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Miss Manners: My son thinks I’m being too controlling as a dinner party host
GENTLE READER: You win. The late, great sociologist, David Riesman, once told Miss Manners that he had preceded her in the etiquette business, citing his observation of the manners of fellow academics ...
Opinion
In Lowndes County, DEI has a more sinister meaning
Lowndes County is a place of haunting beauty, where you can see stars at night and endless loblolly pines by day. It’ll make your heart hurt, if you have one. But now Lowndes, according to the body ...
Opinion
Goodman: Did Alabama make a mistake by naming Ty Simpson the starter?
No one pressed Grubb to name a starter. He didn’t slip up and give anything away either. Grubb wanted to put the information out in the open and his monologue on Alabama’s quarterback depth chart came ...
Classic rock’s iconic power couple heading back to Alabama: ‘We’re unstoppable’
Fans can expect to hear hits such as "Love Is a Battlefield" and "Shadows of the Night" at the tour stop in Tuscaloosa.
Braves reporter gets female fans’ number on the air; Social media opinion split on move
Braves sideline reporter Wiley Ballard took an opportunity during Monday night’s game against the Blue Jays to get a woman’s phone number on the air. Ballard, who works on FanDuel Sports Network, had ...
This Alabama lineman has ‘come a long, long ways’ per Kalen DeBoer
Wilkin Formby, a Tuscaloosa native, played for Northridge High School and now enters his third season with Alabama football.
How Alabama’s last scholarship tight end stepped up after spring injuries
Ryan Grubb was impressed by how Jay Lindsey stepped up for Alabama football after a rash of spring tight end injuries.
‘We don’t cut corners:’ The philosophy that made Gambino’s a Fairhope institution
When a nightclub singer from Michigan visited Alabama in 1975, he had no idea he’d soon open a restaurant that would still be winning national-level recognition 50 years later.
Plan to cut Medicaid threatens a ‘critical lifeline’ for Alabamians with disabilities
A center for adults with disabilities in Dekalb County worries their participants will lose a "critical lifeline" if Mediciad funding is cut.
Alabama’s NFL Draft: 1 All-Pro from the third round
Fifty-fifty Crimson Tide players have been selected with the 65th through 102nd draft picks, the choices that comprise the third round in this year’s NFL event.
Alabama man who drives immigrants to Georgia hospital fears bill would make him a criminal
Jordan Stallworth of Wedowee speaks at the Alabama House Judiciary Committee on April 9, 2025. Stallworth said the bill on human smuggling could make it a crime to take illegal immigrants across state ...
Miss Manners: I got into an argument over a cup holder at a concert
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to a concert the other night. What’s the etiquette if the cup holder is in the armrest of everyone’s chair, including both end seats? Which cup holder does each person get? I ...