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Have gun will control 19 Jan 2013 | 03:22 am
President Obama has some executive actions and legislative proposals on guns. None of his executive actions appear to keep law abiding citizens from buying legal firearms but some federal lawmakers an...
What’s next for Nick Saban? 5 Jan 2013 | 01:10 am
I don’t know who’s going to win Monday’s national championship football game between Alabama and Notre Dame and I also don’t know what Alabama head football Coach Nick Saban sees as his future...
Oh God, not again 19 Dec 2012 | 03:09 am
I questioned God’s plan when I heard of the Connecticut massacre of little children and their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Just incomprehensible. How could He let this happen? ...
Bogarting that joint, my friend 11 Dec 2012 | 12:48 am
Back in the ‘70s if my memory serves correctly, Richard Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong did a comedy record. They’re in court and the lawyer or judge asks, ‘Did you ever do any marijuana’? The slu...
Be fruitful and multiply… with conditions 6 Dec 2012 | 01:20 am
For a couple of days I didn’t want to read beyond the headline of “Judge orders man who fathered nine children with six women not to procreate,” or some such because I don’t usually read “Ne...
Coming to terms with term limits 28 Nov 2012 | 02:38 am
The general consensus is we hate our (Legislature, Congress, city council, county commission) but we love our legislator, member of Congress, and our city council or county commission member. It’s the...
My Dixie cup runneth over 14 Nov 2012 | 10:27 pm
Secession, that’s the Next Big Thing. Everyone’s signing secession petitions on the White House web site. (Note to self: Check if the First White House of the Confederacy has a secession petition on i...
Party like it’s 1937 13 Nov 2012 | 02:51 am
A first-term liberal Democratic president beats a moderate Republican governor during one of the worst economic downturns in the nation’s history. A big storm hits right before the election,...
Getting even is the best revenge 5 Nov 2012 | 04:54 am
The president of the United States told people that “voting is the best revenge.” A powerful word: re·venge (r-vnj) 1. To inflict punishment in return for (injury or insult). 2. To seek or take v...
The Heisman amendment 29 Oct 2012 | 10:28 pm
Tuesday’s vote on Amendment 4, the racist-language removal amendment, could affect Heisman Trophy chances for Alabama quarterback AJ McCarron. In fact, a defeat of the amendment could seriously hurt a...