Category: Editorial

By Larry Lee Anyone who didn’t see this coming has been living under a rock. Now that Mike Sentance has headed back to Massachusetts, at least two state newspapers have taken the state school board to task for what has gone on in the last 12-18 months. The Opelika-Auburn News and the Florence TimesDaily are asking that the governing body for K-12 education get its act together. The points they…

By Harvey H. (“Hardy”) Jackson In some parts of the state it has been a wet summer. Dry streams ran wet, creeks and rivers rose, lakes filled, and though dams were able to release water and control the level of the lakes they impounded, that water had to go somewhere, and that somewhere was downstream. All this reminded me of the words of “Uncle Bud” Ryland, a Coosa River fisherman…

By Congressman Bradley Byrne Arguably, Congress’s most important power is the power of the purse. Through funding bills, Congress has an important opportunity to set the direction of the government. Founding Father James Madison called it “the most complete and effectual weapon with which any constitution can arm the immediate representatives of the people.” Unfortunately, in recent years, Congress has failed at this basic constitutional responsibility. For far too long, Congress…