July 06, 2016
The conviction and downfall of Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard is the political story of the year. It has not been the most profound…
June 29, 2016
The older you get the more you realize that old adages you heard as a child are true. There is a political maxim that says, “power corrupts and…
June 22, 2016
One of my most cherished lifetime memories is the almost two decades I served in the Alabama House of Representatives. It was because of the lifetime…
June 15, 2016
A few Friday nights ago, a large throng of people gathered at The Club in Birmingham despite a torrential thunderstorm. The event was called Jubilee…
June 08, 2016
While observing the legislature the other day, I fondly remembered a very eventful day as a youth. As a teenager, I grew up working at the Capitol as…
June 01, 2016
Sometimes the best thing that the legislature can do in a session is to pass very little legislation. That can be said of this year’s regular…
May 25, 2016
A few weeks ago former Alabama Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper Sr. died at his home in Montgomery at age 91. He was the epitome of the southern…
May 18, 2017
Last week we talked about how difficult it is to win passage of a legislative act. It does not matter if the proposed legislation is for apple pie…
May 11, 2016
For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. One of the areas that legislators have taken an ax…
May 4, 2016
At this time of year Washington, D.C. is a beautiful place to visit. The city is aglow with the blooming of the cherry blossom trees. The cherry…