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...
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Inside the Statehouse
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...
Inside the Statehouse
As the budget hearings began for the 2016 Legislative Session in January the largest Powerball lottery sweepstakes in American history was playing...
government is all about the general fund
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...
To impeach or not to impeach?
There appears to be very little interest in promoting an effort to impeach Governor Robert Bentley. With very few legislative days left in the...
Bentley pays heavy price for affair
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...
An exciting presidential election year
This has been an exciting election year when it comes to presidential politics. It has been an extraordinarily unusual and unpredictable...
‘Pride goeth before a fall’
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...
Alabama politicians: Where are they now?
A good friend and loyal reader suggested to me that he would like to see a column entitled, “Where Are They Now?” Then I ran into former Gov. Albert...