Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles
(Environmental/Legal):
“Emerging Environmental Issues in Alabama,” 6 EnLaw
1 (1997) (with Matt Bowden and Rob Fowler)
"Cases Illuminate CERCLA's Secured Creditor and Fiduciary
Protection Provisions," Natural Resources and
Environment (2000)
“State Environmental Regulatory Agencies in the Southeastern
United States," 8 EnLaw 2 (2000)
"Historic Preservation Act's Role in Real Estate,"
Birmingham Business Journal (August 18, 2000)
"This Old Swamp: The Unlikely Connection Between Wetlands
and Historic Preservation,” 8 EnLaw 4 (2001)
"Putting Green Back Into ‘Brownfields’,” Birmingham
Business Journal (June 1, 2001)
“New Hope for Old Lighthouses,” Coastal Living
(September/October 2001)
"A New Opportunity for Old Lighthouses,” 2 Cultural
Resources Management 24 (2001)
“Southern Discomfort: Flap Over Minor Changes to Capitol,”
Preservation (November/December 2001)
“Alabama’s Forgotten Justices: John McKinley and John A.
Campbell,” Alabama Lawyer (July 2002)
“Can Historic Preservation Coexist With Protections For
Religious Land Uses?” Natural Resources & Environment
(Fall 2002)
“Judge Enjoins Testing of Naval Surveillance Technology,”
Natural Resources & Environment (Summer 2003)
“Biscuits Whet Montgomery, Alabama’s Appetite for Urban
Renewal,” Urban Land (July 2005)
“War on Terror: Little Room for CERCLA’s “Act of War”
Exclusion,” Natural Resources & Environment (Winter
2005)
“‘A High Calling’: The Public Life and Service of Howell T.
Heflin,” The Journal of the Legal Profession Volume
30 (2005-2006)
“I’m Dreaming of a Green Christmas,” Birmingham News
(December 2006)
“Pumping Green Cash Into Brownfields,” Business Alabama
(February 2007)
“Past Perfect: With Ecological Restoration, La Florida May
Live Again,” SweetTea Journal (Spring 2007)
“Is “Recovered” Really Recovered? Recovered Species under
the Endangered Species Act,”
Cumberland Law Review, Volume 39, No. 2 (2008-2009)
"Generation U: At the Helm of Southern Nuclear Operating
Company, CEO Jim Miller Hopes Today's Generation Sees the
Green in Nuclear Energy," Thicket (Spring 2009)
Journal, Magazine, and Newspaper Articles (History):
“The United States Wanted to Recover 80 Grams of
Weapons-Grade Plutonium, Abandoned in the Chaotic Spring of
1975,” Vietnam (February 1999)
“Griffin’s West Point Battery,” Assembly
(July/August 2001)
“On Veterans Day, Remember the ‘Birminghams’,”
Birmingham Business Journal (November 9, 2001)
“The West Point Battery Fought On Many Battlefields and
Produced Several High-Ranking Northern Officers,”
America’s Civil War (May 2002)
“Compatriots Considered ‘Old Frank’ Cheatham the ‘Wickedest’
Man in the Army of Tennessee,” America’s Civil War
(November 2002)
“Book Review: Hugo L. Black: Justice for All,” Alabama
Lawyer (January 2003)
“The 1st Alabama Cavalry Saw Plenty of Action in the Western
Theater – Fighting for the Union,” America’s Civil War
(January 2003)
“John A. Campbell Ex-1830: West Point’s Supreme Court
Justice,” Assembly (March/April 2003)
“Stranger In A Strange Land: How A White Student at Alabama
A&M Ended Alabama’s Era of Segregated Schools,”
Birmingham Black & White (June 5, 2003)
“The ‘Mighty B’: 60 Years Ago, A Proud Warship Carried
Birmingham’s Name Straight Into the Jaws of the Second World
War,” Portico (June/July 2003)
“A School Remembers the Fallen,” Florence Times Daily
(November 3, 2003)
“All Guts No Glory: The Brave, Doomed Crews of World War II
Escort Carriers,” Smithsonian Air & Space
(June/July 2004)
“Camp Rucker During the Second World War,” Alabama
Heritage (Summer 2004)
“Death of an Escort Carrier,” World War II
(September 2004)
“Joseph E. Johnston Was So Moved By Juliet Ann Opie Hopkins,
He Dubbed Her the ‘Angel of the South’,” America’s Civil
War (January 2005)
“Old Slow and Ugly: Before Radar Took Over, OS2U Kingfishers
Were the Eyes of the Fleet,” Smithsonian Air & Space
(February/March 2005)
“Brothers In Arms: Four Local Veterans Sit Down to Discuss
War and Peace,” Portico (November 2005)
“Remembering the USS Birmingham,” Birmingham News
(November 11, 2005)
“The Spanish Conquest of Mobile,” Alabama Heritage
(Winter 2006)
“Cemetery Poignant Reminder,” Birmingham News (May
28, 2006)
"Confederate Twilight: The Fall of Fort Blakely,"
Alabama Heritage (Winter 2009)
"The
Confederacy's Last - and Lasting - Victory at the Gates of
Tallahassee," Sweet Tea Journal (Spring 2009)
"A Fitting Tribute: 'They Call This Place America',"
Chicago Tribune (August 28, 2009)
"From Alabama to Amendola and Back: Journey of a B-17
Pilot," Alabama Heritage (Fall 2009)
Journal, Magazine, and
Newspaper Articles (Popular/Travel/Etc):
"The C&O Canal Towpath: An A.T. Spur Hike Alongside
History,” Appalachian Trailway News (July/August
1997)
“Cautionary Tale for Bush, Delivered via Airmail,”
Birmingham Business Journal (February 9, 2001)
“The Man Who Gave Us Mother’s Day,” Birmingham Business
Journal (May 11, 2001)
“One of the Rough, Good Men Who Guard Peace Falls,”
Birmingham News (March 11, (2002)
“Heritage to Preserve,” Abilene Reporter-News
(April 28, 2002)
“August 13 Important Day of Remembrance for Alabama,”
Birmingham News (August 18, 2002)
“Manly Pursuits: In 1974, A Book By Birmingham Native
Charles Gaines Acquainted An Astonished World with Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Professional Bodybuilding,”
Birmingham Black & White (December 19, 2002)
“Bringing the War Home: Let’s Hang Yellow Ribbon for
Troops,” Birmingham News (March 30, 2003)
“Software Executive Gary DiOrio Discusses Life on the Road,”
Executive Traveler (May 2003)
“Travel Premiums: A Conversation with Tom Curtin, President
and CEO, CRC Insurance Services, Inc.,” Executive
Traveler (June/July 2003)
“Fathers, Sons and Ham,” Philadelphia Inquirer
(June 13, 2003)
“Historic Proposition,” Preservation (July/August
2003)
“Hearing Aids: The Quick Guide to Five Court Cases You
Should Know,” Mental Floss (August 2003)
“Camp David: Maryland’s Ultimate Executive Retreat,”
Executive Traveler (August/September 2003)
“Small World: Honorary Consuls-General Help Foreign
Companies and Citizens Find Their Way in Birmingham,”
Birmingham (September 2003)
“Long Shot,” Preservation (September/October 2003)
“The Art of the Deal: Birmingham Sports Agent and Attorney
Russ Campbell Watches the Money While His Clients Keep Their
Eyes on the Ball,” Portico (October 2003)
“On These Flights, All That’s Missing Are the Wings,”
Executive Traveler (October 2003)
“Ten Things I’ve Learned… at the Top of the World – as told
to Jim Noles by Dr. Paul Obert,” Portico (February
2004)
“Book Review: ‘Titan’ Gives A.G. Gaston His Due,”
Birmingham News (February 22, 2004)
“First Business, Then Barbecue,” Executive Traveler
(February/March 2004)
“On Georgia’s Trails,” Continental (March 2004)
“Ten Things I’ve Learned… in Ghana – by the Russell Family
as told to Jim Noles,” Portico (April 2004)
“Ten Great Prison Escapes,” Mental Floss (April/May
2004)
“Pedaling Among Petals: Take a Bike Ride Along Amsterdam’s
Canals,” Continental (June 2004)
“Ringing With Hope: The Bell Center for Early Childhood
Intervention,” Portico (June/July 2004)
“Air Force One,” Executive Traveler (June/July
2004)
“Ten Things I’ve Learned… as a (Relatively) New Dad,”
Portico (June/July 2004)
“Book Review: Grab Moon Pie, Sit Back, Let State History
Entertain You,” Birmingham News (July 18, 2004)
“Ten Things I’ve learned… on Fear Factor – as told to Jim
Noles,” Portico (September 2004)
“Take Me to the River,” Continental (October 2004)
“Book Review: Flynt Takes Sweeping Look at State History,”
Birmingham News (October 17, 2004)
“Five Legendary Road Trips That Put Your College Days To
Shame,” Mental Floss (November/December 2004)
“Rough Times and Fine Art: Historic New Deal Artwork Can Be
Found in Three Unlikely Local Venues,” Portico
(December 2004)
“Up, Up, and Away: From Rock Gyms to Riverbanks, Atlanta’s
Athletic Opportunities Will Take You Higher,”
Continental (April 2005)
“Gotham’s Backyard: A Stroll Through Central Park’s
History,” Executive Traveler (June/July 2005)
“Book Review: Alabama Family Poor But Proud in the ‘60s,”
Birmingham News (July 17, 2005)
“A Full House: Meeting, Mingling, and Gaming on
Mississippi’s Gulf Coast,” Executive Traveler
(August/September 2005)
“Paul Demarco: State Representative,” Portico
(September 2005)
“Some Like It Cold: Inside the Cold Case Unit at the
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department,” Portico
(October 2005)
“The Shortest Distance Between Two Points: Getting to the
Beach is Sometimes Harder Than You Think,” Portico
(October 2005)
“Still Kicking But Dreaming of Different Kind of Goal,”
New York Times (October 19, 2005)
“Book Review: CEO Finds Adventure on the Appalachian Trail,”
Birmingham News (November 13, 2005)
“Commerce and Community Combined,” Business Alabama
(December 2005)
“Art in the South: An Unlikely Canvas,” Alabama Heritage
(Winter 2005)
“Kentucky Runnin’: The Varied Neighborhood of Lexington
Provide a Memorable Route,” Continental (February
2006)
“Fires Destroy 3 Churches and Damage 2 in Alabama,” New
York Times (February 4, 2006) (with Campbell Robertson)
“U.S. Mounts a Vast Hunt for Church Arsonists,” New York
Times (February 15, 2006)
“At College, Moral Obligations Are Felt on Church Burnings,”
New York Times (March 10, 2006)
“Made In Alabama: Portico Checks Out the Best Alabama’s
Automobile Industry Has to Offer,” Portico (April
2006)
“3 Historic Southern Hotels,” Culture & Leisure
(Winter 2006)
“Chasing Abel Streight,” Thicket (April/May 2008)
"36
Hours in Birmingham, Ala.," New York Times
(April 19, 2009)
"Saban
Nation North: In Chicago, the Houndstooth Saloon provides
homefield advantage," Birmingham News (November
25, 2009)
