• All I really needed to know about the Constitution, I learned in fourth grade
    September 16, 2024

    Maybe the title above is an exaggeration, for I also learned a lot teaching and practicing law – although my law student experience consisted mostly of left-wing theories I’ve[...]

  • Freedom…and nothing more?
    September 9, 2024

    “It’s a holiday! A day off work! Time for fun in the sun, games, hotdogs, hamburgers, soda pop!” “And nothing more…?” (iStockPhoto) “Oh, it’s the Fourth! Time for firecrackers,[...]

  • A Reflection on Ukraine
    September 2, 2024

    It’s a terrible sight. Watching the news, I saw buildings I visited bombed into rubble, streets I walked on turned into combat zones, the beautiful city of Kiev threatened[...]

  • Part 6 – Legalized Gambling: Have We Forgotten Phenix City?
    May 6, 2024

    “They don’t have to gamble,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says of gambling opponents. Perhaps not. But we all have to live with the evils gambling produces. And Alabamians should[...]

  • Part 5 – The Scriptures Don’t Say Anything About Gambling . . . Or Do They?
    April 29, 2024

    Can I point to a Scripture passage that says, “Thou shalt not gamble”? Not in those exact words, not even in the KJV. But if we look at the[...]

  • Part 4 – When It Comes to Gambling and Crime, Do We Really Think Alabama Will Be Different?
    April 22, 2024

    My last three 1819 News columns have stressed that (1) gambling preys upon the poor and fails to create new wealth; (2) gambling was a disaster in colonial America[...]