Columnists
Trump’s election means good things for state
Donald Trump’s election to the presidency left the pollsters and pundits from every media outlet and news network with egg on their face. It also ...
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Columnists
State elections in Alabama for republicans are no contest
You know the outcome of the election. Unfortunately, I had to go to press with the column prior to Tuesday. We will analyze the results ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, November 9, 2016 12:01 am
Columnists
Voting for next president is voting for next Supremes
We will vote to select the 44th president Tuesday. The next president will be a New Yorker. Whoever is selected, will enter the Oval office ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, November 2, 2016 12:01 am
Columnists
Martin was the founding father of state Republicans
The year was 1962. John Kennedy was President. Camelot was in full bloom. The Congress was controlled by Democrats only because the south was solidly ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 12:01 am
Columnists
Baxley, Squatlow were one of a kind in the state
Ole Bill Baxley has been in the news a lot this year. He was the lead defense counsel for former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 12:01 am
Columnists
Journalists’ political writings are right on
During this election year, I have watched all the politics on television. In order to judge the coverage I have perused all the channels. Over ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 12:01 am
Columnists
Alabama’s elite politicians dined, drank at Elite eatery
Alabama’s most famous political restaurant and watering hole for 50 years was Montgomery’s Elite Restaurant. Until it closed about 1995, the Elite (pronounced “E-light”) was ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 12:02 am
Columnists
Recent special session proved a big roller coaster ride
Folks, I have been observing and participating in the legislative process for over 50 years. Lest you think I am real old, I started paging ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:01 am
Columnists
Mayoral races proved fruitful in most recent election
There is no truer adage in the political world than “all politics is local” therefore, the best politics and the best governing in the state ...
by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, September 14, 2016 12:02 am
Columnists
Sessions has done as a 20-year Senator, Republican
Throughout this year’s prodigious presidential selection process, our junior senator, Jeff Sessions, has been at the forefront. He has become the darling of the extreme ...