The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.…
Will The Arts and Music Survive the Coronavirus?
America’s Memorial Day Celebration Muted by Coronavirus Pandemic
States Reopen Some Businesses AnywayBy Glynn Wilson – BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, N.C. — As people all over America prepare to celebrate the unofficial beginning of summer on Memorial Day weekend, the federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning members of the military who died while serving in the armed forces to fight…
It’s Up to the Coronavirus Generation to ‘Set the World on a Different Path’
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, N.C. – In all my travels, with the exception of Yellowstone, this view looking west toward Mount Mitchell is the best spot I’ve found. In some ways, however, it inspires sitting in a comfortable camp chair, staring off into space and doing nothing. But…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls on President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to Set a Leadership Example by Wearing Masks
By Glynn Wilson – While members of the Trump administration continue to send mixed signals to people around the country and the world about the novel coronavirus, the amount of testing going on and its economic impacts, at least one moderate Senator from a very conservative state in the Deep South continues to send the…
Let’s Get Busy Living Better Together
Even While Social Distancing Apart“Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.” – Buddhist Proverb The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS, N.C. — The polar vortex swooped down into the Southland this Mother’s Day weekend and not only froze the…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones Suggests Building America’s Health Care Equipment in Alabama
By Doug Jones – U.S. Senator – This is a difficult day for all of us. New unemployment numbers released this morning, some of the worst in our nation’s history, paint a grim picture of the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The official U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent, and the Labor Department…
April Showers Bring May Flowers, and Adversity is Followed by Good Fortune
From the Sock Capital of the World to God’s Country
By Glynn Wilson – LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ala. — For nearly half a century, Dekalb County in the mountainous northeastern region of Alabama along the Georgia line really was the sock capital of the world. It wasn’t just a slogan like some places have, where the chamber of commerce makes something up and struggles to make…
It’s Not the Time for Selfish Competition Within Groups
The Solutions to the Climate Crisis No One is Talking About
By Robert Reich – Both our economy and the environment are in crisis. Wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few while the majority of Americans struggle to get by. The climate crisis is worsening inequality, as those who are most economically vulnerable bear the brunt of flooding, fires, and disruptions of supplies of…
U.S. Senator Doug Jones Urges Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to Establish a Health Care Manufacturing Task Force
Staff report… U.S. Senator Doug Jones urges Alabama Governor Kay Ivey to establish a health care manufacturing task force to explore ways to move the state to the forefront of health care manufacturing in the United States. In a letter to Governor Ivey on Thursday, the Birmingham Democrat suggested utilizing existing infrastructure across the state,…
On Earth Day 2020, Future Human Prognosis Looks Cloudy
By Glynn Wilson – On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the 10th anniversary of the BP oil disaster, and a couple of months into the coronavirus pandemic and economic collapse, I’m not feeling so well or very optimistic about the future of human life on planet Earth. It’s similar to how I feel about…
On the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Public Views on the Environmental Movement Are Mixed
Earth Day: A Decade Later, Our Oceans and Wildlife Still at Risk
By Michele Harmon – Ten years ago this month, our community experienced the worst environmental disaster in the history of our country. In fact, the spill was 30 percent larger than originally calculated, and deadlier. Below the surface, “invisible oil” was hidden from view of satellites that were intended to capture the extent of the…
How Can You Learn From History if Nobody Tells You the Story?
If Coronavirus Takes Me, You Can Bury Me On Lookout Mountain
An Easter Message: Yes, Virginia, You Can Be a Democrat and a Christian
Coronavirus Stops Politics in its Tracks: Rick Neighbors’ Congressional Campaign Switches Gears to Helping Neighbors and Making Masks
By Glynn Wilson with Trace Thompson – LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ala. — One month ago, the president of the United States declared a national emergency because of the coronavirus pandemic, setting off an economic panic. On Easter Weekend, the number of cases and deaths in the U.S. surpassed Italy, with 528,735 confirmed cases and more than…
Death of the Dream
Editor’s Note: Back in January 2019, I put out the call for writers to help us cover the Democratic Party’s 2020 primary, since I didn’t think I could do it with so many friends on Facebook on all sides. Julie Slama answered the call, and got things started by profiling the amazingly large and diverse…