COLUMNS--FEATURE SPOT

Believe it or not the 2012 election season is upon us. The legislature, in a cost-savings measure last year, moved our primaries up to March 13. Our p...

There is no great secret to improving education in Alabama. We have an impressive track record of raising student achievement by developing our own pr...

The second round of the gambling corruption trial begins this Monday in Federal Court in Montgomery. Last year’s first trial ended in a victory for al...

We are one year into the Bentley administration, a good time to review his performance so far and look at his priorities for the coming year.

Last week I discussed the inordinate power that Black Belt senators wielded in the legislature during most of the past century.

As we look back on 2011, one day that will forever be remembered is April 27 and the tornadoes that ripped through our state, leaving a path of death ...

Ever since Alabama’s creation as a state in 1819 there has existed a political rivalry between North and South Alabama. This tug of war has mostly bee...

The beginning of a new year is a time of optimism. Just look at the proverbial new years’ resolutions to lose weight, quit smoking or be a better pers...

The older you get you realize that old adages you heard as a child are actually accurate such as sayings like “if you have your health you have everyt...

Recently, Governor Bentley floated the idea to divert school funds to prisons and other state functions. It is a bad idea — a terrible idea — and Alab...