Columnists

Ask God how to end violence

No one goes looking for a crisis; often we’re unaware of the actual crisis itself until the manifestation ...

Columnists

GOP has division in the ranks

The 2013 legislative session in Montgomery has been an eye-opener for many in Alabama. This session showed the ...

Columnists

It’s time to get rid of the worms

An old story tells of a desert nomad who awakened hungry in the middle of the night. He ...

Columnists

New laws hindering education

First, they cut the DROP program (but not before they got their own payout from it). Then they ...

Columnists

Republicans try to sell a ‘lemon’ act

What would you think if you purchased a new car, but in less than two months you were ...

Columnists

Legislature can’t fix broken bill

Once again, the Alabama Legislature is being asked to “fix” a bill that was rushed through without taking ...

Columnists

The state budget is insufficient

Last week, the Alabama House of Representatives passed the Education Trust Fund; this fund provides money for all ...

Columnists

Black Belt deserves more

If you’ve been reading the papers over the past two weeks it may be hard to believe, but ...

Columnists

Alabama Accountability Act unethical

For the past three years it has been Alabama’s GOP legislative supermajority’s tendency to vote first, read later ...

Columnists

We must protect our children

Last year, our leadership in the Alabama Legislature decided to “right-size” our government by reducing the budget drastically ...

Columnists

Bringing transparency to legislature

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none ...

Columnists

A bill that should not have passed

Last week, the Republicans in the Alabama Legislature abused the legislative process and forced a bill through the ...

Columnists

Don’t bite the hand that feeds

If there has been a theme for the Republicans in Montgomery this legislative session, it would be that ...

Columnists

Employees of state critical to economy

In his State of the State address, Governor Bentley bragged about how he has eliminated 4,000 state employee ...

Columnists

School flexibility bill gives little flexibility

I think we can all agree that public education is one of the most important services our state ...

< Newer|Older >

SportsPlus