Opinion & Policy

I am sorry I missed last week’s paper with Part 2 of my column. I had a water leak in my house and had a mess to clean up instead of making the deadline. My topic had become the overreach of the federal government based on our Constitution, and I’m now going to get a…

I just heard that the Infinity Coffee Shop is closed for the summer. No announcement beforehand, just closed. This is a place that sells iced coffee, frozen smoothies, salads, and other light fare – during hot weather. Bad business decision? I also heard that the produce stand, which this town really needs, opened and then…

  This past week Gov. Kay Ivey announced that the State of Alabama would pay the family of slain Bibb County Deputy Brad Johnson $1 million. The governor made it clear the payment was because of fundamental flaws in the state’s correctional incentives “good time” law that allows felons an early release from prison. In this case,…

Op-Ed by Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth   Alabamians may have felt their wallets bulge a bit last month when the Legislature approved our bill that slices the sales tax on groceries in half and implements the single largest tax cut in state history. Alabama was one of only three states that taxed groceries at the…

Special to the News   Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall challenged the Biden Administration’s draconian regulations on tailpipe emissions. The administration’s plan mandates the phasing out of gas-powered vehicles and would compel the restructuring of the entire automobile industry around the production of electric vehicles (EVs). The proposal aims to boost certain EV sales from…

  I hope everyone had a safe and happy Independence Day this past Tuesday. For Americans, July 4 is such a wonderful day to celebrate! It is the anniversary of the day the Second Continental Congress signed our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. I’m not going to go into much detail about our founding…

  I am nether a Conservative, nor a Liberal. I am neither a Republican, nor a Democrat. I agree with the Republicans on some issues and disagree on others. Likewise, I agree with the Democrats on some issues and disagree on others. In the end, I will always defer to what our Constitution states, and…

I was inspired a couple weeks back, with the approach of Independence Day, to reflect upon the sacrifices made by several of our founding fathers. That simple idea blew up into a small novella. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, dependent upon perspective), there is a limited amount of space available for an opinion column. As I…

  As much as I hate to, I have got to talk about national politics, the media, our law enforcement agencies, and our judicial system. I would hope that all of you; regardless of political affiliation, ethnicity, race, or age; would be concerned about the situation in which we find ourselves. We are all protected…

I was inspired last week with the approach of Father’s Day to reflect upon the sacrifices made by several of our founding fathers. Because of the space limitations of an opinion column, after setting the stage of how the Continental Congress that created our Declaration of Independence came to be, there was only enough space…