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The people's voice of reason
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We are getting close to year end when everything starts to slow down for the holidays, but the eyes of the Nation were on Alabama as it made big economic news this past week. First of all there were two significant events in North Alabama, starting with the announcement that the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical company will bring a $6 billion manufacturing facility to Huntsville. It is expected that this will result in the creation of some 3,450 jobs at the new plant. In addition, there will be...
In fact, while a few other countries have a national day for prayer or thankfulness, nothing truly resembles our Thanksgiving Day. Europe, with its more established countries, scoffs at such a notion of commemorating the virtue or emotion of thanksgiving. They might celebrate national accomplishments like successful harvests, vanquishing enemies, and religious observations. A day for thanksgiving related to the passing of a particular calamity might occur every now and again, but having an...
Many a youngin with a Greek Yiayia (grandma) heard ‘pedimou’ - i.e., my child. In the most endearing, God loving inflection and Spirit, I can still hear it spoken from both my righteous, steadfast Yiayias helping me discern good and evil. Hard to imagine a more antithetical, deleterious spirit than what we’ve observed from Clinton, Trump, Epstein, et al political parasites and pedagogues like Harvard’s Dr. Summers who educate them. There was a time our nation rejected charlatans who stole c...
In the fifteen years that I have been writing these Robservations for the Gazette, this is only the second time that I am writing an “in your face” religious column, if you will. I first wrote this column about three years ago but as I look around the world, I figured the time was right to once again address this topic. Although I am sure my leanings come out many times in my writings, this was never intended to be the purpose of my Robservations column. 2025 has been a challenging year in man...
There comes a time when leaders must stop worrying about who they might offend and start worrying about who they are sworn to protect. Senator Tommy Tuberville stepped into that role with unmistakable clarity when he responded to the proposed creation of the Islamic Academy of Alabama. His words were plain, direct, and from the heart. He said, "I will be damned if we are going to do that." That single sentence captured exactly what millions of Alabamians feel but rarely hear expressed by their...
Auburn University has taken a bold and confident step forward, and every Auburn fan ought to be proud of the leadership shown by Athletic Director John Cohen and President Christopher Roberts. They made a hire that reflects strength, vision, and a commitment to bringing Auburn football back to the national stage where it belongs. Alex Golesh is exactly the kind of coach Auburn needs. He is tough, he is driven, he is innovative, and he understands how to build a winning culture that players...
Just in time for Thanksgiving, Fani Willis has given America something truly special to be grateful for. After years of wasting Georgia's money, embarrassing her office, and paying her boyfriend with taxpayer funds, her Trump witch hunt finally collapsed right before the holiday weekend. What perfect timing. While families across Georgia are carving turkeys, Willis is carving up the last remnants of her credibility. It is almost as if she wanted this story buried under sweet potato casserole...
Ask any parent in Alabama what they fear most, and they will give the same answer. They fear the nightmare of someone harming their child. They fear the kind of evil that destroys innocence before a child even has a chance to grow. Every mother and father understands this instinctively, and that is why this moment in Alabama is so important. Our state stands at a moral crossroads, and our response will reveal more about who we are than any slogan or campaign promise ever could. For years,...
With the first of December upon us, we are nearing year end and just weeks away from the start of 2026. The upcoming year will be significant in Alabama for a number of reasons. First and foremost, there will be a sea change of leadership at the top of the state. Governor Kay Ivey, Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth and Attorney General Steve Marshal are all term limited and thus will be leaving office after their long service to the state. With Senator Tommy Tuberville seeking to move to the...
Governor Tim Walz is now at the center of a scandal that grows uglier by the day. The one billion dollar Feeding Our Future fraud was already the largest abuse of taxpayer money in Minnesota history. It was already a stain that dwarfed Watergate. But now the truth is coming out that takes this from incompetence to corruption. Walz's administration retaliated against whistleblowers who tried to expose the fraud. Instead of shutting down the criminal operation, the Walz team went after the people...
Pundits are yet to grasp the tsunami that rocked the political world when U.S. President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani met today in the Oval Office. Like a leering monument built of marble on the National Mall, the nation's 45th and 47th chief executive cemented his legacy in the annals of history as the most powerful figure ever in American politics. How does a sit-down with a New York City mayor who hasn't even taken office elevate the former reality star–turned–presiden...
It's time to say what too many of us have already known for some time - Alabama's electricity rates are too high. That is not acceptable. President Trump is working hard at reversing the effects of the high inflation our nation has experienced over the last four years and it is showing throughout our economy. Even with his efforts, however, many people in Alabama are still struggling to pay their electric bills. Alabama Senator Katie Britt recently said that Alabama having the highest...
President Donald J. Trump is doing what no modern president has had the courage or the clarity to do. He is taking his case directly to the American people, city by city, community by community, kitchen table by kitchen table. His Affordability Tour is not a campaign gimmick. It is not a political stunt. It is a national wake-up call that finally puts the economic struggles of working families where they belong, at the absolute center of American policy. While Washington elites worry about...
As someone who has watched Alabama's political landscape for decades, I can't help but tip my hat to Senator Tommy Tuberville for the tremendous strides he's made for our state. He hasn't just brought national attention to Alabama - he has delivered real, tangible results that are transforming our economy and keeping our talent at home. The announcement that Fannie Mae is bringing operations to Birmingham represents a watershed moment for our state. These are high-quality, professional jobs that...
As the Christmas season approaches, it is natural to seek out movies pertaining to the season. And one of the Christmas-themed movies that is now streaming on Angel.com is "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey", a PG-rated feature film based on a children's book by the same name written by Susan Wojciechowski. The running time for "The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey" is roughly an hour and a half. Which, given that the children's book that the film is based off of is only around forty...
As Thanksgiving arrives, I am reminded of the remarkable spirit that defines Alabama – a spirit rooted in faith, family, hard work, and genuine care for one another. Across our towns and cities, Alabamians in our neighborhoods and workplaces show every day what it means to serve with generosity and care with sincerity. This season offers us a moment to pause and reflect on the blessings we share. We are grateful for our farmers who rise before dawn, teachers who nurture our children, small b...
Every few decades, Washington convinces itself that it has finally found a way to make banking risk-free. And every time, taxpayers end up paying the price. It has happened once already. In 1980, Congress dramatically expanded federal deposit insurance. Banks, newly armed with the comfort of a government safety net, loosened lending standards and embraced speculation. The result was the Savings and Loan meltdown—a financial crisis so severe it wiped out hundreds of institutions and left t...
November 25, 2025 - HOMEWOOD - With Thanksgiving this week, it is a good time to reflect on Alabama’s blessings. The state has seen so many good and bad days over its 205 years. Yet, Alabama is seeing a renaissance across the board that is drawing both individuals and job creators to the state. Despite the pandemic, Alabama has become an economic juggernaut with manufacturing leading the way. The state annually ranks as one of the best places to do business in the Nation. When it comes to a...
November 16, 2025 - Across Alabama's 67 counties, towns and cities are rediscovering the power of place - and how to breathe new life into historic structures that once served as the backbone of their communities. Adaptive reuse, the process of repurposing old buildings for new uses while retaining their original character, has become a proven strategy to spur economic revitalization. These projects preserve local heritage and strengthen community identity. From repurposed textile mills and...
Over the past six decades, Alabama’s Adult Education Programs have been transformed by a quiet revolution that has been extraordinarily successful. It was my honor to be able to speak to the Annual Adult Education Conference at the downtown Montgomery Renaissance Center in late June. When I accepted their invitation to speak, I thought there would be 50 to 60 attendees. However, when I walked in, I amazingly saw over 400 passionate, positive, energized educators and administrators that filled t...
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 13 other Republican senators nominating Charlie Kirk to be included in the National Garden of American Heroes for his historic contributions to the nation and American democracy. The Garden of American Heroes is a sculpture garden proposed by President Trump in his first term to honor “great figures of America's history.” It’s set to open in July 2026 in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declara...
I remember discussing this in torts class in law school. A tort so to speak is “a wrong” in a civil sense (as opposed to criminal) and can be either an act or even an omission when there is a duty to act. With a tort there would also be a defense or multiple defenses for the defending (or offending) party. The lawyers that you see television and roadside ads for are mostly interested in representing someone (plaintiff) that has been wronged in things like car wrecks or maybe wronged in the...
In the 1985 movie "Back to the Future," Michael J. Fox jumps into Christopher Lloyd's levitation-equipped Delorean and the two take off into the year 2015, ending up into a swarm of flying cars. The year 2015 has already passed a decade ago, and except for a few experimental examples, we still have no mass market flying cars. According to Wikipedia, a flying car must meet these specifications: "A flying car must be capable of safe and reliable operation both on public roads and in the air....
Only in Washington can the government shut down and still send you a tax bill. There’s something downright absurd about Washington’s favorite circus, the so-called “government shutdown.” The lights go out, the bureaucrats go home, the national parks close, and the media act like civilization is ending. TSA workers go on half pay, veterans’ calls go unanswered, and families cancel long-planned trips because the parks are barricaded. But one thing never shuts down, the IRS. Somehow, through e...
Recent headlines coming out of Auburn University chronicle the ongoing metastasis of President Roberts’ cancer destroying this once great school of higher learning and athletics if we fail to remove this pollutant and his minions; (re)read my 5/1/24 Gazette column https://www.alabamagazette.com/story/2024/05/01/opinion/prof-roberts-theres-a-cancer-on-the-presidency/3257.html]. These past months indicate historically unprecedented levels of failure in football and the wholesale violation of 1...
