Clock is ticking, slowly, on rules for coal-fired power plants.

Alabama Democratic Party: 'Brother, can you spare a dime?'

May 12, 2013

Report: Top IRS officials knew in 2011 that conservative groups were targeted.

Playing politics with tax records.

Will Obama suffer 'second term curse?'

Fee-happy airlines raise the bar again.

There should be no retreat on PAC transfer ban.

Lawmakers have completed some heavy lifting, have more to do on session's last day.

GOP mingles with lobbyists while talking reform.

Accountability Act's silver lining.

Almost all over but the shouting: A look back at the 2013 legislative session so far.

May 11, 2013

IRS targeting of political groups might be one of agency’s ‘deadly sins.’

Obama fires opening salvo in health-care law campaign to enroll uninsured.

Co-author of immigration study resigns from Heritage Foundation.

Legislature allocates $17.3M to state prisons for new guards,Tutwiler upgrade.

In Depth: State budgets, for good or bad, pass.

The Benghazi Lie: A failure of character of this magnitude corrodes the integrity of the state.

May 10, 2013

The disappearing white vote (and 3 other observations from the 2012 election Census report).

Is home ownership a good thing for society, the economy?

Found at Auction: The unseen photographs of a legend that never was.

May 9, 2013

For the first time on record, black voting rate outpaced rate for whites in 2012.

Conservative groups declare: ‘Conservatives are ready to support immigration reform.’

Internet sales tax vote will be revealing.

Tighter bail bondsmen requirements passes out of House committee.

Young woman's sexual harassment claim against ex-Riley, Hubbard aide costly for state.

May 8, 2013

Date set for oral arguments in challenge to Alabama redistricting.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve Flowers: Yes, the Democratic Party is still 'dead' in Alabama.

Legislative summary.

Lawmaking not pretty.

Hospital billing varies wildly, government data shows.

May 7, 2013

Budgets appear to be on schedule.

Online tax could be state budget windfall. But lawmakers will have to take several steps to see funds.

Legislature could limit welfare funds for strip clubs and casinos.

Alabama private schools don't want state involvement.

New worries for Democrats on health law.

Washington Post: Heritage report distorts the immigration debate.

A stunning error in Mississippi.

Fifty years after the groundbreaking "Gideon" ruling, public defenders are overworked, underpaid — and America's poor are paying the price.

May 6, 2013

The Real Deal by Kathy Jumper. Acme Oyster House arrives; Publix nixes midtown store; Flora Bama Yacht Club restaurant opens; Fishers restaurant opens in Orange Beach; Coveted corner stays undeveloped.

Legislators have three session days left to OK education, general fund.

Campaign donations get more visible.

Wrongfully convicted often find their record, expunged, continues to haunt them.

Why judicial activism matters. By George Will.

Fear shoots ammo sales skyward.

May 5, 2013

Montgomery Advertiser editorial: Hotel and conference center could be a boon for coast - Just one chance to do it right.

State Legislature: Backlog brings tension; State’s two operating budgets, House-approved legislation weigh on senators’ minds.

May 3, 2013

The Political Round-Up by Chip Drago.

Alabama Senate delays school budget until next week.

Fannie, Freddie need a permanent fix.

May 2, 2013

Time running out to clarify law on private school tax credits.

New York Times: Fairness on sales tax.

Emory University removes Chick-fil-A from campus.

May 1, 2013

WWII bomber jacket rescued from Goodwill, returned to 90-year-old vet.

Legislative summary.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: Down, way down.

Obamacare claims earn president two pinocchios.

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