September 05, 2007
While a student at the University of Alabama I had the opportunity to intern with the Dean of Students, Dr. Joab Thomas. A few years later Dr. Thomas…
August 29, 2007
Alabama experienced the wrenching throes of the Great Depression like the rest of the nation. There were tragic stories of devastation that…
August 22, 2007
In 1971 George Wallace was at the height of his political power. Including his wife’s election in 1966, Wallace had been elected Governor of Alabama…
August 15, 2007
I have been on a speaking tour throughout Alabama this summer talking Alabama politics with many of you. As I traveled the state a question was posed…
August 08, 2007
Our Senior U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby, is Alabama’s most premier and powerful politician. Shelby has enjoyed a stellar political career and taken a…
August 01, 2007
The dynamics of the 2008 Presidential Race have changed dramatically over the past six months due to the avalanche of large and more populous states…
July 25, 2007
The avalanche of states moving their presidential primary to February 5th next year has made a tremendous impact on the 2008 Presidential Race. This…
July 18, 2007
It seems like the saying, “thank God for Mississippi,” has been around most of my life. This adage referred to our perennial status on most economic…
July 11, 2007
As the year 2007 began the biggest story brewing was the unraveling and evolution of the gigantic junior college system corruption saga. It is still…
July 04, 2007
Otto Whittaker wrote the following essay, “I am the Nation,” in 1955 as a public relations advertisement for the Norfolk and Western Railway. The…