The Alabama Policy Institute conducts research regarding cultural indicators and publishes them every year. Cultural Indicators 2014 for Alabama and the United States tracks various Alabama-specific and national measures of societal well-being dating back…
Category: Opinion
Cultural Indicators: the Gap Between Education Funding and Outcomes
Alabamians will likely spend almost six billion dollars on public K-12 education in the next academic year. Like clockwork, grave concerns will be voiced in the next legislative session that this…
Now It's Alabama's Turn!
American voters have a huge opportunity this November to send a message to President Obama by electing a Republican majority in both the U. S. House and Senate. Republicans currently have…
What Does the Bible Really Say About Alcohol?
"Here are your keys,” muttered the secretary when I arrived to pick up the keys to my office at Aberdeen University, where I would be studying for my doctorate in theology.…
Means Slinging Mud
We recently received a mailer from Larry Means claiming that Sen. Phil Williams lies when he says he voted to reduce his own salary. My first thought was, “That’s not true.”…
Can Henry Survive?
The Alabama Education Association (AEA) hung their dirty laundry out for all to see last week when a letter to board members from former Executive Secretary Paul Hubbert was released. Hubbert…
Indivisible...If Only for a Moment
I know today there are thousands of pieces written by thousands of better writers with more ties and perspective to 9/11 than myself. But, I’ll never forget how I felt sitting…
Stand Up and Be Counted
The situation with Coach Neal Thrash has gone on long enough. Both the Superintendent and apparently some of the Board members have squirmed, twisted, delayed, dodged and hem hawed to the…