Month: February 2018

Submitted Article

The State of our Union is strong
By Congressman Bradley Byrne Last Tuesday, President Donald Trump came before Congress and the American people to deliver his first State of the Union Address. President Trump presented an optimistic, unifying vision for the United States and called on Republicans and Democrats to work together for the betterment of America. Many people have described the speech as a “pep rally for America,” and I tend to agree with that analysis.…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
The red hot mess politicians have heaped on our schools
By Larry Lee Politicians, particularly Senate majority leader Del Marsh and Rep. Terri Collins seem to have gone out of their way to tear down our public schools and paint a picture that is nowhere close to accurate. P.T. Barnum could never have created the circus we now have throughout the state thanks to legislation these good folks sponsored in 2012 and 2013. In 2012 Terri Collins passed a bill to…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Jones running for state supreme court
The following announcement was submitted by the candidate through the Alabama Press Association. Circuit Judge Debra Jones has qualified as a candidate for the Alabama Supreme Court, Place 1. She has been a Circuit Judge in Calhoun and Cleburne counties since 2010. Judge Jones, a Republican, is running for the open seat created by the resignation of Justice Glenn Murdock. The Republican primary is June 5, 2018. “My judicial philosophy…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
Inside the Statehouse
By Steve Flowers A few weeks back my column illuminated the career and influence attained by our senior U.S. Senator Richard Shelby. In the column and in my book, Six Decades of Alabama Political Stories, I reference the fact that our current senior senator will be regarded as one of Alabama’s greatest U.S. Senators. I consider Lister Hill, John Sparkman, and Richard Shelby in that triumvirate. However, history more than…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago
The mystery in Mamaw’s kitchen
By Harvey H. (“Hardy”) Jackson A journey down memory lane. Over the river and through the woods, sorta. Actually, it was a trip along an Interstate Highway that is perpetually under construction (don’t tell me that government can’t create jobs), in and out of suburbs with glittering malls, through a countryside still marked by the path of a tornado, into the Black Belt with its dying little towns – Safford,…
by Submitted Article access_time7 years ago