If you were to tell someone that September 1st will mark the 23rd anniversary of the Alabama Policy Institute (API), Alabama's leading conservative think tank, they might respond, "That's great. Who is API and what's a think tank?" There are probably ...
Access to Energy Reserves Could Change a Lot of Things
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued thousands of pages of regulations that threaten existing energy producers with catastrophic fines and industry-killing regulations that smother the U.S. economy and force energy prices h ...
In Upcoming Elections, One Vote Matters
The Declaration of Independence states that to secure certain unalienable rights, "Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...." Likewise, the Alabama Constitution notes "hat all political powe ...
Called Home: Hope in Spite of Loss
Even though it was thirteen years ago, I remember it as if it happened yesterday … someone called me to say that John Giles’ son was missing. The next day I was told that the body of Micah Giles had been found in his father’s Jeep, off I-65 just nort ...
Is it the Government’s Job to Create Jobs?
In a recent campaign speech, presidential candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Obama for pushing his agenda on healthcare when the economy is in such dire straits. “The President’s responsibility is to put people back to work, and to get people ...
Losing Our Freedom One Tax and Regulation at a Time
In the U.S., July 4th is the day we celebrate our freedom. On that day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted, forever breaking America free from the shackles of the British government. But 236 years later, we find ourselves shackled a ...
Government-Subsidized Education Inflation
Only a few weeks ago, college graduations took place all over the country. Families traveled to see their loved ones receive diplomas and move on to another chapter in their lives. And after four or more years of college, those graduates are hoping f ...
Interior Department Shouldn’t Ignore Carcieri in Patchak Decision
While attention is focused on the pending decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on Obamacare, the Court will issue another decision that could have major ramifications for the state of Alabama. Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians v. ...
Wisconsin’s Recall Election Matters to Alabamians
In the 2012 regular legislative session, Alabama's political leadership continued to struggle with the usual special interest groups fighting against limited government and fiscal responsibility. After the jarring results of the 2010 state elections ...
U.S. Economy Undermined by Uncertainty
Kevin Hassett, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, predicts that uncertainty about taxes and fiscal policy is likely to skyrocket by the end of this year. Hassett says the expiration of several tax cuts will result in significant pe ...