It is most troubling to learn this week that the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) is being altered to give low scoring students an outside boost of their overall scores. Each student is being assigned an "adversity score" by the governing College Board that will remain unknown to the student…
Under the U.S. Constitution, Alabama and the other 49 states are sovereign states. All authority given to the federal government by these states was supposed to be limited to the State Department (the president’s cabinet) and our self-defense, the military. Everything else was supposed to be…
Free speech zones are meant to move certain discussions away from where they could offend listeners, or be heard at all.
During the recent tornado in Lee County, East Alabama Medical Center not only saved lives and healed wounds, but through its foundation and the generosity of countless organizations and individuals has provided housing for the 21 displaced families for an entire year.
Locally, we constantly hear local business leaders and city officials lecturing us to support our city, local merchants, schools, services — even live in the city. That is a reasonable expectation! Yet, is this a policy being adhered to by those suggesting it? We have local business execut…
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University Richard Vedder's new book, "Restoring the Promise," published by the Independent Institute based in Oakland, California, is about the crisis in higher education. He summarizes the three major problems faced by America's college…
Another one of those wacky, zaney lefties made news over the weekend, and I’m not talking about some Major League Baseball southpaw with control issues or an eccentric habit.
MONTGOMERY — The five-day Special Legislative Session that addressed the increase in the gas tax to fund an Infrastructure Rebuilding Program for the state was a remarkable success. I still marvel at the adroitness, efficiency and expediency in which the governor accomplished this monumental…
The polls, according to the fake news network, say that in every poll, except against Pocahontas, Trump would lose.
... initial costs of occupational licensing are $122 million, with another $45 million for renewals, plus $243 million in annual continuing education costs.
Alabama has a treasure in Richard Shelby. He is not only the longest-serving U.S. senator in Alabama history, he is also the most successful.
Social justice warriors ignore many differences that have little or nothing to do with discrimination but have an enormous impact on outcomes.
That President Trump gets high marks on the economy is no surprise, as figures released last week show it is booming.
My longtime friend and colleague, Dr. Thomas Sowell, has just published a revised and enlarged edition of “Discrimination and Disparities.”
Every so often, Alabama politicians pragmatically have to acquiesce to the mandates of federal judges and grant our transgressing citizens their rights as determined by the courts.
If only Alabama’s leaders had a magical Medicaid “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, so they could flip ahead and see the different outcomes we could expect by expanding the government insurance program that was originally designed for the poor and disabled.
The biggest threat to Donald Trump winning a second term in the White House officially threw his hat into the ring last week.
There was a funeral in town today, but nobody came. The tiny casket sat empty as if waiting for someone to pick it out. The interior was soft, silky and inviting, seemingly anxious to be tried. Everyone is talking about how sad it would be to fill the beautiful casket; it looks so perfect as…
It made me happy to read that Alabama and Auburn students came together to help the tornado victims in Lee County. For many years now it has disturbed me to see the hatred and lack of civility by too many fans of both these schools towards each other, over what? Over a sports event?
Sen. Del Marsh and colleagues are showing their true reason to support Native American heritage. It’s campaign dollar green.
From the time President Trump announced he was running for president, the liberal media and Democrats have maligned, accused and castigated him. They also have their panties in a wad about the support he has received from ministers and the conservatives, moderate and Republicans, who believe…
The Mueller report concludes it was not needed. It revealed more about Obama and Hillary’s collusion with the Russians than it did about Trump. The whole investigation was about the Democrats’ attempts to impeach and obstruct Trump’s presidency.
George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School hired Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh to co-teach a course this summer called Creation of the Constitution. The course will be held 3,668 miles away, in Runnymede, England, where the Magna Carta was sealed 800 years ago. Som…
One of the best things I’ve seen on the Internet over the last week was a video of 8-year-old Ava Martinez impersonating Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
MONTGOMERY — It is a foregone conclusion that a Republican will take out our anomaly liberal democratic senator, Doug Jones, next year. The question is which Republican will be the nominee and capture the seat.
