January 16, 2008
Although our United States Congressmen are up for election every two years, they seldom are challenged. Incumbents win reelection at a 96% rate. Our…
January 09, 2008
The cavalcade of presidential preference primaries has begun. They will fall fast and furiously over the next two months and when the dust settles…
January 02, 2008
As we enter the New Year we find ourselves in the midst of a political year in full swing. We are off to the races and in full throttle in the 2008…
December 26, 2007
As 2007 comes to an end let’s look back at what happened politically in Alabama this year. The partisan bickering in the Alabama Senate climaxed on…
December 19, 2007
Many of you found last week’s column on the Machine at the University of Alabama interesting and intriguing. The Machine, as mentioned last week, is…
December 12, 2007
There has been a political organization on the University of Alabama campus, called the Machine, since 1888. It is a secretive coalition of…
December 05, 2007
During the autumn months there has been a potpourri of political happenings in Alabama. So as the fall comes to a close and we enter the Christmas…
November 28, 2007
Our nation’s founding fathers were determined to create a democracy where anybody could become president. They espoused and formulated an egalitarian…
November 21, 2007
It’s Alabama vs. Auburn weekend in Alabama. It is the fiercest of college football rivalries. It is the game of the year. It is a state civil war…
November 14, 2007
It is assumed by political pundits that Hillary Clinton will be the democratic nominee for president next year. For six months she has consistently…