“The time you won your town the race, we chaired you through the marketplace. Man and boy stood cheering by, and home we brought you shoulder-high. Today, the road all runners come, shoulder-high we bring you home, and set you at your threshold down, townsman of a stiller town.” – A.E. Housman It is not… Read more

“You don’t tell your pappy how to court the electorate. We ain’t one-at-a-timin’ here. We’re mass communicating.” – Charles Durning as Gov. Pappy O’Daniel in the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” One of the few advantages of living in a politically one-sided state is we usually avoid much of the unending political advertising as… Read more

“I’ve said repeatedly in this campaign that the president was my opponent and not my enemy, and I wish him well, and I pledge my support in whatever advances the cause of a better America because that’s what the race was about in the first place, a better America as we go into the next… Read more

“The flag is a symbol of the fact that man is still a herd animal.” – Albert Einstein Have you ever watched the television show “The Big Bang Theory?” The sitcom stopped making new episodes several years ago, but its premise is about four brilliant but geeky guys and their attempts to navigate a society… Read more

“The best things in life are free, but you can give them to the birds and bees. I need money. That’s what I want.” – Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford Last week we discussed some of the positive developments from this year’s state legislative session. There was one major positive development I left out because… Read more

“You didn’t have to make it like you did, but you did, but you did, and I thank you.” – David Porter and Isaac Hayes As the old joke goes, the Alabama Legislature has done all the damage it can do for the year. The legislature’s regular session wrapped up nearly two weeks ago. Barring… Read more

“Michael Jordan played 15 years, won six championships, (so) the other nine years was a failure? That’s what you’re telling me? There’s no failure in sports. You know, there’s good days, bad days. “Some days you are able to be successful; some days you’re not. Some days it’s your turn; some days it’s not your… Read more

“That brings me to the second mode of civil disobedience. There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can’t take part. You can’t even passively take part. And you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the… Read more

“There’s not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties.” – former Gov. George Wallace I read the articles and headlines about government just like you. They all use the words tribalism, polarization, factionalism, and whatever other synonyms a thesaurus can offer for the word division. And yet, we just saw a… Read more

“You load 16 tons; what do ya get? Another day older and deeper in debt.” – Merle Travis Alabama’s Yellowhammer State nickname is most definitely about the bird and not the yellow hammer and sickle of the working class you might remember from the Soviet flag. The state government’s stance about unions is shared throughout… Read more