January 7, 2026 – There Is a New King of Higher Education in Alabama
As the last legislative session of the quadrennium begins, the budgets are the priority, as always. The education funding dollars will not be flowing…
December 31, 2025 – We Lost Some Good Ones This Year
As is my custom for the past 21 years, my year end column illuminates Alabama political luminaries that passed away this year. We lost some good…
December 24, 2025 – Kay Ivey is a Legacy Governor
Recently, I had several of Governor Kay Ivey’s closest friends and confidantes invite me to visit with them. Over lunch, they posed the question to…
December 17, 2025 – Do Endorsements Matter in Statewide Races
In bygone years in politics, at least in Alabama politics, when you were a young, aspiring, learning politician, the old veterans would instill…
December 10, 2025 – Our Open U.S. Senate Seat Contest Will Be Our Marque 2026 Race
Coach Tommy Tuberville’s decision to leave his safe U.S. Senate Seat to run for Governor in the upcoming 2026 election cycle has shifted all the…
December 3, 2025 – 2026 Governor’s Race and All state Races Right Around the Corner
We all knew that this 2026 election year was going to be a big year in Alabama politics. There was no way it was going to be a “yawner” with openings…
November 26, 2025 – Monumental Decision by U.S. Supreme Court Expected
The 1960’s was a very tumultuous and consequential decade. One of the prolonged problems that came home to roost in that era was the Civil Rights…
November 19, 2025 – The New First District Republican Congressional Seat Open in This Year’s Election
The marque race next year will be for our open U.S. Senate Seat left vacant when Coach Tommy Tuberville decided to run for Governor. This Senate…
November 12, 2025 – A Tale of Two Cities
A book could be written about Alabama with the title being the same as the famous novel by Charles Dickens, “A Tale of Two Cities.” The City of…
November 5, 2025 – Federal Government Shutdowns Need to End
All politics has become nationalized today. Therefore, whenever something happens on the national level, I hear about it. I can tell by the number of…