Opinion

Forty years ago, Alabama volunteered to participate in Medicaid – a federally sponsored insurance program dedicated to caring for the most vulnerable....

I try to be lighthearted and humorous in my columns. I have had a few people tell me they like them, and I suspect that the two aforementioned qualiti...

Last month’s Republican Primary was exciting because for the first time in decades we were relevant in the presidential contest. When our March 13 pri...

This has been a busier than normal week for me with the coverage of the murder trial and the coverage of the drug raid that took place Monday and that...

As a State Representative, and especially as a Democrat, I am a strong believer in the value of education and the need to support our children’s schoo...

It is officially April. That means two major things in Alabama: spring-cleaning and tornadoes. I was watching The Weather Channel last night — for som...

It is officially April. That means two major things in Alabama: spring-cleaning and tornadoes. I was watching The Weather Channel last night — for som...

In the days leading up to our March 13 Republican Primary it began to appear more and more like we were going to have a spectacular horse race in our ...

Go out to eat with your family or your significant other on a Friday or Saturday night right now and you’ll discover what most everyone else knows — w...

I cannot begin to remember how many editorials I have done since I have been with The Franklin County Times, much less how many total I have done at d...