Opinion & Policy

  Dear Editor, Abraham Lincoln overthrew the low-taxed, voluntary union of independent States, created by the Founding Fathers in the “Articles of Confederation, Article I:”  “The Name of this Confederacy shall be: ‘The United States of America.’” Lincoln re-established the high-taxed, compulsory union of colonies, as under Britain. President Jefferson Davis explained in his “Message To The…

  We are about to see the Alabama Legislature adjourn their regular session for the year in the next week or so. This is the first session for about three dozen new lawmakers in the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate who just were elected last November. A supermajority of Republicans hold power at the…

  To be honest, I was at a loss as to what to write about this week. All the latest news was the same news that has been ongoing. Russia is still in Ukraine, but if I ignore the propaganda and listen to the actual experts, I am still getting conflicting information, and conflicting opinions,…

  By U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville   On Christmas Day, 1952, Sergeant Arthur Hullett received the news that his 22-year-old brother Ervin had been killed in Korea. They had grown up in a close-knit family, as two of eight children. The news understandably came as a shock. He realized that he’d never see his brother…

  This weekend we will be celebrating Memorial Day. There are quite a few stories about the origin of this holiday, but they all do go back to the Civil War years. The first name used was “Decoration Day” where people went to the cemeteries and placed flowers or decorations on the graves of fallen…

  When I worked for the governor in 1995, I vividly remember complaints people made about our state giving incentives to bring new businesses here. There were tax cuts and special incentives given to one company government officials said would bring other companies of its size here if the state invested in just that one. But people…

I have been out of state for a bit for the funeral of someone who played an integral part in the making of the person that I am today. Life on this planet is fleeting. My advice to any who may care is to be a positive role model for a young person, as they…

No money for roadwork   Dear Editor, Wow, when have you heard our county is broke, no money for working on our roads? I took a young man by our county shop to see if there were any openings for a laborer. The lady said there was a laborer position, but you must have your…

  I don’t have as much of an update on the PRICE Act like I had hoped to have. Unfortunately the Senate Finance Taxation Education Committee that was scheduled to discuss the bill on May 3 canceled its hearing. But the House Education Policy Committee DID have a hearing, and it was standing room only,…

“Oath” noun: oath; plural noun: oaths (1): a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says. (2a): a solemn attestation of the truth or inviolability of one’s words [The witness took an oath…