Iran’s attack on Israel and the failed attempt by GOP backbenchers to scuttle a foreign aid package have dominated recent news on the Middle East. But such reports overshadow an ominous development in the Jewish state’s fight against terror: Hamas officials don’t know how many of the hostage…
Iran’s attack on Israel and the failed attempt by GOP backbenchers to scuttle a foreign aid package have dominated recent news on the Middle East. But such reports overshadow an ominous development in the Jewish state’s fight against terror: Hamas officials don’t know how many of the hostage…
Students are taught in civics class that, under the American justice system, a defendant may be convicted of a crime only if a jury finds him or her guilty of the charged offense “beyond a reasonable doubt.” What’s rarely mentioned is that federal law allows judges to ignore a not guilty ver…
In a past column I highlighted the leadership of the Alabama House and Senate. I said there were three primary leaders, Sen. Greg Reed, Sen. Arthur Orr, and Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter. I went on to say the new kid on the block in this triumvirate of power is first-term Speaker …
The first cup of black coffee had not quite done its job, as I was slowly paging through Wednesday morning’s New York Times. But page B11 sure did.
The progressive paradise of California has spent $24 billion over the past five years to attack homelessness. Not only has the problem gotten worse, state and local government officials haven’t bothered to track where the money went. Is anybody surprised?
With all that is occurring in our political and cultural life, there are signs some Americans have had enough.
On paper, the state of Alabama has one of the most expansive open records laws in the nation. It says any citizen has the right to inspect and take copies of public writings, except for those exempted by law.
Biden, local roads are problem
Joe Biden famously ran a basement campaign during his successful 2020 presidential bid. But he emerged to participate in two debates with his opponent, Donald Trump. Will he agree to share the stage this fall? He’d better.
Every approach to curtailing Iran from its threats and behavior toward Israel and other countries has failed.
Cullman Times on open government
Joe Biden started the week off on a high note, well, high for him.
The people who breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, are being held accountable, and attempts to rebrand them as patriotic choirboys are a sign of the bizarre political times. Yet is it unduly stretching the law to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters using the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
On Saturday night, Iran fired scores of drones and missiles at Israel, supposedly in response to the nation’s attack earlier this month on an Iranian embassy compound in Syria. Israel’s defenses — bolstered by help from the United States and other Western allies — successfully repelled the a…
Perhaps you can imagine punishments more to be feared than a lengthy prison sentence, but in a country that proscribes cruel and unusual punishment — except the death penalty — the only thing I can think of that would be worse than confinement in prison is confinement as the result of a crim…
Of the 653,000 people who experience homelessness in the United States, 41% live in the nine westernmost states, according to the most recent …
On paper, the state of Alabama has one of the most expansive open records laws in the nation. It says any citizen has the right to inspect and…
Cullman Times on open government
Biden, local roads are problem
Biden wrong on Israel
Since Decatur’s mayor is uncomfortable with council members contacting city employees directly in order to correct something, I hope the mayor…
Of the 653,000 people who experience homelessness in the United States, 41% live in the nine westernmost states, according to the most recent …
On paper, the state of Alabama has one of the most expansive open records laws in the nation. It says any citizen has the right to inspect and…
Cullman Times on open government
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