Author William Barshop

A SCIENTIST EXPLAINS // WHAT DO DOCTORS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EVOLUTION Previous generations will remember getting an antibiotic for every runny nose or sore throat, but doctors are much more meticulous these...

THE MARRIAGE DOCTOR // MAKING THINGS BETTER Every marriage has its speed bumps. Carole Wilkins just wants you to slow down and think about how to get over them, so you can enjoy smooth sailing toward a...

TOP 40 DEMOCRACY // DIFFERENT KINDS OF "NORMAL" Would you believe Dolly Parton was born in the same year as President Bill Clinton? They seem to have come from entirely different eras, but they were both...

HARVEST HANDS // COMMUNITY OF GENEROSITY Mostly women and a few men crowd around the wood-panel tables in the prayer room at the University Church of Christ, chatting about their joys and troubles before...

NATIONAL STARS EMERGE // WHO WON BIG // THREE REPUBLICANS & THREE DEMOCRATS Ideally, the careers of our politicians are built on hard work, leadership and the values of their constituents. But there is...

T-TOWN BAR GOES CRIMSON & WHITE // NEW OWNER BUYS MIKE'S BAR AND CHANGES NAME AND REPUTATION Tim Gillaspie knows what the people of Tuscaloosa really want. When he first set up shop in T-Town he sold...

TAYLOR SWIFT AS A POP ROBOT // AWKWARD NEW RECORD Even if you enjoy the new, bionic Taylor Swift, a relentless dance-pop machine with phasers set to “profit,” you have to feel for the country fans that...

LETTUCE KEEPS IT FRESH // FUNK AT THE JUPITER What do you get when a well-oiled machine knows when to go off the rails? One wild ride from Lettuce, the funk-rock group from Boston, Mass. The band rolled...

MISSTEP FROM ARETHA Adele’s music may be the closest thing in the past few years to carve out a place in the “Great American Songbook.” A perfect storm of crossover popularity and classic songwriting...

WATER LAWS STILL MURKY // TUSCALOOSANS MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD “Before I put on my penny loafers to become a lawyer, I believed water flowed downhill on the path of least resistance,” said Bennett...