Alabama Opinion Editorials
Race, Politics, and Transformation in Alabama – Part 2
I consider myself a center-left individual. Interestingly, I considered myself a center-right individual for many years. However, as the right moved further from the center, my self-identification had to move with it. As a center-left,…
Continue To ArticleThe Medical Marijuana Bill Looks More Like a Trojan Horse
There is a great deal of effort going on in Montgomery to legalize the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. So much effort, in fact, that a review of the draft legislation indicates that…
Continue To ArticleThese Ashford, AL Racist & Bully Teachers Are About To Go Back To Work
Kim Worsham, Tambria McCardle, Hannah Kirkland, and Julee Summerford Lasseter. These are the names of four teachers in Ashford, AL who created a Facebook group that was used during school hours to spew racist…
Continue To ArticleRace, Politics, and Transformation in Alabama – Part 1
Part 1: A Dual Childhood
I consider myself a center-left individual. Interestingly, I considered myself a center-right individual for many years. However, as the right moved further from the center, my self-identification had to move…
Continue To ArticleNo Checks, No Balance
The House is certain to rightfully impeach Trump and the Republican controlled Senate will refuse to convict and remove him from office barring some miraculous ‘deus ex machina’.
Continue To ArticleHungry in Alabama? Mo Brooks Thinks You’re a “Slacker”
It’s another sad example of Republicans vilifying the poor so they feel better about cutting necessary social service programs while they keep giving the wealthy huge tax breaks.
Continue To ArticleA Word to The Ungrateful
The Ungrateful spend their time talking about American exceptionalism and greatness, but cynically denigrate its institutions, values, and norms.
Continue To ArticleWhat Will It Take For Republicans To See The Truth?
It’s beyond ironic that a party that has embraced constitutional originalism has green-lighted blatant obstruction of justice, obvious abuses of executive power, and clear violations of the rule of law.
Continue To ArticleBradley Byrne: The Facts About Ukraine
With all the allegations being made against President Trump, it’s important to examine some background and facts.
First, let’s talk about what has been going on in Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union. …
Continue To ArticleThere Is Nothing To See Here, Alabama
If there’s one thing that the Republican Party has undeniably mastered over the last decade, both locally and nationally, it’s the art of misdirection. A misdirection is a tool that magicians and street corner hustlers…
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