Columnists

Local legislation has its own dynamics

Local legislation has its own dynamics in the Alabama Legislature. Sometimes the dynamics are smooth. Sometimes they are ...

Michael Brooks

When we stop we actually go backward

Science debates the concept of perpetual motion; that is, once an object is set in motion, is it ...

Columnists

Chief Justice Hooper served state well

A few weeks ago former Alabama Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper Sr. died at his home in Montgomery ...

Columnists

Practice what you preach

As a member of the clergy, “practice what you preach” has a very literal meaning in my life.

Columnists

God’s grace is best gift we will ever receive

Has it ever occurred to you how God’s grace is so risky on his part? No matter how ...

Columnists

Letter says Selma is need of truth, substance

Well, here we go again. No substance and personal attacks. In a community the size of Selma, it ...

Columnists

Gov. Bentley is no caretaker

In an op-ed for Al.com dated May 9, 2016, Gov. Robert Bentley declares he has no “intention of ...

Columnists

Alabama’s pre-K program remains top notch

These days, it’s easy to think nothing good ever comes out of our government — especially here in ...

Columnists

Alabama’s shrinking sovereignty

On Friday, the omnipotent U.S. Department of Education threatened to pull federal funding from public school districts that ...

Columnists

Don’t count chickens before they hatch

Sometimes things just seem to be working out, but there is an old saying, “Don’t count your chickens ...

Columnists

Church needs to keep focus on larger mission

The early church faced opposition as they tried to evangelize the Roman world. Emperor Nero came to the ...

Columnists

We have no choice but session for Medicaid

The 2016 regular session is in the books, but for many politicos on Goat Hill, session seemed more ...

Columnists

One vote can really make the difference

By STEVE FLOWERS | Columnist Last week we talked about how difficult it is to win passage of ...

Columnists

God is not wishy-washy

America is full of scandals these days. The moral and ethical climate of our nation is in deep ...

Columnists

Celebrating, appreciating nurses during this week

To all the wonderful women and men who arise each morning, dress in their nurses attire and head ...

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