Opinion & Policy

  Alabama’s Caleb Hicks was invited to the White House earlier this month to participate in the President’s annual Easter Egg Roll. Hicks was not just invited to participate, but was given a leadership role (no pun intended) in helping manage the egg hunt section of this event. He and his fiancé, Katie Phillips, both…

Two weeks ago, on April 7, CNN published an editorial written by Nicole Hemmer, stating that the “right-wing children’s entertainment complex is upon us.” The leading example she cited was the “Tuttle Twins” children’s books, written by Connor Boyack, that aim to counter the left-leaning indoctrination that many children now face in classrooms across this…

  Alabama has lots of money. The general fund budget and education trust fund budget saw investments of almost $11 billion in spending for 2023. “Since we have it, why not spend it” is the mentality. And that’s what has been planned – including pay raises for state employees and educators. There were a number…

Supporting James for governor   Dear editor, In the mid-1990s I sat on the curb in front of J.R’s air-cooled engine repair on Battle Street in Talladega, waiting to broadcast the Talladega Christmas Parade on WNUZ Radio. A black SUV parked beside the Big Spring Monument, and out stepped the grand marshall of the parade,…

  Members of the Alabama House of Representatives and Senate serve for four-year terms. There are no term limits for Alabama lawmakers, so some stay for a few years while others serve for decades. What is for certain is the past four years have been viewed as the most liberal group of legislators in recent state…

  I hope everyone had a marvelous Easter weekend. Even with the rain it was an example of how things can be very different from one minute to another, one day to another, and one year to another. We are always in transition from one place to another, and we need to realize how important…

  Again, picking up from where I left off from last week, I continue with my thoughts regarding the candidates for governor of Alabama. Our next Democratic candidate for governor of Alabama is Patricia Jamieson Salter, originally from Atmore and now residing in Birmingham. To be honest, I was unable to find much of anything…

  Our world just seems to continue in a free-fall everywhere we look. We have the issues with the economy, with immigration, with inflation, with crime, with education, and with so many other things here in our great country. Then we look to the nightmare that the people in Ukraine are experiencing. While I am…

  The legislative session just concluded and coincided with the release of VOICES for Alabama’s Children’s annual data book. The VOICES report indicated we have many more issues ahead that need attention. The research results provided by VOICES are not good. (But keep reading; help is on the way.) Too many children can’t read or…

  So another Alabama legislative session has come and gone. This session resulted in a lot of storylines that folks will be analyzing for weeks on what are the long term implications for the state and all Alabama citizens. One of the most important bills that passed was the Sergeant Nick Risner Act that would…