A remark by former Sen. Rick Santorum struck me not for being political, which it was, but because the viewpoint represented one of two broad streams of American foreign and security policy.
Inside The Statehouse: Roy Moore’s ‘rise from dead’ is easy to explain On the morning of the March 13 Alabama GOP Primary, former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore rode his horse to the polls to vote. As the day wore on it became apparent that he was riding a wave of evangelical support to be returned to his old job.
H. Brandt Ayers: Past clearer than present Interviewed Monday on tape about the civil rights era for a local museum project, it occurred to me that only when the turbulent passions of the time are past can they be compressed into neatly labeled boxes.
Inside The Statehouse: State workers have sound retirement plans Alabama may be on the lower end of the financial spectrum when it comes to the per capita income of our population. However, our public employees have one of the most sound retirement programs in the nation. One group of state employees, our judges, have what is probably one of the most lucrative retirement programs in the entire country.
H. Brandt Ayers: Strangers — Democrats and the South Here’s how President Obama, or any Democrat running for president, can crack the solid GOP South, ending the habit of ceding enough electoral votes that could clinch a Democratic victory.
This week marks the one year anniversary of the devastating tornados that struck the state on April 27th of last year. The tornados that ravaged the state that day are considered the worst natural disaster in Alabama history.
WASHINGTON, DC — Every year, every one of us across East Alabama prepares for and usually dreads Tax Day. That day in mid-April when we ensure we have gotten our tax returns filed on time.
My students’ clamoring about “The Hunger Games” persuaded me to read the series I wrote about last week. You may remember some parallels I saw between the book series and goings on in Washington.
Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative acolytes on the Supreme Court are reminiscent of the court before 1937, which set about dismantling piece by piece the New Deal’s legislative response to the Great Depression.