Tankersley Exit Interview: Final
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter “Somebody should do something.” After nearly five years of being rebuffed for his common-sense stance on the Ethics Commission, Dr. Stewart Hill Tankersley is...
View ArticleWhat can we learn on the Plains of Weehawken?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter “If we had an Attorney General, there’d be a Grand Jury,” said a retired judge referring to revelations in APR’s exit interview with Ethics Commissioner, Dr....
View ArticleWhat’s the prescription for the opioid problem?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter If you’ve lost a loved one to drug abuse, as I have, anger and sadness might color your resolve to fight a war against a substance, rather than address the...
View ArticleWalker County has no easy answers for financial mess
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter Monday, August 21, 2017, State Senator Greg Reed (R-Jasper) and State Representative Connie Rowe (R-Jasper) met with the Walker County Commission six days...
View ArticleDoes Governor Ivey support a vote on the lottery?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter At a recent press gaggle, a reporter asked Governor Kay Ivey what the chances of Alabama passing a lottery are? Alabama is one of only six states that does not...
View ArticleAll that wasted time
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Most people are familiar with the phrase, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” but the context from which the thought is drawn is...
View ArticleWhy not white?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Labor Day celebrations began at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. It became a national holiday in 1884, a time of abject poverty for many...
View ArticleAlways remember that’s the American Spirit
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter It’s been 16 years since 19 hijackers flew jet airliners into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. We are told...
View ArticleDoes a pariah deserve even a Pyrrhic victory?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter A recent issue of “The Business Advocate,” a publication which is a part of the Business Council of Alabama, features a full-page photo of Chairman Billy Canary...
View ArticleMoore supporter says, “If Strange wins thank Trump if he loses thank God”
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter After President Donald J. Trump’s speech in Huntsville Friday night, it is tempting to feel sorry for the state’s appointed junior U.S. Sen. Luther Strange, but...
View ArticleAre you embarrassed?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The jubilation felt among hardcore conservatives over Judge Roy Moore’s win in the Republican primary runoff Tuesday night also brought recrimination from the...
View ArticleThe First Amendment lives
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Close to twelve hundred people filled Troy University’s Davis Theatre to watch the Montgomery premiere of Atticus v. The Architect last Sunday. The Alabama...
View ArticleForget it, Jake; it’s Alabama
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The National media, alt-right and even the left hope Judge Roy Moore’s win in the Republican primary signals a seismic movement toward more disruptive...
View ArticleDoing our duty as free press
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter As is often the case, one country’s terrorist is another’s freedom fighter; and likewise, one person’s anonymous source is a patriot and someone else’s traitor....
View ArticleDoes love win when a 20-week old baby is aborted? Some liberals think so
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter A recent poll of the U.S. Senate race in Alabama is giving liberal Democrats hope that Judge Roy Moore’s beliefs are too far out of the mainstream for him to...
View ArticleA villain still at large
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter October 21 of this year marked the third anniversary of former Republican Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard’s indictment on 23 counts of felony public...
View ArticleStop and think before reposting
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Conspiracies both great and small have staked the political landscape since the dawn of human reason. Conspiracy implies a secret agreement between two or more...
View ArticleI believe Judge Roy Moore
By Brandon Moseley Alabama Political Reporter I prefer the grind of every day reporting to sharing my opinions with the readers. I let Bill, Josh and Joey focus on the opinion writing, which they do so...
View ArticleLet me be clear; any impropriety with a child is abhorrent
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter As one more accuser stepped forward, it is now difficult to see Roy Moore’s path forward in his bid to become a senator from Alabama. There is already too much...
View ArticleAre we rubes who cannot read nor count?
By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter National opinion writers, network talking heads and even random strangers are slamming Alabama as a clannish bunch of backwoods, inbred rubes simply too dumb to...
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