“It can happen so fast or a little too late. Timing is everything.” – Natalie Nicole Hemby and Troy Jones Many of us will be voting in an election of some importance this November 5. Or will we? To be clear there will be an election that day, Lord willin’, but the race with the… Read more

“Thus, though we cannot make our sun stand still, yet we will make him run.” – Andrew Marvell Let me give you a break from government and provide you with some actual news. I turn 40 this week. How should I feel about this development? Well, there are many people in this world who are… Read more

“It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing.” – William Shakespeare There is a practice in government and politics – which likely extends into communication and many other fields – called policy labelling. If you have an idea for a new policy or if you have a new… Read more

“If I have to beg and plead for your sympathy, I don’t mind ‘cause you mean that much to me. Ain’t too proud to beg, and you know it.” – Norman Whitfield and Eddie Holland We thought the issue was decided last year, but the story of Birmingham-Southern College’s fight for survival has more twists… Read more

“Why should we have to go to class if we came here to play football? We ain’t come to play school.” – former Ohio State University quarterback Cardale Jones More and more I am seeing interviews with college coaches about how recent rule changes on compensation for collegiate athletes are ruining their respective sports. If… Read more

“What, me worry?” – Alfred E. Neuman Voting was a breeze for my wife and me in last Tuesday’s primary election. We entered our polling place in Opelika and waited in line for a minute, at most, before we reached our poll workers who provided our ballots. We had ample space to sit down and… Read more

“Let them eat cake.” – origin unclear, though often misattributed to Marie Antoinette If you are looking for a product of public education in Alabama, I am your man. I attended Woodland High School from kindergarten through 12th grade in the ye olde days before there was an official Woodland Elementary School. Both my parents… Read more

“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.” – Psalms 139:13 Well, beloved reader, we had only just begun our weekly walks together to try and find clarity on our state’s political issues. Now we already reach the shoreline between what is knowable and what is largely unknowable. The… Read more

“(T)here are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns – the ones we don’t know we don’t know.” – Donald Rumsfeld This legislative session’s senate bill… Read more

“This is the NFL which stands for ‘not for long’ …” – former NFL coach Jerry Glanville Like many of you, I watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. I think I am still allowed to call it the Super Bowl as long as I am not selling anything. If you are reading this NFL commissioner… Read more