Skip to content

America

You can’t have it both ways

No matter how much they might want to be better, Kay Ivey and GOP leaders are bending to the base.
October 26, 2021

Church in America, wake up

"Christian Pastors in America have largely refused to intertwine political issues and biblical truths because of fear of backlash. The truth is, they can’t be separated."
November 16, 2020

This is America

I once was racially profiled by a police officer. This was a number of years ago. My wife and I were on our way to work (we both worked at The Birmingham News then). I was in a coat and tie, so this was before the newspaper relaxed its dress code. We crossed under a … Continued
September 3, 2020

Gov. Ivey: This is our time, Alabama

In a few days, America will celebrate her 244th birthday. Traditionally, many towns and cities around the country light up the night with fireworks and music festivals. In 1776, John Adams predicted that Independence Day would be “celebrated by succeeding generations” with “pomp and circumstance…bonfires and illuminations.” However, largely because of COVID-19, this year’s observance … Continued
July 2, 2020

Our sacred honor

This weekend America will celebrate its 244th birthday. Unfortunately, we do so in a time of a pandemic, a struggling economy, and violent protests.  But, it’s still our birthday, and we should both commemorate and celebrate it. We usually do a good job in our celebration, although this year will be different since social distancing … Continued
June 30, 2020

America needs building up, not tearing down

Our brilliant Founders built our democracy upon two different but complimentary pillars.  The first and more obvious pillar is our constitutional system itself, what the writers of the Federalist Papers called the “new science of politics.”  Our representative democracy would not be possible without our revolutionary constitution and the laws that uphold it, separation and … Continued
June 24, 2020

Ivey gets serious about coronavirus. Finally

Finally. For the first time since the COVID-19 crisis began in Alabama a couple of weeks ago, Gov. Kay Ivey finally, on Friday, seemed to grasp both the gravity of the situation and her role in it.  Finally.  Up until Friday, Ivey had resisted calls for more restrictive guidelines barring Alabamians from moving about the … Continued
March 27, 2020

Jones, colleagues introduce bipartisan bill to address medical supply vulnerability due to COVID-19

U.S. Senator Doug Jones, D-Ala., alongside a bipartisan group of his colleagues, has introduced legislation to safeguard America’s medical supply chain and address shortages due to the United States’ dependence on foreign-made medical equipment.   Approximately 40 percent of finished drugs and 80 percent of active pharmaceutical ingredients are manufactured overseas, primarily from China and … Continued
March 13, 2020

Alabama’s economic boom should be heard and felt across the state

When I was growing up in Haleyville, I can remember people in July and August saying, “it’s hotter’n blue blazes outside.”  Well, you could certainly describe America and Alabama’s current economic boom as being “hotter’n blue blazes.”  Alabama’s economy is scorching hot, with the lowest unemployment numbers in our state’s history.  One county economic development … Continued
February 27, 2020