Entries by Billy Cunningham

Replacing Gas Pipes Reduces Leaks, Lessens Explosion Risk

Billions of dollars have been spent on pipeline replacement programs over the last decade to prevent invisible gas leaks from aging or damaged pipelines, and it is having a dramatically positive impact on leaks, according to a newly released study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. “There hasn’t before been a solid example of […]

HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM GOVERNMENT BAN ON LAWSUITS AND DAMAGES

Responsibility and accountability – even for the powerful – are rooted into the core of our legal system. This country’s founders knew that a democracy needs a court system that empowers people to protect themselves by holding the powerful to account. That’s why the U.S. Constitution and the Alabama Constitution guarantees each person the right to […]

Is Everything You Read Online True?

CHECK IT OUT My cousin recently received an email from a ‘friend’ touting a particular extreme political point (makes no difference for this essay whether it was extreme right or extreme left). She questioned the accuracy and asked her daughter who is computer/internet savvy to check it out for her. The truth was the incident […]