January 09, 2008

The cavalcade of presidential preference primaries has begun. They will fall fast and furiously over the next two months and when the dust settles…


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January 02, 2008

As we enter the New Year we find ourselves in the midst of a political year in full swing. We are off to the races and in full throttle in the 2008…


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December 26, 2007

As 2007 comes to an end let’s look back at what happened politically in Alabama this year. The partisan bickering in the Alabama Senate climaxed on…


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December 19, 2007

Many of you found last week’s column on the Machine at the University of Alabama interesting and intriguing. The Machine, as mentioned last week, is…


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December 12, 2007

There has been a political organization on the University of Alabama campus, called the Machine, since 1888. It is a secretive coalition of…


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December 05, 2007

During the autumn months there has been a potpourri of political happenings in Alabama. So as the fall comes to a close and we enter the Christmas…


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November 28, 2007

Our nation’s founding fathers were determined to create a democracy where anybody could become president. They espoused and formulated an egalitarian…


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November 21, 2007

It’s Alabama vs. Auburn weekend in Alabama. It is the fiercest of college football rivalries. It is the game of the year. It is a state civil war…


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November 14, 2007

It is assumed by political pundits that Hillary Clinton will be the democratic nominee for president next year. For six months she has consistently…


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November 07, 2007

Even though Barack Obama is giving Hillary Clinton a challenge in the democratic race it appears that she will be tough to beat. She has been the…


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