Opinion Use ‘be, know, do’ mentality, wear a mask Marc Greenwood Jun 5, 2020 On May 21, President Donald Trump demanded governors reopen churches, synagogues and mosques right now, lest he override those state leaders w…
Opinion Memorial Day: The what and the why Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 Memorial Day hearkens to the Civil War era. A Union soldier headed an organization that established Decoration Day; flowers now mark and hallo…
Opinion Don’t just exist but live amid cabin fever Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 My wife texted our four sons and asked how they were adjusting to COVID-19 — their eerie new reality. Our son who works from home bemoaned his…
Opinion CDC’s tips effective like Lombardi’s fundamentals focus Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 On Jan. 29, 1959, the Green Bay Packers tabbed Vincent T. Lombardi — a bespectacled, gap-toothed, bratwurst-fingered, obscure assistant coach …
Opinion Data shows Birmingham mayor wins mask debate Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 Last Friday, I drove past iconic Samford Hall on Auburn University’s campus, enjoying my sun-drenched drive. The area was awash with people, y…
Opinion Two Southern governors respond to COVID-19 Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp craved a bauble from President Donald Trump like Depression-era children scrambled for the shiny dimes billionaire Joh…
Opinion Stimulus checks, a raging ego and a rant Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 The Senate passed a record $2 trillion dollar stimulus bill, as did the House, and President Donald Trump signed it. It’s estimated over 150 m…
Opinion COVID-19 sinks the USS Theodore Roosevelt Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 In April 1963 Martin Luther King led a direct action campaign that targeted Birmingham. In his majestic opus, “A Letter From a Birmingham Jail…
Alexander City Churches have faith-or-fear response to COVID-19 Marc Greenwood Updated Jul 31, 2025 My adamant, acid-tongued, Alabama-born grandmother was Big Ma — metaphorically and literally.Â
