Wayne Flynt

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 Veteran academics are supposed to feel free to speak out on important matters. In fact, the general idea behind tenure is that professors should be able to examine controversial issues without fear of reprisal.

But we cannot… Read full post »

Abdul Kallon

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 Polls show the 2012 presidential race is a virtual dead heat, even though Republican candidate Mitt Romney is deeply flawed. That suggests quite a few Democrats who enthusiastically supported Barack Obama in 2008 are not so enthus… Read full post »

Mohamed Atta

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 The prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman was driven in part by a desire to cover up activity related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a new report from a Washington, D.C.-based investiga… Read full post »

Mohamed Atta

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The judge in the Don Siegelman prosecution owned a company that helped train 9/11 pilot Mohamed Atta, according to a report from a Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist.

U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller owned a 43.75 percent st… Read full post »

Mark Fuller

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 The most nauseating moment in last Friday's resentencing of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman came when U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller stated that he had no doubt a bribe had taken place in the case.

This is a… Read full post »

Don Siegelman

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 Former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman was resentenced today to serve five years and nine months on top of the time he already has served in federal prison--plus three years of probation, a $50,000 fine, and 500 hours of… Read full post »

Abdul Kallon

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Alabamians of all political stripes should be thankful that former U.S. Rep. Artur Davis has left our state for greener pastures in Virginia. Davis was one of the most disgraceful politicians in Alabama history--and that is saying somet… Read full post »

Ted Rollins

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What, indeed, do former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky and Campus Crest Communities CEO Ted Rollins have in common?

The answer is easy: They both have documented records as child abusers.

So why are officials in higher e… Read full post »

Sloan Bashinsky Jr.

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 When someone consistently misstates facts, I figure one of two things is happening: (1) He is careless about gathering and stating facts; (2) He is intentionally trying to muddy the water on some issue.

I've read scores of… Read full post »

Sloan Bashinsky Jr.

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 Major Bashinsky's older brother strongly hints in a recent blog post that he knows who caused the Alabama lawyer's death in March 2010.

Sloan Y. Bashinsky Jr. has written several blogs from his base in Key West, Flor… Read full post »

Mike McGarity

Homewood High School

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 Long before Mike McGarity moved next door and became a monumental headache for Mrs. Schnauzer and me, he was causing problems for other people. That's how my "Neighbor From Hell" came to be the pr… Read full post »

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 Ultra-rich individuals around the globe are exploiting tax havens to hide an estimated $21 trillion offshore, according to a new study by the Tax Justice Network.

The so-called "black money" is equal to the combined GDPs of t… Read full post »

Barclays CEO Bob Diamond

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 Campus Crest Communities, whose CEO was the beneficiary of a  grossly unlawful divorce judgment in Alabama, draws major financial support from a bank at the center of an international rate-fixing scandal.

Karl Rove and Karen Johnson

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 Karl Rove and Karen Johnson don't seem like the kind of couple that would have a quickie wedding. Published reports indicate they have known each other for roughly 15 years. A source tells Legal Schnauzer that they… Read full post »

Karl Rove and Karen Johnson

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 How should a prominent political figure react when he is being hounded by reports of a bisexual affair with a junior party operative? What if that political figure has built his career, to a considerable extent, on… Read full post »

Louis Freeh

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Former FBI director Louis Freeh yesterday released his report on the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, and coverage has focused mainly on the role of iconic football coach Joe Paterno in an apparent cover up.

Freeh's 26… Read full post »

Sloan Y. Bashinsky Jr.

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 Alabama lawyer Major Bashinsky killed himself because someone was about to "out" him as bisexual, according to a recent blog post by his older brother, Sloan Y. Bashinsky Jr.

This information, by itself, is not ne… Read full post »

William E. Swatek

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Most of my reporting on Alabama attorney William E. Swatek has focused on the bogus lawsuit he filed on behalf of our criminally inclined neighbor, launching 10-plus years of legal torment for my wife and me. But Swatek's abus… Read full post »

Rob Riley

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 Why is Alabama's largest newspaper hemorrhaging readers so badly that it is about to start printing just three days a week? A couple of hints can be found in Section B (Local News) of the July 9, 2012, edition.

Two articles pr… Read full post »

William Cobb "Chip" Hazelrig

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 According to the official finding, Alabama lawyer Major Bashinsky shot himself in the head and used duct tape and rope to create the appearance of murder.

The Bashinsky family, at the time of Major's disappe… Read full post »

Jerry Sandusky

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 The second chapter of the Jerry Sandusky scandal is about to be written, and it looks like it will be radically different from the first.

Chapter 1 focused on Sandusky and the boys he sexually abused, during and after his… Read full post »

Ali Akbar and Tim Pawlenty

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The GOP operative who is alleged to be Karl Rove's bisexual lover states in a video that he has, in fact, worked with Rove. We also have learned that Ali A. Akbar has ties to possible election fraud/… Read full post »

Tom Donohue

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The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to uphold most of the Obama health-care law was by far the most-watched story of last week. But a story that might prove to be more important in the long run quietly unfolded in Albany, New York.

 … Read full post »

Greta Van Susteren and Karl Rove

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Karl Rove is having a bisexual affair with the president of a conservative bloggers' group, and concern about being outed sparked Rove's falsehood-filled diatribe last week on Greta Van Susteren's Fo/… Read full post »

Jerry Sandusky

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Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty on 45 counts Friday night in perhaps the most high-profile child sexual abuse case in our nation's history. But numerous signs indicate the Sandusky… Read full post »