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Absolute power corrupts absolutely

The older you get the more you realize that old adages you heard as a child are true. ...

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Two decades of service and a lifetime of friendship

One of my most cherished lifetime memories is the almost two decades I served in the Alabama House ...

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Memories of a young page

While observing the legislature the other day, I fondly remembered a very eventful day as a youth. As ...

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No action is sometimes best course

Sometimes the best thing that the legislature can do in a session is to pass very little legislation. ...

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One vote can make a difference

Last week we talked about how difficult it is to win passage of a legislative act. It does ...

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Preserve Alabama’s cultural heritage

For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. ...

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Cherry blossoms have history in Washington

At this time of year Washington, D.C. is a beautiful place to visit. The city is aglow with ...

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Debate continues on Alabama lottery

As the budget hearings began for the 2016 Legislative Session in January the largest Powerball lottery sweepstakes in ...

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Not much interest in impeaching Bentley

There appears to be very little interest in promoting an effort to impeach Governor Robert Bentley.

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‘Cast no stones’ applies to Bentley issue

In early 2009, Dr. Robert Bentley came to see me about his race for Governor of Alabama.  ...

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