Alabama political opinion editorials — commentary and analysis on state policy, legislation, and government.
If the tariff policies of President Donald Trump are about protecting American jobs and promoting American businesses and products, then the tariff proposal by the administration that was recently
We often hear from politicians and pundits that infrastructure is the only true bipartisan issue. Fair enough – we all rely on roads, bridges, sewer systems. But if the definition of a bipartisan issue is...
This past May Governor Kay Ivey signed in to law the Alabama Broadband Accessibility Act (ABAA) which was sponsored by Clay Scofield (R-Arab). While the intentions and...
Biden is absolutely correct in his observation. Although he didn’t mention Trump or other prominent Republicans by name, they’ve been guilty of giving the hate a whole lot of oxygen and done their best to coax it out from under the rocks.
On Sept. 11, 2001, I was a freshman in college, early on the path that would lead me to fail six of the nine classes I’d signed up to take that semester, largely because I...
It's been a good 200 years, but now it is time for us to go our separate ways. Ever since Alabama was created, we have always been used as your piggy bank, and now it is time to cut that spigot off. The I-10 Mobile River Bridge project and the resulting $6 each way toll was the straw that broke the camel's back.
An integral part of effective leadership and sound statesmanship is accepting responsibility for mistakes and errors. It should also go without saying that making things up is unquestionably wrong on every level.
When the City Council and the Mayor fight, it’s the citizens that end up the ultimate losers. In December of 2018, Mayor Sandy Stimpson
Political leanings in this state and all across the country are akin to birds atop an electrical wire – they all pile atop one another, close to the center, and chirp away with songs that...
Indeed, if mental illness was to blame for mass shootings, then other countries would have the same issues we face in the Unites States.