As November 4th draws near, political campaigns across the country are becoming more acrimonious. Each party is working feverishly to elect its respective candidates, but in so doing the ideology of the party is often overshadowed by issues of the day. In his seminal work, Democracy in America, Alexis De Tocqueville addressed the role parties [...]
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 Posted by Lucius, on August 1st, 2008, at 11:55 am Justice Antonin Scalia in a recent interview was asked how he could maintain his friendship with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg despite such ideological polarization. Justice Scalia responded, “I attack ideas, not people.” Sadly, such a view seldom makes its way into politics. Mudslinging is by no means a recent development in American or Alabama politics. [...] Posted by Lucius, on July 16th, 2008, at 4:56 pmLast Thursday I walked down to the mailbox and like most folks, I had things on my mind other than politics. I noticed that it’s getting pretty close to time for a second cutting of hay and I remembered I need to cut a new cedar post to replace the one presently holding up the [...] Posted by Lucius, on June 24th, 2008, at 2:01 pmLife moves at a little slower pace down here at the end of the dirt road and as temperatures climb, there’s no better place to be than sitting on the front porch with a cold glass of tea. Long, slow afternoons watching the heat radiate off the hay field allow a great deal of [...] Posted by Lucius, on June 13th, 2008, at 10:55 amAlabama front porches have always been one of the best places to swap gossip and talk politics. The two topics collided last week when the Alabama Court of the Judiciary entered an Order removing Clark County Circuit Judge Stuart C. Dubose from the bench. I’m sure that news set porch swings in motion as word [...] |
ChangeI wish my friend Hinton Mitchem godspeed and good luck after his retirement from public service. Hinton, on Monday, announced what many had suspected — he will not seek re-election. I remember meeting Hinton for the first time while I was a student at Auburn University. He served the people of his [...] Ten Minutes in the House, Senate Moves On Here is a quick preview of the upcoming week in Montgomery. This week will be a standard legislative schedule for the House. We will be in session on Tuesday and Thursday with committee meetings scheduled for Wednesday. Back in the Day... Union Avenue in Ozark in the 1920s |
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