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 ...
In February of 2020, Janiyah Davis, a fourth-grader from Philadelphia, walked through the doors of the US Capitol Building and into the House Gallery. Along with her mother, they sat down on the second row. "No parent should be forced to send thei ...
“He is not here; He has risen!”These are perhaps the most consequential words ever spoken. A man who three days earlier had been violently beaten, hung upon a cross, and buried lifeless in a tomb, is alive again!The reality behind these words—a risen ...
Speaking up on public issues can be dangerous. There is always going to be some level of criticism when you address a controversial topic. But recently, our civil discourse has deteriorated so badly that speaking up on public issues draws not only c ...
Last Thursday marked the 16th workday of the 2021 Regular Legislative Session. With lawmakers over halfway through the regular session, they are pausing this week for Spring Break.Thus far, the legislature’s focus has been on raising revenues and exp ...
In 1963, a bomb ripped through the basement of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, killing four girls. I was just 11 years old, and I knew each of these girls. We were members of the church and that day, like every Sunday, I was in Sunday S ...
Alabama legislators are taking a look at how their branch has set up our state’s public health system. Currently, Alabama is the only state in the nation where the top health organization is not led by someone appointed by the governor or by a boa ...
A very important bill in the State House is currently working its way through the legislative process. The bill (HB1 in the House and SB10 in the Senate), known as the “Alabama Vulnerable Child Compassion and Protection Act (V-CAP)” would, if passed ...
Gambling is called the "poor man's tax" because it takes from those who play the lottery and gives to those who control it. Many people have become enslaved to gambling, giving away their hard-earned money to take a chance on the lottery with very li ...
Beware of those who speak eagerly of crises. In a true crisis, we reasonably but temporarily hand our powers of practical reasoning and self-governance over to those who are most capable of diverting the threat. In an emergency, a competent executive ...
