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Congress abdicates, executive swells: Democracy teeters on the edge of collapse

The Framers warned against unchecked power. Today Congress cowers, Alabama suffers and liberty erodes as executive authority grows unchecked.
August 26, 2025

Where is our shared sorrow and grief?

Anxiety, anger, fear and denial is everywhere as the calamity caused by the COVID-19 pandemic drags on with no end in sight. What seems lost is a collective sense of compassion and sorrow for the souls lost and the families broken by this deadly coronavirus. Some think that Gov. Kay Ivey’s new safer-at-home order is … Continued
May 4, 2020

Taxation without representation: Clearing up the confusion between cities, counties caused by exterritorial jurisdictions

Just before the Revolutionary War and largely in response to the Stamp Act imposed by the British on the American colonies, the Massachusetts lawyer James Otis famously proclaimed, “Taxation without Representation is Tyranny.” Today, Alabama is one of only three states that permits municipalities to impose police, planning, and other exterritorial jurisdictions in areas well … Continued
February 13, 2019

There are three types of judges

By Win Johnson Contributed In light of the recent resignation announcement of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Glenn Murdock and the pending appointment of a new Justice by Governor Ivey, I present this statement on the 3 types of judges. This writing begins tongue-in-cheek, but it ends deadly serious. I was driving this morning, when a … Continued
January 9, 2018

State Leaders Respond to Obama’s Executive Gun Control Announcement

By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter On Tuesday, January 5, President Obama announced a series of executive orderes regarding the purchase of guns and additional funding for mental illness, while making it more difficult for Americans to sell guns unless they obtain a gun dealer’s license from the federal government. At the state level, many Alabama … Continued
January 6, 2016