UNA Deserves Flexibility to Gain & Retain Talent
When it comes to collegiate football programs, university athletic departments are provided significant flexibility to attract, recruit, and retain the most talented athletes available. Why? Because the strongest players and the most skilled coaches bring victories on Saturdays in the Fall. The same approach should apply to the management of our very talented university faculty […]
By Tim Melson
Broadband Internet Competition Is Positive for Alabama
For Alabama’s economy to flourish in the twenty-first century, it is essential that all Alabama families, schools, and businesses have access to high-speed Internet. And the best route to provide the best product always involves competition. If a fifth grader in a rural Alabama county can only access the Internet via a dial-up connection, […]
By Tom Whatley
Alabama’s Medicaid Reform Is a Model for the Nation
The state of Alabama faces a huge fiscal challenge. In 2010, Medicaid cost the state $314 million. By 2015, Medicaid’s costs had spiked to $685 million, consuming 37% of Alabama’s General Fund budget (which funds all non-education state spending), and would burden the state even more if the federal government didn’t pick up the tab […]
By Greg Reed
Zero-Based Budgeting Will Help Eliminate Government Waste
Every dollar that funds government comes from the pocket of a taxpayer. This is a basic truth that politicians sometimes forget. At the national level, you have socialists like Bernie Sanders arguing the government should provide “free” health care, “free” college tuition, and basically a life “free” from all worries. The problem is, as […]
By Larry Stutts
We Must Reform State Pensions To Save Them
I hope you and your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Maybe you are looking for a “fun” topic to discuss with your family over the Christmas holidays, so let me fill you in on state employee pensions. The State of Alabama must make smart reforms to public employee pensions to both save taxpayer dollars and […]
By Larry Stutts
Thanksgiving in America
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. Our family gathers to eat turkey, cranberry sauce, dressing, pecan pie, and catch up on each other’s lives (and of course, watch a little football). Time slows down briefly at Thanksgiving, as the people I love most surround me. Probably sounds familiar to your family […]
By Larry Stutts
Gratitude, Happiness, and America’s Founding
Thanksgiving is a great time for catching up with family members, watching football, and eating turkey, dressing, and pumpkin and pecan pies. The food is so good, you might even excuse your Uncle Jim’s fifth monologue on why Verne and Gary are the worst sportscasters since the dawn of television, as your family prepares […]