On June 24, 2021, the Montgomery Advertiser reported that Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed would be submitting an ordinance to the city council that would punish discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. This city co ...
Obamacare Wins Again
Last week, the Supreme Court reaffirmed Obamacare. In fact, this is the third time that they have upheld it as law. If there is one thing for certain, it is that the court is not going to change their mind on this one. Chief Justice Roberts has said ...
Leaders of Birmingham Should Use Stimulus Funds to Make the City “Magic” Again for All Citizens
The City of Birmingham will use nearly a quarter of its first round of federal stimulus payments from the American Rescue Act to provide one time bonuses to all full and part-time city employees. The bonus payments received final approval from the Je ...
Believe it or Not, America’s Healthcare System is the Best in the World
We have the best healthcare system in the world. That is a statement you won’t often hear, but it’s true. For years we have listened to calls for Medicare for all and that the federal government should scrap our broken system. The list goes on and on ...
Supreme Court Case Likely to Deal Abortion a Major Blow
On Monday, May 17, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which could be the beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade.In this case, Mississippi passed a law that banned abortions after 15 weeks. Before this, it was ...
Alabama Legislature Continues to Consider Medical Marijuana. Is it to Help People, or Make Money?
Late into Tuesday night, in the waning hours of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session, the House of Representatives spent nine hours passionately debating Senate Bill 46, which would legalize the use of medical marijuana in Alabama and create a cannab ...
Some ideas are too conservative for many Alabama legislators.
Just last week, the Montana legislature voted to expand their tax-credit scholarship program, a school choice program.Also last week, the Florida legislature sent Governor DeSantis a bill that expands their school choice program that targets low-inco ...
Bake the Cake, or Else: Birmingham’s Criminalization of Christianity
Four centuries ago, the pilgrims left the only homes they had ever known, braving the journey across the Atlantic and establishing a colony in the new and unknown world. This venture would cost many of them their lives, but it was a price they were w ...
We need to stop playing favorites with public school students.
We are playing favorites with the students in our public schools.Students who are by all accounts very similar–they are in the same grade, have similar backgrounds, and are enrolled in the same school district–are funded differently based not on thei ...
Rewarding Bad Actors: Why Alabama Should Not Cave to the Gambling Lobby
It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. When it comes to casino gaming Alabama is reaching new heights of this type of insanity. Governor Ivey has stated most recentl ...