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Monday, April 29: IN PERSON, HARBERT CENTER:  Dr. Keith Anderton, retired diplomat, U. S. Department of State.  Thanks to member Frank McPhillips for recommending Keith.  Keith is a Birmingham native, graduate of Princeton University (A.B. in Physics, 1982), with an M.A. in Astrophysics from Harvard University (1985), and a Ph.D. in the History of…[Read more]

Monday, April 22: IN PERSON, HARBERT CENTER: Our own Jim Spearman, former Executive Director, Alabama Democratic Party, will talk about the party: history, present, and does it have a future.  Jim is as knowledgeable about the party as anyone in the state with the exception of maybe half a dozen people. And they ain’t talking! Jim is a native of…[Read more]

<p class=”MsoPlainText”>We heard a candid but rather dreary assessment from St. Rep. Juandalynn Givan last Monday that the prognosis for passage by the House of the BSC loan bill was not good.<span style=”mso-spacerun: yes;”>  </span>Knowing that, the next day the BSC Board voted unanimously to close the college.<span style=”mso-spacerun:…[Read more]

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Monday, Dec. 18: IN PERSON, Kyle Whitmire, 2023 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary.

Kyle Whitmire is the state political columnist for AL.com where he skewers corruption, cruelty, incompetence and hypocrisy while also searching for those righteous folks who stubbornly adhere to their principles and make their state and country better places.…[Read more]

Monday, Dec. 11:  IN PERSON, THE HARBERT CENTER. Birmingham City Councilor, Crystal Smitherman.  We have not heard from Crystal before.  She received her Bachelor’s degree, with honors, in 2015 from Hampton University and her J.D. from The University of Alabama School of Law in 2019. In January of 2019, while still in law school, Crystal was appo…[Read more]

Monday, Dec. 4: IN PERSON:  Veteran broadcaster Mike Royer.  Many of you know Mike, and have watched him for years.  He was born in Indiana, served in the Indiana and Tennessee National Guards, and received a B.A. with a dual major in history and psychology at Tennessee Temple University in Chattanooga.  He began his broadcasting career in Ter…[Read more]