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Dr. Daniel Sutter: Rent control again?
The Biden Administration is exploring imposing rent control nationwide via executive order. This is yet another questionable policy measure by our governments.
Despite the joke,...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: The economic empowerment of women
Everyone should be empowered to craft a life of their choosing.
Do the conditions for this differ for men and women? The provocatively titled "Why...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: A tale of two debacles
In December, a winter storm grounded Southwest Airlines for nearly a week, even though major airlines quickly resumed service.
In January, all flights were temporarily...
Steve Flowers: Inauguration Day
The inauguration of our Alabama constitutional officials was Monday. Our state constitution calls for the inauguration to be held on the third Monday in...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: To compete or not compete?
The Federal Trade Commission is proposing banning non-compete clauses in labor contracts. What are these clauses’ pros and cons, and will a ban benefit...
Reflections: What’s in a name?
It’s always fun to see current lists of names parents are choosing for newborns. According to two articles lately in “The New York Post,” television and popular...
Sen. April Weaver: When Good Time Is No Good
Bibb County Deputy Brad Johnson was a good friend of the Weaver family who knew he could always stop by our house for a...
Dividing church and state; uniting faith and reason
Five hundred years ago, the theology of Protestant Swiss reformer Ulrich Zwingli was designated the official religion of Zurich.
The rumblings of the Reformation were...
Reflections: Getting in touch with God
Radio signals used to be hard to come by in certain parts of the country.
I’ve always loved the news and talk format, but couldn’t...
HudsonAlpha: Growing our future in the Wiregrass
The City of Dothan, Mayor Mark Saliba, and the Dothan City Commissioners recently said yes to building a new economy based on scientific discovery,...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: Taylor and Ticketmaster
A fiasco involving tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has renewed calls to break up Ticketmaster through anti-trust. While many commentators have weighed in on...
Reflections: New things
It’s taken awhile to get accustomed to the new computer, but I’m beginning to like it more and more. But not at first. My...
Aaron Johnson: What is time?
What is time? We are all slaves to it. We plan our lives by it. However, few of us can actually give a workable...
Guest Opinion: Losing the Christmas Trade War
Every December Santa delivers toys, games, and electronics to children across our nation. Yet residents of the North Pole buy almost nothing from us, producing...
Aaron Johnson: Don’t forget the gift
If ever you have the chance to visit Athens, Alabama, please do. For seven wonderful years I was blessed to serve as Pastor of...
Rep. Carl: Securing our national defense
Every year for the past 60-something years, Congress has passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which lays out our nation’s defense priorities for...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: Lessons from the FTX collapse
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX imploded in November. The company and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) attained incredible notoriety in a short time and a $32...
Flowers: Saying goodbye to legislative leaders
Allow me to share the stories of three of my favorite legislative colleagues. Two of these gentlemen are retiring from the Alabama House of...
Rep. Jerry Carl: Big Tech’s massive overstep
Like many of you, I was not shocked by the release of the Twitter files over the weekend.
If you are unfamiliar with what the...
Dr. Daniel Sutter: A pandemic amnesty?
Brown University economist Emily Oster recently suggested a “pandemic amnesty” for “the many important choices we had to make under conditions of tremendous uncertainty.”
Her...
Flowers: Alabama’s Big 10 Mayors are influential
Students of Alabama political history will rightly remember the 2022 midterm election.
This election saw the majority of Alabama voters cast their ballots for Katie...
Tuberville: Where is Biden’s border plan?
Four million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border since President Biden took office in January 2021 — which is almost 80% of Alabama’s...
Rep. Carl: Lame-duck Congress returns
The House is back in session this week after a brief pause for Thanksgiving.
We are in session for the next three weeks and have...
Still reason for hope this Thanksgiving
Cooler weather has been ushered into Alabama and the frenzy around the recent election cycle has begun to calm ever so slightly. While the lack...