Opinion & Policy

Dear Buzzy, I was so happy to see that the campaign signs that are being left up bothers someone else besides me. After your column, some were picked up, but since your column, I have still seen some of Frankie Jones, Randall Dunham and Josh Culver. Not only is it littering this long after the…

  July is Disability Pride Month. It’s been 32 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed to prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities. Reflecting on this, I recall how my entire life has been shaped by a person with a disability. My cousin, Olin George Holley Jr. – known in our small town…

“Climate shock jock” and former Vice President Al Gore popped up in the news this week when he compared climate inaction to “failing to walk through the door”” at the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting where 18 were injured and 22 killed. In an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Al Gore said, “Climate deniers…

  This past year was one of the more competitive election cycles in recent Alabama history. Between the United States Senate, governor and legislative seats, the Republican Party primaries in Alabama were as expensive as we have ever seen. We still have the general elections in the fall, but count on the GOP to win…

  I’m back from my trip to New Orleans and the World War II Museum. I now realize that I don’t know anyone else who is as interested in WWII as I am. I had really hoped that we would spend at least one full day – and maybe part of another – in the…

  As I write this I am with friends in New Orleans for a few days to go to the World War II Museum. All of us have been at least once, but have never seen all of it so we are dedicating this trip to see it all – even if it takes three…

This November, Alabama voters will have another choice on their ballots. In addition to the old and tried “Red” Republicans and “Blue” Democrats, for the first time in 20 years, there will be the option to vote for “Gold” Libertarians. The last time the Libertarian Party had statewide ballot access in Alabama was in 2002.…

  I’m naive, but I’d like to think people on both sides of the abortion issue would like for there to never need to be another one – ever! We could agree that prevention is better than abortion. I would hope so. Yet there’s a doctor in California who wants to establish a $20 million…

Dear Editor, America’s free press is in crisis. Today, local journalism, which is necessary to maintaining an informed and active citizenry, is on life support. Since the advent of the internet, Big Tech companies – namely Facebook and Google – have used their power to manipulate the online news industry for their own financial gain.…

  We are still four months away from the Alabama general elections, but the controversy over the past primary season and the upcoming general election are still brewing. First, there are still reverberations from the mistakes made in the redistricting process that had the Republican Party involved in having to sort out winners and losers…