The race in the newly-drawn second congressional district of Alabama was expected to be tight. It is. A poll published by Alabama Families PAC showed only three points separating the two nominees. Democrat Shomari Figures held the slightest of leads with 37% to 34% for Republican Caroleene Dobson. The eyes of the nation may be […]

I am hearing, in person and on social media, a number of Alabama folks who will vote for Donald Trump for their first time ever. They now see what is going on. When they go to the polls on November 5, they need to be mindful that President Trump cannot make the changes he articulates […]

A new bridge is in development for I-10’s “Bayway” between Mobile and Baldwin Counties of Alabama. I am starting a citizen movement to officially name the new bridge, “The Jimmy Buffett Bayway.” Jimmy Buffett worked and lived both sides of Mobile Bay – Mobile County and Baldwin County. Mobile: Buffett grew up in mid-town Mobile, […]

A lot of attention has been focused this session on the Alabama Legislature’s efforts to cut taxes. Bills have been introduced to lower or eliminate a large portion of the state’s grocery tax. Also, there are bills to lower the state’s top income tax rate and eliminate the lowest rate. I had hopes that the […]

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” At least, that is what the song claims. Is it, though? I choose to believe that it can be. In this busiest of seasons, people take joy in helping others. There are toy drives and food drives; there are visits to nursing homes and hospitals. We reach […]

Settlers in Massachusetts held the first Thanksgiving celebration in the New World in 1621. George Washington issued a proclamation creating the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national government in 1789. On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father” to be celebrated on the […]

Tuesday, May 8, will be the 50th anniversary of the death in office of Lurleen Wallace, Alabama’s first female governor. The official portrait of Gov. Lurleen Wallace remains out of the capitol rotunda where it historically and legally was until January 2015. The mistreatment of the Lurleen Wallace portrait by the Bentley administration was a shameful example of historical […]