Opinion & Policy

  So while it is still early in 2023, next year’s presidential primary is already starting to make headlines. Alabama will again hold a primary in the Spring of 2024, which means those considering a run to the White House will make their way to the state early. It appears President Joe Biden is ready…

  As the release of former President Trump’s tax returns have shown us, the current system for taxing Americans blatantly favors the rich. While the former president didn’t break any laws, he was able to use various loopholes to pay virtually nothing in income taxes. That is obviously something that is not fair, and replacing…

  I’ve always wondered what it would be like to live in a science fiction movie, and I’m beginning to think maybe that’s where I am! We have had UFOs flying all around the last couple of weeks, and I’ve been trying to decide if we were under attack or just under surveillance. Attacks come…

Alabama Sen. Tommy Tubeville has raised an issue discussed for decades in Washington, D.C. – term limits. Tuberville recently singed on to a Constitutional Amendment that would require term limits for U.S. senators and congressmen. He says that when politicians come to Washington, D.C., they become part of the bureaucracy when they stay and never give…

The old adage of “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is timeless advice. The reverse of that advice also holds true, that if something is broken, it should be fixed. And if what is broken has proven to be unfixable, it should then be replaced. The Sixteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states: “Congress…

Have you heard the saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting a different result? Have you heard of having blinders on so you concentrate on only the things directly in front of you? What about hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil? Many of us fall…

Dear Editor, On Tuesday, February 14, the Coosa County Commission will consider a resolution which would reverse the trend toward digitizing the voter process. Electronic voting systems have demonstrated gross vulnerabilities and counting errors of which only hand counting has corrected. A National Election Commission representative testified in a recent court case in Fulton County,…

  Happy tax new year! Here we are at the beginning of February, and we should have received our W-2s from our employers, 1099s from other income, and are now ready to find out how much we owe our federal and state governments for the privilege of living in the good old U.S.A. I understand…

Dear Buzzy, Have you or any of your associates seen who might have taken the old sign and post that was laying on the ground at the Old Jail? It was found between the sidewalk and road somewhat between BridgeWays and the old McDonald home. The sign reads “$100.00 fine for littering.” This sign didn’t…

When the thirteen American colonies still fell under the providence of Great Britain, the currency in use was the British Pound Sterling. The word comes from the Roman word “pounds,” meaning “weight,” with one English Pound literally a pound of silver in weight. The term “sterling” comes from the ancient Greek στερεός, or stereós, meaning…