Category: Editorial

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman It’s Christmas week so let’s talk about some Christmas miracles. No, I’m not talking about that monster hit John Metchie put on Florida’s Trey Dean in the SEC Championship game Saturday. We’ve come to expect plays like that from the Alabama football team this year. I’m talking about some truly surprising big deal things. First, look at the very good news on Alabama’s unemployment rate. At…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman When the members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 debated how to pick the executive, several options were considered. Some wanted the people to directly elect the president, while others distrusted the people to know enough about the candidates to make that important decision on their own. After all, the election would be held across the entire nation, and with the problems of communication in 18th…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman Last Friday the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly jobs report covering November. It contained some good news, some bad news and some downright ugly news. First, let’s look at the good news. The economy added 245,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate dropped to 6.7 percent from a high of 14.7 percent in April. We have gained back 12.3 million jobs since the…

Ben Smith I’ll never forget finding out for the first time that I was going to be a father. My wife, Amy, cried a little, but I was through the roof with excitement. She eventually came around, by the way. I immediately had all of these glorious plans for what our little one could be. I had plans of hunting, fishing, and sports with dad, because I just knew that…

Bradley Bryne U.S. Congressman On the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling which is a very positive signal for the rights of people of faith to freely exercise that faith. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo had issued a “Cluster Initiative” which used color coded restrictions on large gatherings in certain parts of New York City. These restrictions were challenged in court by the Catholic Diocese…