Gangrey
Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

Ker-splash

John Archibald (thanks, Sara): ike Hubbard can take a flying leap off a Montgomery County bridge, and belly flop right there on the Alabama River.

Ker-splash.

Joe Reed can swan dive after him, holding hands with Rep. John Rogers. Sen. Scott Beason can take his gun bills and stick 'em up his own exhaust pipe, and the governor himself, Dr. Doctor Robert Bentley, can choke on his own tongue depressor.

Because they just don't matter.

Republicans and Democrats? The endless debate over Common Core, the NRA, the AEA, and the blah, blah, blah?

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