Opinion

It doesn’t matter what Roy Moore thinks

This has been an eventful year. Thousands of tourists have flocked to Alabama to commemorate the 50th Anniversary ...

Daniel Sutter

Does liberal media bias really exist?

When I was young, my Dad often complained about how liberal journalists lost the Vietnam War and drove ...

Daniel Sutter

Does Alabama need to raise taxes?

Does our state government need more tax revenue? Many politicians say yes, either from tax increases or expanded ...

Daniel Sutter

Forgive and forget student loans?

Thousands of young Alabamians graduating high school this month will borrow to help pay for college this fall. ...

Lifestyles

Sitting on top of the ice

One of those fake reality shows caught my attention the other night. I don’t usually waste my time ...

Jaine Treadwell

‘Farther Along’ we’ll understand why

One of the trademark songs of Louisiana’s Singing Governor Jimmie Davis was “Farther Along.” Mama sang it a ...

Daniel Sutter

There’s no free lunch when making cuts

The question of how to balance the state’s General Fund has divided Alabama Republicans. Governor Bentley has proposed ...

Lifestyles

China’s at the bottom of the well

Mama never believed for one minute that a man had walked on the moon. She would have bet ...

Daniel Sutter

Economics lessons from pet rocks?

The innovator of pet rocks, Gary Dahl, passed away last week. Readers my age will recall pet rocks ...

Daniel Sutter

Do incentives improve lives?

This week the Johnson Center released Improving Lives in Alabama. The book’s twelve chapters address policy issues like ...

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