The people's voice of reason
The people's voice of reason
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One of the most misunderstood moments in the Gospels is also one of the most beautiful. They drag a woman to Jesus who was caught in adultery…one of the most heinous sins. She was publicly exposed and ashamed. They ask Jesus a question they thought they already knew the answer to. Should we stone her? Jesus doesn't argue doctrine. He doesn't raise His voice and He doesn't shame anyone. He just says, “He without sin, cast the first stone” John 8:7 One by one the stones hit the ground and the a...
Urging the U.S. Senate to ratify the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), also called the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Admiral Robert Papp Jr. said not ratifying the treaty is “almost like having a winning lottery ticket that you don’t cash in.” Maybe. But before cashing in a lottery ticket (or anything else), one should always read the fine print on the back. And the LOST has a lot of fine print: 475 pages, 17 Sections, 320 Articles, 9 Annexes, and over 158,000 words. Draf...
As the 2026 Legislative Session evolves, it is apparent that this year’s annual session will be short and sweet. That is par for the course in an election year session. This is election year and all 105 House Seats, and all 35 Senate Seats are up for election. Therefore, it is an inherent historical reality that nothing consequential or controversial is addressed in a quadrennium ending election year. However, it is a constitutional requirement that the legislature enact a budget – in fact, both...
Not to be confused with the South Korean movie “Two Weddings and a Funeral” or the British movie, “Four Weddings and a Funeral”, my real life January events nine years ago had nothing to do with “hooking up” and instead I endured the most grievous and oft dreaded death of a parent, my Mom and only two days after her funeral my oldest son, Matt (not his actual name) returned to Montgomery and married his most precious and beautiful fiancé, Lisa (not her actual name). How often does one experien...
For more than thirty years, American presidents went to the Annual World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland looking for approval. From Bill Clinton through Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the ritual was the same: reassure the global elite, affirm their economic orthodoxy, and return home to explain why American workers had to “adjust.” Davos was not a debate. It was a blessing ceremony. Donald Trump ended that era. He didn’t go to Switzerland seeking approval. He went to tell them the era of defer...
Illegal immigration has flooded this country. While most of them come here for jobs and opportunity – many have not been. José Antonio Ibarra was a 26 year-old immigrant from Venezuela who had entered the United States illegally. Instead of getting a job and building a life here, he murdered college student Laken Riley in a park near Athens, Georgia when she resisted his attempted sexual assault. I don’t remember any mass protests demanding that Riley’s murderer be handed over to the mob and bea...
In July, 2024, Germany’s federal office for information security issued an urgent warning to order all government agencies to disconnect all windows 11 computers from its network. Several other countries quickly followed suit. The EU launched an immediate investjgation. Despite not running Microsoft for 17 years, Bill Gates was dragged into an emergency PR meeting and blessed out with, “This is the stupidest decision in company history, because this isn’t just a privacy scandal. This is Micro...
Semiquincentennial of united colonies will begin with celebrating the 250th anniversary of declaring independence from British hegemony. Of the most gripping episodes in this hard fought victory, won a quarter millennium ago to break from the King of England was the 1777–8 winter campaign at Valley Forge; a crucible for Gen. Washington's newly minted Continental Army, strategically placed to keep watch over British forces in occupied Philadelphia. Enduring brutal cold, fatal disease, hunger, l...
Let me start off with one reality. I am a Tennessee graduate. I graduated back in the early 1980s and have been a Vol fan for decades. I am, however, more of a realist and my overwhelming attention is given to other pursuits. Especially things with wings on them. That being said, I still sometimes wear my more subdued Tennessee apparel which is dangerous since I now live deep in the heart of University of Alabama country. But now that the 2025 season is over, I felt compelled to write this missi...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) delivered a floor speech exposing Democrats for their hypocrisy on Obamacare. Not a single Republican voted for Obamacare in 2010, and yet, Democrats are trying to blame Republicans for the sky-high health care premiums Americans are seeing today. https://rumble.com/v72uwwg-senator-tuberville-speaks-on-senate-floor-exposing-obamacares-failure-and-c.html “For months, our Democratic colleagues have been fearmongering about our health care sys...
Melania out-grossed five 2025 Academy Award nominees - including two Best Picture contenders - in a single opening weekend. With $7 million in its first three days, it registered the strongest debut for a non-concert documentary in over a decade, earning an A CinemaScore from audiences and a 99 percent approval rating from moviegoers on Rotten Tomatoes. Much has been made by critics of what they call propaganda. That is not entirely what this film is. What it is, is something far more rare and...
As someone who works every day in security and risk management, I’ve learned that one-size-fits-all solutions rarely work. Whether we’re talking about public safety, private security, or regulatory policy, decisions are most effective when they’re made close to the communities they affect. That’s why Alabama, not the federal government, should decide if and how sports betting is handled in our state. Alabama does not currently permit legal, online sports betting through state-licensed operators. That choice reflects our laws, our culture...
Federal agents recently arrested three activists after disrupting a Minnesota church service, charged with conspiracy to interfere with other people's constitutional right to worship. Headlines from this case (re)affirm a long-standing principle upheld by the US Supreme Court; our First Amendment civil right protects one’s right to speak, not the right to prevent others from speaking. That principle was designed to be uniformly applied across all levels of government and public institutions. O...
Once again, President Donald Trump got what America wanted at a fraction of the cost the experts said was impossible and once again the critics proved they still do not understand the art of the deal. For years, Washington's foreign policy class treated Greenland as a frozen curiosity strategically interesting diplomatically sensitive and best left to committees studies and polite conversations with no deadlines. Trump looked at the same map and saw leverage. Shipping lanes opening as the...
At pivotal moments in American economic history, the Federal Reserve needs more than a credentialed academic or a cautious caretaker. It needs a steady hand with real world experience, institutional memory, and the confidence to act decisively when the stakes are high. President Donald Trump's nomination of Kevin Warsh to serve as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve is exactly that kind of choice. Warsh is not a theorist peering at the economy from thirty thousand feet. He is a seasoned practi...
February 2, 2026 - At a Lieutenant Governor political forum in Hoover last month, one of the moderators posed a simple question: name your favorite historical figure. Without a moment’s pause, I responded with Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher had the courage to lead with conviction, stand firm under immense pressure, and fundamentally reshape her country by refusing to apologize for strong principles or tough decisions. She understood a timeless concept: leadership is measured by courage. M...
In communities across Alabama, families rely on community banks to help them buy their first home, start a business, or weather a tough season. Those deposits don't disappear into a national system. They're reinvested right back into the places we live. Community banking works because it's built on trust, relationships, and a shared commitment to local progress. When I served as a community bank president, I spent my time listening to customers, visiting local businesses, and helping tell the...
Honoring a leader whose devotion to God, family, and the unborn transformed Alabama's moral and political landscape Alabama lost a great man this month-a man whose leadership, convictions, and Christian faith helped shape the moral and political landscape of our state for decades. To know John was to witness a man of purpose and discipline, anchored in Scripture and committed to serving God, his family, and the people of Alabama. His voice carried influence not because it was loud, but because...
Republicans across the country are learning the hard way that elections are not only lost to Democrats. Too often, they are undermined from within by distractions, procedural abuse, and self-inflicted chaos. Alabama avoided that trap this week. By following the rules and rejecting a baseless residency challenge, the Alabama Republican Party showed discipline at a moment when discipline is in short supply nationwide. The residency challenge against Senator Tommy Tuberville was never about the Ala...
When someone comes through the doors of a hospital emergency department, it is often one of the worst days of their life – a heart attack, a stroke, a serious injury, a child struggling to breathe. In those moments, no one is thinking about staffing models or regulations. They are thinking about one thing: Is there a doctor here who can help me right now? Most Alabamians assume the answer is yes. They would be surprised to learn that, under current law, that assumption is not always correct. S...
Our faith teaches us to care for the vulnerable and to help our neighbors build lives of dignity, independence, and hope. As the founder of Ransom Ministries, I have seen what happens when people are given not just charity, but opportunity - especially when it comes to their health. In our work, we regularly support individuals and families who are struggling to access basic healthcare. Most people don't want handouts. They want the tools to care for themselves, stay healthy, and remain independ...
So the year 2026 has finally arrived and for Alabama it means a busy election year ahead. For those seeking elective office in the state, candidates can qualify from January 5th through January 23th. The party primary elections are on May 19th, and if there are any run-offs, they are set for June 16th. And finally, the general election will be next fall on November 3rd. All of the state constitutional officers and state lawmakers will be on the ballot. In addition, all of the federal...
When Ronald Reagan ran for president, he did not campaign on managing decline or respecting Washington precedent. He ran on restoring American strength, reviving economic growth, and reminding the country that government exists to serve the people, not the other way around. Reagan understood something modern Washington too often forgets. When the American people demand action, leadership does not hide behind process. Leadership delivers. That same principle drove the Contract with America in...
What occurred in Minnesota was neither a fluke nor an administrative oversight, and it was certainly not an unforeseeable anomaly; rather, it was the predictable and long-developing consequence of a federal culture that has increasingly treated taxpayer dollars as an inexhaustible resource-distributed rapidly in the name of urgency and compassion, tracked loosely under the banner of equity, and audited only after the damage had already been done. Minnesota simply became the place where this...
Response to the first AU Perspective piece suggests more regular submissions apropos. As President Roberts enjoys long overdue federal court decisions, his minions continue to decay this once noble university. I'll focus on the CoA [College of Agriculture] in this installment as I plan to address topics later this month on impressive Phi Beta Kappa efforts, School of Osteopathic Medicine, etc. more aligned with the Auburn Creed's letter and Spirit. Prof. Yi Wang was hired [2015] as an integral p...
