Suppose an intelligent machine deems you guilty of a crime. Suppose the police were to treat the machine’s judgment as evidence of your guilt. Would it matter that you are actually innocent? This hypothetical was once a plot device of dystopian novels ...
Mobile Radio: Phil Williams on the Jeff Poor Show
Monday morning, Phil Williams joined the Jeff Poor Show to discuss the imbalance of power between the legislature and the executive branch and the future of conservativism in the State House. Williams also drops a big scoop about a new group being estab ...
A Christmas Plea Against a Misspent Life
At the Birmingham Museum of Art, in the back and around a corner, is a painting that few care to look at for too long. It’s small, roughly the size of a piece of printer paper. The background is a golden sunset, rolling hills, and tall lanky trees that, e ...
Points of Policy: Alabama’s Balance of Power with Scott Stantis
On this week's Points of Policy podcast, Phil Williams is joined by new API staff member Scott Stantis, who serves as the organization's Public Affairs Officer, to discuss how the pandemic has revealed Alabama's balance (or imbalance) of power between the ...
Alabama’s Balance of Power is Off-Kilter
Did you ever play on a seesaw as a kid? Did you ever try it with a bigger kid on the other side — someone who could just keep you up in the air until they were ready to kick off again? That’s the Alabama government right now. The executive branch outweigh ...
Two Former State Lawmakers and Evangelical Christian Bishop Named Alabama Policy Institute Distinguished Fellows
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (December 14th, 2020), Alabama Policy Institute President Caleb Crosby announced the expansion of the non-partisan policy and research think-tank’s Fellows program. “Adding individuals to the API team with the quality, e ...
Mobile Radio: Phil Williams on the Jeff Poor Show
Tuesday morning, Phil Williams joined the Jeff Poor Show to discuss election integrity and the fact that the courts and the legal system are a part of almost every American election. To listen, click here.
Points of Policy: Election Integrity with Secretary of State John Merrill
In this Points of Policy edition of the 1819 Podcast, API's Phil Williams is joined by the Secretary of State of Alabama, John Merrill, to discuss election integrity in general and how Alabama ran a successful election on November 3rd. Listen below or ...
Journalism and Media Veteran Scott Stantis Joins Alabama Policy Institute as Public Affairs Officer
Birmingham, Ala. - Today (Dec. 10, 2020), Alabama Policy Institute (API) President Caleb Crosby announced the expansion of the non-partisan policy and research think-tank’s leadership staff with the addition of a public affairs officer (PAO). Journalism a ...
The Courts are a Part of Every Election
It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over My Pastor recently quipped that it felt like we are in the 5th year of 2020. True that. But in the midst of that sentiment the question on many minds right now is “how long will the 2020 elections go on?” Aren’t we supposed ...