November 09, 2016
You know the outcome of the election. Unfortunately I had to go to press with the column prior to Tuesday. We will analyze the results for you next…
November 02, 2016
We will vote to select the 44th President Tuesday. The next President will be a New Yorker. Whoever is selected will enter the Oval office with the…
October 26, 2016
The year was 1962. John Kennedy was President. Camelot was in full bloom. The Congress was controlled by Democrats only because the South was…
October 19, 2016
Ole Bill Baxley has been in the news a lot this year. He was the lead defense counsel for former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction trial over…
October 12, 2016
Our junior U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions has risen to national prominence in this pivotal presidential year. His arch conservative senate voting record…
October 05, 2016
During this election year I have watched all the politics on television. In order to judge the coverage I have perused all the channels. Over the…
September 28, 2016
Alabama’s most famous political restaurant and watering hole for 50 years was Montgomery’s Elite Restaurant. Until it closed about 1995, the Elite…
September 21, 2016
Folks, I have been observing and participating in the legislative process for over 50 years. Lest you think I am real old, I started paging in the…
September 14, 2016
There is no truer adage in the political world than “all politics is local.” therefore, the best politics and the best governing in the state is at…
September 07, 2016
Throughout this year’s prodigious presidential selection process our junior senator, Jeff Sessions, has been at the forefront. He has become the…