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“People say believe half of what you see, son, and none of what you hear. But I can’t help but being confused. If it’s true, please tell me, dear.” – Barrett Strong and Norman Whitfield One thing about vocabulary that never changes is that vocabulary is always changing. Our great-grandparents probably looked just as confused… Read more

“Oh, well, a touch of grey kind of suits you anyway. That was all I had to say, and it’s all right.” – Robert Hunter and Jerry Garcia There are a lot of themes you could choose when it comes to the political year 2024. In most years I would choose the major policy issues,… Read more

“The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.” – H. Allen Smith I do not think I am catching anyone off guard when I say we are living in a society where taking disputes to the courtroom is a common occurrence. Watch “The Price is Right” or “General Hospital” when… Read more

“It’s a hell of a thing killing a man. You take away all he’s got and all he’s ever gonna have.” – Clint Eastwood as William Munny in the film “Unforgiven” In the past couple of weeks, Alabama sadly made headlines due to a couple of incidents resulting in the loss of life. The two… Read more

“But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one. Men know him not, and to know not is to care not for.” – from the novel “Dracula” by Bram Stoker One of the coolest aspects of being on a college campus for as long as I have – as both a student and,… Read more

“Numbers, letters, learn to spell, nouns and books and show and tell, at playtime we will throw the ball, then back to class through the hall, teacher marks our height against the wall.” – Jack White I never planned for the third grade to become a major part of my life. I thought it was… Read more

“Always tell the truth, but don’t always go around telling it.” – proverb For all that is terrible about social media – and there is a lot of terrible – I have to admit I have learned far more about the variety of viewpoints that can exist on political and social issues than I would… Read more

“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” – former President Bill Clinton. I am teaching a couple of classes at Auburn this semester, one of them being the basic American government class many students have to take as part of their core class requirements. Like most classes any of you have… Read more

“With bread all sorrows are less.” – Sancho Panza, from the novel “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes If you ever were to survey high school seniors about what their favorite subject in school is, you would likely get a healthy split between two popular answers of P.E. and lunch with a paltry smattering of… Read more

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost It is not often we hear much from lieutenant governors in Alabama outside of election season. Their only significant official duties in state government involve presiding over the Alabama… Read more