The president wants $5.7 billion for the wall. The Democrats, feeling giddy after winning control of the House in last year’s midterm elections, say forget it and have instead proposed spending $1.3 billion for “border security.”
President Trump's unnecessary partial shutdown of some government operations consciously dismisses its direct impact on federal workers, government contractors, farmers and American families.
We now have seven seats. It is predicted that we will only have six after next year. We most certainly will lose one to California if they are allowed to count illegal immigrants.
I think God is trying to get our attention, but electing Donald Trump as our president has nothing to do with it.
We know, from things like Christmas on the Square, that Talladega is not above being small-minded, petty and non-transparent in going about a good-ole-boy approach to local politics.
This question has been bounced around since the 1950s.
There are several differences in our delegation on the Potomac today and our group of gentlemen congressmen of over 70 years ago.
Liberals are quick to cite stats that show illegal immigrants are less likely to be incarcerated for crimes in the United States than native-born Americans, but the problem is that any level of illegal immigrant crime is too much.
Yes, my time in the dental chair has had long term effects on this old guy.
Beginning next Sunday, Jan. 6, Consolidated Publishing Company will introduce a new Sunday Comics section.
The behavior of local church membership toward visitors has been a topic of debate for quite sometime now.
We have a president who was elected by the people of this country. The Dems said no way would he be elected, that Hillary would win hands down (wrong). The working men and women of our great country proved them wrong.
... with the beginning of this new quadrennium, Alabama may be leading the nation and more so-called progressive states with women leadership.
America’s greatest preacher and one of the nation’s great presidents passed away.
Dr. Ryan Kissane is a family medicine physician at Brookwood Baptist Health, Primary & Specialty Care Talladega.
Democratic operatives employed tactics copied from alleged Russian Trump meddling to help Doug Jones win his race.
Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.
A large number of residents are still leaving the city to shop and dine in the Anniston/Oxford, Leeds, Trussville/Birmingham area.
It is amazing how the Democrats care so much for non-Americans and nothing about real Americans.
James Buskey, Marcel Black and Richard Lindsey exude integrity. Legislators on both sides of the aisle should strive to emulate these three gentlemen.
Putting out only complaining and griping on social media will not get your message across. Sometimes you have to be brave and face people to affect or influence the change you want.
One can only hope that our leadership will keep our citizens' welfare under consideration when dealing with this issue.
Statues, plaques and memorials are war memorials to those who fought in a particular war of their time, nothing more and nothing less.
Maybe, I was needed to come up with some trick defense for us to use against our opponent. I was ready to go to my classroom and start drawing up plays. This was not the case.
It’s easy, even during the holiday season, to slip into a “why me” or “what’s the point of it all” frame of mind.
