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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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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…


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