The people's voice of reason
The people's voice of reason
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(First of two parts) - LEE COUNTY - In Alabama, whoever pays for a university governs it - excluding students and taxpayers -- the Charter and faculty be damned. Auburn's trustees fund campaigns like Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur). Orr chairs the Senate committee which determines AU's State appropriations. On June 5 trustees abolished the faculty Senate and the faculty (who control no money) were left without voice. This Perspective follows the money, every dollar shown in a public filing. The...
President Donald J. Trump just celebrated his birthday the only way Donald Trump could: by projecting American strength at home and abroad, announcing a historic peace breakthrough, showcasing American confidence with a UFC event, and returning to the G7 not as a spectator, not as a supplicant, but as the true leader of the free world. What a contrast. Under Joe Biden, America was too often treated like an afterthought. At global summits, Biden looked like a back bencher, a man being handled by...
Alabama Republican voters sent a message that no consultant, no pollster, and no establishment insider can spin away. President Donald J. Trump remains the most powerful force in Republican politics, and nowhere was that more obvious than in Alabama's runoff elections. In the Republican race for United States Senate, Barry Moore defeated Jared Hudson by a commanding margin. Moore had something every Republican candidate in America wants and very few can truly claim: the full confidence of...
The Alabama Republican Party did exactly what it was supposed to do. It examined the facts, applied the law, and dismissed the challenge to Senator Tommy Tuberville's candidacy, allowing Republicans to move forward and focus on what really matters-the future of Alabama. Chairman Scott Stadthagen and the members of the committee deserve credit for refusing to let the Party become a stage for political theater. They made a decision based on the evidence and prevented an unnecessary distraction...
Mike Wahl, an Alabama based poet, won one of three $250 prizes awarded for poems selected by the guest judge for the US 250 Persona Poem Project, Lynne Viti. With Viti being faculty emerita of Wellesley College and the inaugural poet laureate of Westwood, Massachusetts. His winning poem is entitled, "Changing the World". With persona poems being poems written in the first person, the "persona" in the poem is the fictional voice the author uses to narrate the poem. In this case, the US 250...
The dust has settled from the momentous May 19 primaries, and there were very few surprises in the statewide results. The turnout was low, which has become the norm for midterm election years in Alabama. The 23% turnout was about what it was four years ago. There were close to 900,000 votes cast. The partisan participation was about 60% Republican, and 40% Democratic, which parallels what the division of voter preference is in our state. This 60/40 split is right on course for what the results w...
I recall the discussion of respondeat superior in law school and examples. It is obviously a Latin term and means, “that the master must answer”. The rule was first found in England and later the doctrine became a part of law in the United States. It can be used for both civil and criminal acts. In a civil sense I think of it as being useful when an employee wrongs a client or patient then the employer is liable if the act by the employee fell within the scope of their employment. As an exa...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) penned an op-ed in Breitbart expressing his concerns over the Democratic Party’s glorification of political violence in the wake of the third known attempted assassination of President Trump since 2024. “The nation recently witnessed the third known assassination attempt on President Donald J. Trump since 2024. What was intended to be a unifying event at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner turned into what could have become a horror movie....
Miles Dewey Davis III was born 100 years ago in Alton, Illinois. Alongside Louis Armstrong, he is remembered as one of the most influential figures in the history of jazz. Yet unlike Armstrong and, contrary to popular narratives about great artists overcoming extreme poverty, Davis had a starkly different upbringing. His early life was marked by relative comfort and privilege. This shaped both his confidence and his artistic trajectory in ways that would later distinguish him from his peers....
The International Space Station (ISS) is now showing unacceptable signs of age and decay. Maintaining it is becoming increasingly costly. As a result, NASA and others are planning to retire it by 2030 or 2032 with a controlled de-orbit into the depths of Point Nemo at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. This is not just a stupid idea. It is also dangerous. It is an absolute no-brainer. Just because the ISS is retiring does not mean it is a worthless piece of junk to just throw away. Nearly all of...
The recent US Supreme Court decision triggered many to (re)read the September 2025 Gazette column:https://www.alabamagazette.com/story/2025/09/14/opinion/gerrymander-proliferation-and-constitutional-dtente/7816.html. SCotUS vacated the stay on Alabama's 2023 Congressional map May 11. Governor Ivey called a special primary for August 11. The 1st, 2nd, 6th, and 7th Districts will use the map State legislators drew before the federal three judge panel threw it out. Republicans tout the order a win...
I can imagine space aliens coming to Earth trying to impart wisdom for humanity and then after spending about a week here, packing their gear and bugging out. On the intergalactic road map, over the Earth there is a note, “Don’t Bother, Limited Intelligence. Too Many Stupid Natives.” I can see Yoda sitting in his house on Dagobah talking with some human travelers and thinking to himself, “Um, yes. Stupid is strong with these.” Let’s get started. Honestly, I have almost no words for the first s...
Did you know that God says if you want to live in peace and avoid anxiety, you must avoid two things and you must pursue one thing? Jesus teaches us of this principle through the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. These were cities destroyed by God with fire and sulfur due to extreme wickedness and corruption. In the story, Lot and his wife are leaving, and God tells them the first principle. Do not to look back and dwell on the past. Lot’s wife looks back and she gets turned into a pillar of salt. W...
The documentary, "Revolutionary America", produced by Hillsdale College is currently showing in movie theaters. It is Hillsdale College's first feature-length documentary and is billed as a historical documentary that "tells the story of America's Founding and those who risked their 'lives, fortunes, and sacred honor' fighting for liberty." In actuality, the documentary is an interesting primer on The American Revolution that gets to be a bit bogged down by battle details towards the middle of t...
For decades Alabama conservatives have talked about transforming state government. Politicians have promised reform, accountability, efficiency, and bold leadership. Yet too often the result has been the same old Montgomery culture: move slowly, avoid hard decisions, protect the bureaucracy, study problems endlessly, and hope the public eventually stops paying attention. That era must end. Coach Tommy Tuberville will be the first Governor in a generation with the national relationships,...
There are moments in American history when political leaders are forced to choose between preserving tradition and preserving the nation. This is one of those moments. The SAVE Act is not some obscure procedural bill. It is not another Washington messaging exercise. It is one of the most important election-integrity measures Congress has considered in decades. At its core, the legislation requires documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, and directs states to...
Ahead of the 82nd anniversary of the largest seaborne invasion in all of history, Hollywood has released a very impacting film, "Pressure", regarding some of the intense decision making that led to the Allied forces landing on the beaches in Normandy during World War II on June 06th, 1944. Specifically, the well-done motion picture, focuses on the decision General Eisenhower faces as to whether or not to continue with the invasion as planned for June 05th, 1944, or delay it until the weather...
Some understand the hegemonic foundation of Morrill Land Grant Institutions designed to capture ag and mechanical arts intelligentsia. A land grant is a covenant with the people of a State... not with donors who flaccidly purchase building names on those lands. Auburn's covenant runs to every Alabamian inside the State's borders, including the roughly 28,000 souls in our Alabama Department of Corrections. Long-time Gazette readers are familiar with this story [most notably May 2019...
June is upon us... time to plan a productive summer for our youth. Southern Preparatory Academy is opening their 320-acre campus for two parallel summer offerings, an Academic Mini-Mester and 'Summers at Southern' Camps, each shepherded by Col. Corey Ramsby and his faculty to make June and July rewarding for attendees. SoPrep remains one of a dozen remaining prep schools in the nation with a Corps of Cadets (military) program, located at Camp Hill just off US Hwy 280 in East Central Alabama. If...
Every country has border and laws. But the ones that endure—the ones that remain strong—have something more. They share a common set of values. They know what they stand for, and they are not afraid to say it. As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, that raises a basic question: What does it mean to be an American? If we cannot answer that basic question, we have a problem. Nations rarely collapse in dramatic fashion. Decline is usually quieter. More often, countries erode gra...
Sometimes a controversy tells us more about the people who are offended than it does about the person who spoke. That is exactly what happened when Congressman Max Miller took to the House floor and delivered a blunt assessment of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and her repeated positions regarding America's enemies. Predictably, Washington's political class immediately shifted the conversation away from terrorism and toward outrage over Miller's words. But the real question is not what Max Miller...
The decision by the United States Supreme Court to allow Alabama to use the Legislature's 2023 congressional map for the 2026 elections is a victory for representative government, constitutional order, and the principle that elected lawmakers, not unelected judges, should draw the political boundaries under which our elections are conducted. For years, Alabama's congressional map has been at the center of a legal and political battle that extended far beyond our state's borders. What began as a...
At a time when many voters feel disconnected from politics, John Wahl offers something different-a campaign rooted not in political correctness, but in faith, truth, and unwavering conviction. For him, this isn't just a campaign-it's a fight to defend our values and protect our God-given rights. Wahl has built a reputation as a conservative outsider who stands firmly for Alabama values. A longtime ally of President Trump, he earned national attention when Trump gave him his complete and total...
When you gut the protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, understand that Black Americans do not experience that as a political disagreement. We see it as war. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, Before there was a Voting Rights Act, there were poll taxes. Before there were federal protections, there were literacy tests. Before there was representation, there was systematic exclusion. Before there was progress, there was blood in the streets and bodies hanging from trees. DEAR WHITE PEOPLE, Black Americans did...
The American people deserve transparency, especially in a case that has captured national attention and raised serious questions about political violence, public safety, and the integrity of our justice system. The judge's decision to allow cameras in the courtroom during the trial of the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk is the right call and should be commended. President Donald Trump called the assassination of Charlie Kirk "a dark moment for America," saying Kirk "inspired millions" and...
