The best side of retiring senator Richard Shelby
(Feb. 8) MOBILE, Alabama — From a self-interested standpoint, people here in Alabama are lamenting the loss of clout their state will suffer when veteran Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby […]
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No, Constitution did not require McConnell to acquit
(Feb. 14) For those who want to get into the weeds about impeachment trial procedures and standards, it must be said that Mitch McConnell was not duty-bound to vote to […]
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Alabama’s Gary Palmer pushes excellent Medicare reform act
(Feb. 10) Three members of Congress, including Alabama’s Gary Palmer, this week introduced legislation to preserve individual choice and Social Security benefits for seniors who are willing to pay for […]
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Conservatives didn’t always appreciate George Shultz
(Feb. 8) George Shultz’s signature service as President Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state gave ample evidence that the conservative movement can be very wrong. Shultz, who died Saturday at age […]
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Explaining ‘Yardi Gras’ to a national audience
(Feb. 4) Not even a pandemic can contain the whimsically celebratory spirit of Mardi Gras. In Mobile, Alabama, where Mardi Gras in North America was born, and in New Orleans […]
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Random collection of Hillyer pieces
In these unrelated,random posts, please follow the links embedded in the headlines in order to read the full articles. Biden is way out of line against a late Trump appointee […]
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Republican senators play with fire by not convicting Trump
Amidst a host of substantive reasons why senators should find Donald Trump guilty of impeachable offenses, a purely political reality should be vivid in their consciousness. Each senator who votes […]
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Biden risks entire electric grid to Chinese control
(Jan. 27) Less than one week into his presidency, Joe Biden has already put U.S. security at greater risk to Chinese and other threats. Biden, who long has been accused […]
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Two VERY emphatic defenses of Liz Cheney
(Official editorial the Washington Examiner, January 31) It would be wrongheaded for the Republican caucus in the House of Representatives to remove Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post. […]
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Biden nominates radical for Civil Rights Division
(Jan. 25) President Biden’s nomination of respected federal judge Merrick Garland as attorney general should not excuse his nomination of leftist Kristen Clarke to head the Department of Justice’s Civil […]
