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• Analysis of U.S. Presidents Rekindles Memories of My Old Newspaper Pal, Paul...

  

  Paul Finebaum One of the distinctions of my journalism career is that I used to work with a fellow sportswriter at the Birmingham Post-Herald (now defunct) who... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Civil-rights Leader Ernesto Pichardo Encourages Kristine Svinicki to Resign...

  

  Kristine SvinickiA civil-rights leader is calling on the former head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resign from Southern Company's board of... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Scandal Continues to Boil Around Southern Company and Related Entities, a...

  

  Kristine Svinicki (Getty Images)Kristine L. Svinicki, former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), joined the Southern Company board of director... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Scandal Engulfs Matrix LLC and Joe Perkins, Donald Watkins Looks for...

  

  Richard ShelbyHow did Alabama's judiciary become such a cesspool, as we have reported in dozens of posts? (See here, here, here, here, and here. Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Judges Head for the Exits and "cops Have Gone Wild" as Scandal Reveals the Ugly...

  

  Judge Louise Goldston talks with litigant Matt Gibson in his front yard. (wvrecord.com) A West Virginia judge has retired in the face of possible impeachment... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Wall Street Analyst for U.S. Utilities Poses Serious Questions on Earnings...

  

  A Southern Company earnings call on Thursday (2/16/23) proved to be mostly an exercise in feinting and dodging, according to reports at banbalch.com and... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Lax Oversight, Plus Failure of Southern Company and Alabama Power to Disclose...

  

  Joe Perkins and Mark CrosswhiteSouthern Company has failed to disclose, via Form 8-K filings with the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), that the firm and... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• As Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Wrestles with the Fallout from Disappearing...

  

  Randall WoodfinBirmingham mayor Randall Woodfin, mired in a boondoggle involving the "magical disappearance" of $1.8 million in legal-advertising funds has... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Michigan State Gunman, Struggling with Mental-health Problems After Death of...

  

  Mourners gather at Michigan State (Washington Post)I sat down yesterday to write this post, which I thought would be about America's most recent bout of mass gu... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• The Downing of Mysterious Objects from North American Air Space Raises...

  

  A ship scans the sea in recovery of Chinese balloon (Getty)Many Americans probably are looking to the skies with quizzical eyes after four mysterious flying... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Civil-rights Leader Ernesto Pichardo Says Southern Company is Unfit to Operate...

  

  Vogtle Nuclear Plant near Waynesboro, GA Southern Company is not fit to operate a nuclear power plant in Georgia and should be replaced by a third-party... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Disaster in Puerto Rico Brings Windfall -- and Federal Probe -- for Southern...

  

  The aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto RicoIn 2017, Southern Company took advantage of a natural disaster -- a deadly and costly hurricane that hit Puerto... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• The SCORPION Officers Accused in the Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols Asaulted...

  

  Members of the SCORPION police unit in Memphis Five Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols allegedly assaulted another man three... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• About 90 Million U.S. Adults Have Viewed the Tyre Nichols Beating Video, but...

  

  Joseph Pettaway (Atlanta Black Star)Today marks one month since the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Donald Watkins Files Complaint with Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Claiming...

  

  Plant Vogtle A longtime Alabama attorney and businessman is challenging Southern Company's fitness to own and operate a nuclear power plant in Georgia. Donald V... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Alabama Power's Desire to Control Black-owned Media, Has Created a $1.8-million...

  

  Randall Woodfin Alabama Power's desire to control the Black-owned media in Birmingham might be getting Mayor Randall Woodfin into hot water, according to a... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Eleven Executives Are Shown the Exits at Alabama Power and Other Southern Compan...

  

  Donald Watkins (right), with Richard and Leslie Scrushy Eleven executives at Southern Company have been terminated as the parent firm of Alabama Power seeks to... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• New York Times Review Shows the Official Police Report of Tyre Nichols' Beating...

  

  Tyre Nichols' funeral (The New York Times) Tyre Nichols was laid to rest yesterday in Memphis, leaving us with the hope, however faint, that something positive... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Donald Watkins' Filing of a RICO Complaint Might Have Changed the Script as...

  

  Donald Watkins' filing of a criminal RICO complaint, which we spotlighted in a post on Sunday (1/29/23), likely accomplishes two key objectives as the longtime... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY

• Longtime Alabama Lawyer Donald Watkins Says Memphis Officers "tortured" Tyre...

  

  Memphis police officers fatally beat Tyre Nichols A longtime Alabama attorney -- who helped desegregate the Montgomery Police Department and served on all... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2023 LEGAL, SOCIETY