As the new quadrennium crests in Alabama government, everybody looks toward a new beginning. There is a new fresh four years ahead for the newly elected...
Recently I came across a copy of an old congressional directory from 1942. It is always fun for me to read about this era in American...
I hate new years. Not because it’s another year. That’s going to happen, regardless of what we might want. The calendar days end, and the new...
A government shut down this weekend became more probable Thursday after President Donald Trump told GOP lawmakers that he would not sign a bill to fund...
There is a downside to supermajority control in government. Inevitably, no matter how many times you force through your agenda and ignore the cries from the...
What can I do? That question has come to me more than a few times since I wrote Monday that the last line of defense between...
The events unfolding around the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court represent a turning point for one branch of our government. I pray...
Last year, the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama surveyed Alabama voters to gauge their priorities heading into this year’s statewide elections. That report showed broad...
A majority of Alabama voters are “very concerned” about government corruption and ethics, however, Republicans who once championed strong ethics laws have retrenched or given up...
Last month’s jobs report showed that job openings are at a record high, confirming our country’s continued positive economic progress. For the first time since the...
