September 09, 2004
George Wallace is without a question the most renowned political figure in Alabama history. Wallace may be number one in Southern political lore…
September 01, 2004
A living legend in Alabama political lore celebrated his 80th birthday recently. Walter Johnsey has been the most influential political man in…
August 18, 2004
Over the past decade or so, a political party divide has developed in Washington politics. It has been so pronounced that our national political…
August 11, 2004
For most of my life Alabama gubernatorial candidates have run on a platform of let's take politics out of the road programs and highway department…
August 04, 2004
For most of my life Alabama gubernatorial candidates have run on a platform of let's take politics out of the road programs and highway department…
July 28, 2004
Exxon-Mobil Corporation, the world's largest oil conglomerate, could be the savior of our tragic state financial problems. The long running lawsuit…
July 21, 2004
During the entire Regular Session of the Legislature, the general consensus was that the Governor intended to call the Legislators into a Special…
July 14, 2004
Bob Riley became Governor last January by being elected by the narrowest margin in Alabama gubernatorial history. Basically, it was a dead-even race…
July 07, 2004
The most colorful Senator from Alabama may have been "Cotton Tom" Heflin who represented Alabama in the Senate in the 1920's. Fifty years later his…
June 30, 2004
Today marks the midway point of the year 2004. In four months we will know the outcome of the Presidential race. A close election is forecast…