The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ala. — Are you getting your affairs in order? I know I am. If this is not the end of the world as we know it, I don’t know what else that could go wrong to make it so. Yellowstone could blow and we would…
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If Coronavirus Takes Me, You Can Bury Me On Lookout Mountain
State Attorneys General Urge Federal Government to Ensure Emergency Stimulus Payments Go to Families, Not Debt Collectors
By Trace Thompson – Rick Neighbors, a candidate for Congress in Alabama’s District 4 in North Alabama, called on Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall to join 25 other state attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Department of the Treasury to take immediate action to ensure billions of dollars in emergency stimulus payments authorized by…
An Easter Message: Yes, Virginia, You Can Be a Democrat and a Christian
Palm Sunday: Pray for the Living and Stay At Home
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ala. — The dots on the coronavirus map and the color representing the Republican Party are not the only bright red things around here right now. In the mountain woods of North Alabama, the pollen count is on “Very High.” So your runny nose, sneezing…
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama and a UAB Doctor Hold Live Press Conference to Address the Latest on the Coronavirus
By Glynn Wilson – Senator Doug Jones of Alabama held a press conference on Thursday at the University of Alabama at Birmingham hospital with Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, Director of UAB’s Division of Infectious Diseases, to share updates about the health care situation in Alabama, the latest on how the CARES Act legislation recently passed by…
Florida Roads and Beaches, Which Should Be Packed for Spring Break, Are Vacant
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” – — Hunter S. Thompson – The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — On the last Saturday afternoon in March, the Pensacola Bay Bridge should be jammed with Spring Break traffic headed to the beach. But Highway 98 was almost without traffic…
Coronavirus Spreads: Florida Sets Up Checkpoints, Alabama Closes Non-Essential Businesses
By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the landscape, bringing devastation to economies around the world, the state of Florida has established transportation checkpoints and neighboring Alabama is ordering all non-essential businesses to close by Saturday at 5 p.m. According to the latest numbers available as of this writing,…
Congress to Pass Record $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Economic Relief and Stimulus Package
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Votes to Pass Strengthened Economic Relief Package – By Glynn Wilson – The largest fiscal stimulus bill ever passed by the United States Congress, containing $2.2 trillion intended to flood the country with cash in an effort to stem the debilitating impact on the economy of the coronavirus pandemic, is…
There is a Silver Lining in the Coronavirus Crisis Dark Cloud
National Park Service Suspends Entrance Fees So the Public Can Get Outdoors Away from Other People During Coronavirus Crisis
By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — If you are feeling cooped up or claustrophobic and locked up in your suburban home glued to the bad news on cable television about coronavirus, you may want to consider another way to get away from other people: Visit a national park during this time of national crisis.…
As Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads, Help May Finally Be On the Way from Washington, D.C.
U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Urges Everyone To Remain At Home – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — Disregard everything posted on social media prior to Monday, March 16. Ignore any postings about a vaccine becoming available in time to deal with the coronavirus COVID-19 global pandemic. Remain at home if at all…
Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Hits Hard, Threatens Global Recession
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â PENSACOLA, Fla. — This feels surreal, but reality is beginning to set in. It feels like Murphy’s law is in full effect: “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” As the novel coronavirus health pandemic continues to grow, and a global economic recession and maybe a…
Coronavirus Hits Gulf Coast Just In Time for Spring Break
U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Birmingham, Alabama, Urges People to Be Concerned and Prepare, but Not Panic – By Glynn Wilson – PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Spring Break travel and tourism season is just now getting into full swing along the Gulf Coast, just in time for what could be the worst human…