Editorials

Short-term park closings are long-term losses

Despite a voter-approved Constitutional Amendment to divert millions from the Alabama Trust Fund and shore up the state’s General Fund budget, that budget is still ... Read more

Raiding trust like putting Band-Aid on boo-boo

Generally, trusts are established for the benefit of a person who are unable to manage their finances for themselves, or to protect those people from ... Read more

Senate shouldn’t pass Tebow bill

A bill approved 3-2 in a Senate committee and now awaiting full Senate approval would allow home-schooled children in Alabama to play sports in public ... Read more

Even as we celebrate, still fighting for Sunshine

James Madison, the father of our federal Constitution, wrote that “consent of the governed” requires that the people be able to “arm themselves with the ... Read more

Where did 2010’s ‘transparent’ promises go?

Thursday, 2010 seemed like so long ago. Because Thursday was when the Republican leadership of the Alabama House and the Alabama Senate pulled a fast ... Read more