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Public Indifference Creates A Slippery Slope
2003-12-03
Over the course of the last decade, our culture has made a monumental shift in regard to an issue with far-reaching implications for our society:...
 
 
Good News - The Economy is Growing
2003-11-26
Good news is hard to find these days from the mainstream media…especially if you are looking for good news about the economy...
 
 
Jumping off the Solid Rock
2003-11-20
According to the British historian Arnold Toynbee, history shows that great nations rise and great nations fall, but "…the autopsy of history is that all great nations commit suicide."...
 
 
Of the People, By the People, For the People
2003-11-12
November 19th will mark the 140th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and, most likely, few people will give much attention or thought to it...
 
 
On the 'Road to Serfdom'
2003-11-05
It has been almost 60 years since the publication of The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. Hayek. Published in England in the spring of 1944 as Allied nations were at war against the totalitarian regimes...
 
 
A Fight Worth Taking a Stand For
2003-10-31
Based on the current philosophical makeup of the justices on the United States Supreme Court, don't be surprised if the high court rules during this year's session that the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are unconstitutional...
 
 
Education Officials Show Poor Priorities
2003-10-23
Many Alabama parents have expressed concern that the threatened cuts in next year's education budget are in retaliation for the recent defeat of the $1.2 billion tax increase plan...
 
 
Targeting DROP Will Make a Splash
2003-10-16
In the aftermath of the defeat of the $1.2 billion tax increase proposal, Gov. Bob Riley accurately assessed the defeat as a rejection of the lack of accountability in state government...
 
 
A New Commitment To Politics
2003-10-08
Throughout history politics has gained a bad reputation that, in my opinion, is undeserved and in the context of these trying times, dangerous for the future of America...
 
 
Education Commission Report Right on Target
2003-10-02
I can honestly say that something worth reading has come out of Montgomery. Every concerned citizen should get a copy of the report of the Education Spending Commission to Gov. Bob Riley-it is candid...
 
 
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