Opinion & Policy

  This past week the Alabama Senate passed a bill delaying the implementation of a major portion of the Alabama Literacy Act. It is expected the Alabama House of Representatives will follow along and send this bill to the governor for her signature. The act requires third graders to read at their grade level or…

  Last week the House of Representatives voted 65-37 on House Bill 272, which will allow Alabama citizens to carry concealed handguns without a permit. Rep. Shane Stringer from Mobile County has three decades of law enforcement experience. His bill omitted the requirement that gun owners acquire a permit to carry a concealed handgun on…

  Special to the News   Following President Biden’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night, Rep. Gary Palmer (AL-06) released the following statement: “Tonight, we heard a speech that is entirely disconnected from reality and out of touch with the struggles that American people are facing. The truth…

Special to the News   Tuesday night U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) released the following statement regarding President Joseph Biden’s first State of the Union address: “For over a year now, President Biden has proved that the many promises he made to the American people are empty. Given the state of our country and the…

Picking up from where I left off from last week, I continue with my thoughts regarding several of the leading candidates. As a Libertarian, I will always support a candidate that encourages liberty, and I will always oppose any candidate that supports “more government.” Libertarians and conservatives tend to agree in choosing less government as…

As we near the end of the second month of 2022, let us think about the upcoming primaries this summer and the elections following in November. As a Libertarian, I will always support a candidate that encourages liberty, and I will always oppose any candidate that supports “more government.” Here are my thoughts regarding several…

  We are now just three months away from the party primary elections set for May 24. Several recent polls that have been done in the high profile race for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in Alabama are telling. First, the race is tight among the three top candidates, U.S. Congressman Mo…

  So, one-third of the 2022 regular session of the legislature is now complete. What remains to be discussed are controversial things such as gambling, school choice, permitless carry, and a transgender bathroom bill. All four are as controversial as can be. But legislation was introduced last week, which is much more educational and lighthearted,…

  James Madison, “The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” The first confirmed human infections of COVID-19 were in Wuhan, China, with a reported earliest date of onset symptoms as December 1, 2019. The virus spread around the world via…

  After the 2018 murder of three victims in Marshall County by a parolee, the Alabama Legislature and governor enacted a law overhauling how the Board of Pardons and Paroles operates. Since then, the current parole board has earned the reputation of putting public safety first when making decisions on who to release early from…