July 02, 2008
When California Democrat Nancy Pelosi took the oath as the first female Speaker of the House it garnered enormous nationwide media attention. The…
June 25, 2008
The American electorate blamed the great depression on the Republican Party. Herbert Hoover’s cavalier laissez faire attitude seared a burning…
June 18, 2008
Now that the dust has settled from the June 3rd primaries, the news is there is no news. There were very few surprises. The results came out almost…
June 04, 2008
Many of you have wondered about my prognosis in last week’s column that Barack Obama would probably not win the presidency, although he has all but…
May 28, 2008
Unless you are a political junkie you probably have already grown weary of this year’s drawn out presidential race, which is on course to be the…
May 21, 2008
There is a famous quote, attributed to the famous British Prime Minister Disraeli, which has been around for years. It basically goes like this, “You…
May 14, 2008
Congressional seats are almost equivalent to federal judgeships. As you know, federal jurists are appointed for life. Congressmen run every two years…
May 08, 2008
The 2008 Legislative Session is in its waning days, yet very little has been accomplished. The budgets are still awaiting action. The partisan…
April 30, 2008
Presidential election years are generally less interesting or exciting political years in Alabama. We have very few state races on the ballot.…
April 23, 2008
The recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to release former Gov. Don Siegelman, while his appeal is pending, is significant. The…