October 19, 2022 – Congressional Delegation Reelected in November
Our Alabama Congressional delegation will all be reelected next month, as usual. We are no different than any other state when it comes to the…
October 12, 2022 – National Trends Do Not Affect Alabama
As mentioned last week, all polling points to a significant Republican pickup of congressional seats in the upcoming November General Election. It…
October 5, 2022 – GOP Poised for Congressional Gains on Election Day
For over 100 years, political history has revealed without deviation that when a Democrat wins the presidency in a presidential year, that in the…
September 28, 2022 – New Fiscal Year Begins, Teachers and State Employees Looking Good
The new state fiscal year begins October 1, and the two state budgets are flush. Both the General Fund and the State Special Education Budgets will…
September 21, 2022 – Board of Education
School board members are some of the most selfless public servants in Alabama. This accolade goes to the Alabama State Board of Education, and more…
September 14, 2022 – The Decibel Level Story
Those of us who served a long time in the legislature have a lot of stories. I served 16 years from 1982 to 1998 from my home county of Pike. I…
September 7, 2022 – Buck’s Pocket
For decades, losing political candidates in Alabama have been exiled to “Buck’s Pocket.” It is uncertain when or how the colloquialism began, but…
August 31, 2022 – Alabama is a Big Front Porch
This is the final version of a three week series of stories that illustrate that Alabama is a Big Front Porch. James E. “Big Jim” Folsom was one of…
August 24, 2022 – Special Alabamians
Under the title “Alabama is a Big Front Porch,” made famous by the legendary Alabama storyteller, Kathryn Tucker Wyndham, I will continue to share…
August 17, 2022 – Legendary Alabamians
The longer I continue to write about Alabama politics, the more I realize that Alabama really is a “Big Front Porch” – a saying made famous by our…