Alabama

Meditation for murderers
Buddhism without parole, in Alabama's darkest prison. Plus: Hot housewife seeks Asian stud, physics geek goes nutzoid and more.
When the rivers run dry
Forget about the mussels and sturgeon. Atlanta's water woes have politicians dreaming of an Endangered Suburbs Act
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
A badge of honor for the media: Being called a liar by a hypocrite like Nick Saban. Plus: What was that about no money for college players?
Yes, Democrats do need the South!
Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
What else we're reading
Compression bras, evil handbags and other material concerns. Plus: Should Hillary Clinton drop the "Rodham"?
Alabama clinics face doctor shortage
Physicians required by law are threatened by harassers.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Aaron Brooks and I were wrong: Hurricane Katrina is "a 9/11 deal." So why hasn't anyone suggested that sports take a break?
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Allen Barra, author of a new Bear Bryant bio, on the coach's greatness, his mystique, "The Junction Boys" and his moral failure -- and success -- on integration.
King Kaufman's Sports Daily
Danica Patrick brings long-lost sizzle to the Indy 500, and not just because of those bikini pix. Plus: Heat win, but they're still in trouble. And: The mystery of "his'n."
Goin' south
A driving trip through Alabama reminds a U.S. senator from Wisconsin how radical conservatives are robbing hardworking people of the American dream.
Stung!
A swarm of new media stories on young George W. Bush's dereliction of duty pops his heroic-leadership bubble.
Bush's missing year
In 1972, George W. Bush dropped out of his National Guard service and later lied about it. With the media finally paying attention, will he now come clean?
The tyrant and the traitor
Two Alabama football coaches, Bear Bryant and Dennis Franchione, mistreated their players. But at least Bryant didn't betray them.
Gridiron general
A new ESPN movie reminds us that being coached by Paul "Bear" Bryant was like having John Wayne for your grandfather.
Prodigal daughter
A golden girl from Birmingham's elite takes a cold, hard look at her hometown's ugly past -- and her own father's role in it.
Have the Fighting Irish gone soft?
Notre Dame is enforcing stricter academic standards in a push to deemphasize football. Why now?
Snake eyes
Corporate gambling interests finally ran into a stretch of bad luck in Alabama and South Carolina, and the national implications are staggering.
Gambling on the Net -- or not?
As the country undergoes an anti-gambling backlash, Congress again attempts to restrict wagering online.
Doctor's Orders
In the wake of a new Alabama law declaring vibrators illegal, a provocative new book, "The Technology of Orgasm," sheds light on the perversely puritanical evolution of the feminine joystick.

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