March 09, 2005
The Watergate scandal of the 1970s led to monumental reforms of America's election and campaign laws, not only in Washington but in each state…
March 02, 2005
Last week's column on Alabama's antiquated constitution evoked a good many emails and letters from many of you. There seems to be a lot of interest…
February 23, 2005
There has been a lot written and said the past couple of years about the need for Alabama to have a new Constitution. There is indeed some…
February 16, 2005
The 2005 Legislative Session is two weeks old and all that you hear is the hue and cry among legislators regarding what to do with the beleaguered…
February 09, 2005
When the State Senate stripped Lieutenant Governor Steve Windom of the traditional powers of his office in the 1999 organizational session a good…
February 02, 2005
In the classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, the author Charles Dickens begins his classic with the words, "It was the best of times, it was the worst…
February 02, 2005
In the classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities, the author Charles Dickens begins his classic with the words, "It was the best of times, it was the worst…
January 26, 2005
While the Presidential race raged last year the Alabama political pot was boiling and getting ready to stew in 2006. The '06 campaigns are on the…
January 19, 2005
Alabama’s most masterful politician, George Wallace, would confide in some of his closest cronies sage bits of his political genius. Joe Azbell was a…
January 12, 2005
The defeat of Amendment 2 on last year’s ballot was a victory for Roy Moore over Bob Riley. Riley adamantly urged approval of the amendment that he…