By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on February 2, 2019 We all make dumb mistakes in life. Most of these mistakes do not have...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 30, 2019 “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron” is a DreamWorks animated movie...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 29, 2019 Brigadier General Royal Hatch was a retired Air Force officer. A...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 26, 2019 Yesterday, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (BCRI) announced...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 20, 2019 I never knew her name, but I never forgot my chance encounter with...

Emory Folmar was mayor of Montgomery, Alabama from 1977 to 1999. During this period, our personal and political relationship transmogrified from fierce adversaries into loyal and powerful allies for life. This article explains why.

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 17, 2019 On January 6, 2019, Dr. Frank Franklin emailed John Hammontree, the...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 16, 2019 On July 20, 2018, a Balch & Bingham attorney and the Drummond Company...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 13, 2019; Updated at 2:30 p.m. EST Today, AL.com retracted and apologized for...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 10, 2019 For the past two decades,The Birmingham News has established a clear...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 9, 2019 On November 29, 2018, John Archibald, a columnist/reporter for the...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 6, 2019 John Robert Wooden (October 14, 1910 – June 4, 2010) was the head...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 3, 2019 From September 25 through October 9, 2002, I headed a three-person...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on January 1, 2019 Many friends and supporters of John Archibald have asked me to give...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 31, 2018 As 2018 comes to an end in a few hours, I thought it was the...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 31, 2018 In 2003, John Archibald, a Birmingham News reporter, declared...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 30, 2018 As 2018 comes to an end, I have reflected on what made this year...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 24, 2018 While doing some last minute Christmas shopping with my brother...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 18, 2018 Dr. Michelle Casario is a brilliant woman with an impressive...

By Donald V. Watkins ©Copyrighted and Published on December 15, 2018 A lot of people have asked me about the bogus wire and bank fraud...