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…
April 27, 2016
As the budget hearings began for the 2016 Legislative Session in January the largest Powerball lottery sweepstakes in American history was playing…
April 20, 2016
Some of you may have seen and remember the movie, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. In the comedy, Murray awakens on Groundhog Day and has the…
April 13, 2016
There appears to be very little interest in promoting an effort to impeach Governor Robert Bentley. With very few legislative days left in the…
April 06, 2016
In early 2009, Dr. Robert Bentley came to see me about his race for Governor of Alabama. Bentley was finishing his second term in the Alabama House…
March 30, 2016
This has been an exciting election year when it comes to presidential politics. It has been an extraordinarily unusual and unpredictable presidential…
March 23, 2016
In the literary classic, “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire,” the author draws parallels to a nation that was on top of the world and because…