But he was deemed plenty ready to mess with people trying to practice direct democracy. He has a Barney Fife now. Barney had only one bullet that he was not allowed to put in his gun. Jester's new ...

The Birmingham City Council has approved a plan for a Citizens Observer Patrol, with volunteers who are not police officers helping patrol neighborhoods. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin weighed in on ...

*We caught up with comedian Aries Spears to dish about his role in “The 4:20 Movie,” a new high concept comedy that takes place pre-legalization, and centers on two sisters who create the first ...

If this is what the Secret Service has become, it’s a wonder that something worse than Butler, Pa., hasn’t already happened. That event was terrible enough, with one rally-goer killed and Donald Trump ...

I have a column coming up in this week’s newspaper calling Austin radio personality Alex Jones a “Jeremiah,” which is supposed to be a good thing — that is, a prophet calling to awaken his people from ...

When I was growing up, I was a big fan of TV's Sheriff Andy Taylor and Barney Fife, but with the exception of Otis Campbell's getting loaded on booze, not much crime and corruption ever happened in ...