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By Steve Flowers This year’s state primary elections have brought very little drama or surprises. However, there have been the inevitable novel surprises nationwide. One of the most glaring... Read more
By Steve Flowers Earlier this month, our 39th president, Jimmy Carter, turned 90 years old. In my lifetime, he is the most ethical, moral and Christlike president to occupy the Oval Office.... Read more
By Zack Steele There’s the old saying, “When one door shuts, another one opens.” For a patient recently, the door that shut was sight in his left eye. The door that opened: a big clue into a... Read more
By Steve Flowers Old Fob James had an unusual political personality. When he was out of the governor’s office he showed a tremendous yearning to get back. The proof is he sought the office i... Read more
By Slade Blackwell Earlier this year, I read about sixth-grader Suvir Mirchandani from Pittsburgh who found that his local school district could save thousands of dollars each year simply by... Read more
By Steve Flowers When Guy Hunt won the governor’s race over Bill Baxley in 1986 it was well publicized that he was a part-time Primitive Baptist preacher. He was also billed as a part-time A... Read more
By Dave Parrish This time, I’ll continue my downsizing/rightsizing efforts (see the Sept. 3 column for the starting points). I discussed that after years in the acquisition mode, I have arri... Read more
By Steve Flowers When Guy Hunt took office as the first Republican governor in January 1987 not much was expected of him. After all, he’d been elected only because of the backlash resulting... Read more
By Steve Flowers The 1986 governor’s race will be remembered as one of Alabama’s most amazing political stories. In 1978 Fob James sent the Three Bs — Brewer, Beasley and Baxley... Read more