Opinion & Policy

Libertarians are back on the ballot in Alabama for the first time in two decades. They are showing up in more than 50 races across the state. Dr. Jimmy Blake of Jefferson County is a familiar name on the ballot since he served on the Birmingham City Council for years and ran for the U.S.…

“Trust the science,”  every one of us has heard this phrase time and again over the last couple of years, yet, as much of the science has been misused by politicians to promote their agendas, fewer and fewer Americans are willing to trust the science being presented. In recent news, Rochelle Walensky, the director of…

  Last week I said “see you later” to someone who has become a very special person in my life for the last 4-5 years. He has also become a very significant person to Coosa County and the Weogufka area. I’m talking about Sunny Eberhart, aka Nimblewill Nomad. Sunny made a trip to Missouri to…

  If you asked most Alabama residents, they favor less government at all levels from the White House down to City Hall. The one role they ask of their civic leadership is the most important priority, and that is public safety. Unfortunately, with all of the blessings Alabama has, its government is failing at all levels…

Special to the News   A unified Alabama Republican Party State Executive Committee tackled numerous issues during its annual Summer Meeting in Montgomery last weekend. Resolutions adopted by the body include: A resolution condemning the Biden administration for the F.B.I. raid on Mar-a-Lago. Calling it “unprecedented overreach,” the Alabama Republican Party Executive Committee voted overwhelmingly to…

  I feel fairly certain we are all concerned about our economy and the increased costs of goods. One thing everyone needs to understand is that most ALL of us are investors in the stock exchange and are stockholders in some of these major companies that are under attack. If you have a retirement fund,…

“A history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states” … so it was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson in our Declaration of Independence, and so it needs repeating in 2022. At the time of the American Revolutionary War, the colonists were divided…

The U.S. Constitution, along with its subsequent amendments, is the document that created the federally elected position of a representative to Congress. At the start of each new Congress, the speaker of the house will direct the members to rise, and the aath is administered to the entire House of Representatives as follows: “I do…

  I’ll take the names out of it so it’s not so personal. Last week the state executed a man who killed his ex-girlfriend in 1994 – 28 years ago. He was put to death by lethal injection, which is supposedly the most humane procedure to put someone to death. The officials involved said, “Justice…

  As I write this, Nancy Pelosi has just landed in Taiwan. Today will be full of tension and concern to see what China (and Russia) will do in response. China has issued quite a few serious warnings in the last few days so we will see who blinks next because both our and their…