A Mobile Reader Took Jeff Sessions to Task Over the Nation’s ‘Financial Soul’
In a letter to the editor, Mobile's Pierre Pelham argued that Alabama's senior senator had been silent when it counted - on the Iraq war and on the mortgage system…
Artur Davis Brought a Campaign for Governor to Mobile — and a Pronunciation Lesson
The congressman told about 100 Mobile Democrats that Alabama's past need not dictate its future, made education his central theme, and asked the city's television anchors to note that his…
A Steel Plant, a Shipyard and a Tanker: Would Unions Come Back to South Alabama?
With ThyssenKrupp rising near Calvert, Austal expanding downtown and aircraft work possible at Brookley, a veteran labor lawyer was asked whether organized labor would ride the boom back into Mobile.…
Two Little Girls, a Front Porch in Oakleigh and a Yard Sign Nobody Expected
Five days before the presidential election, a Mobile attorney sat on his Oakleigh porch in a funny hat and overheard two trick-or-treaters puzzle over the campaign signs in a white…
South Alabama Sizes Up Joe Biden: Mixed Verdicts From Mobile’s Political Class
Judges, lawyers, party officials and consultants across Mobile and the Eastern Shore delivered a split verdict on Barack Obama's selection of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate in August…
At Mobile Convention Center, Fred Barnes Tells 600 What He Thinks History Will Say About Bush
Journalist and Bush biographer Fred Barnes headlined the Alabama Policy Institute's annual fundraiser in Mobile, predicting the president would leave office to hisses and be judged more kindly later.
Obama’s Alabama Campaign Removes 40 Would-Be Delegates, and the Faithful Feel the Sting
Barack Obama's Alabama campaign invoked a dormant rule to install its own convention delegates, cutting about 40 candidates from the ballot. Those passed over described hurt, anger and grudging understanding.
Mobile Realtor’s Open Letter Pushes Back on Obama’s Early Doubts About the Tanker Deal
A Mobile-area Realtor has written an open letter to U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, pushing back on the presidential candidate’s early skepticism about the Air Force’s decision to award a massive…
A Birmingham Congressman Kept Turning Up in Mobile, and Everyone Knew Why
U.S. Rep. Artur Davis delivered his 'false choices' speech to the Mobile Rotary Club, his second appearance in the city in about a month, as speculation grew about a 2010…
A Cullman Upset Set South Alabama’s Political Class Arguing Over What It Meant
James Fields' lopsided win in a north Alabama special election, in a district that is roughly one percent Black, prompted Mobile-area Republicans and Democrats to draw sharply different conclusions.