Bama’s Continuing Political Saga…
Not one but two pieces — one a straight-news roundup, one an opinion piece — on various aspects of Alabama’s ongoing political soap opera. — Quin Hillyer 1. [Straight news […]
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Alabama GOP riven by scandals
(Quin Hillyer, Liberty Headlines) With Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley earning international headlines by resigning Monday in the wake of a scandal involving sex, misreporting of campaign finances, and multiple allegations of misuse […]
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Chris Pringle for Majority Leader
Last summer I wrote a column for al.com explaining why Mobile’s Republican state Rep. Chris Pringle would make a fine Speaker of the House. He didn’t get the post, but […]
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Strange appointment still reeks
The appearance of a major conflict of interest, and of at least fudging the terms of what could be a criminal investigation, continues to haunt newly appointed U.S. Sen. Luther […]
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Jeff Sessions Trumps the NAACP
By Quin Hillyer published at National Review Online, Jan. 5; Mobile, Ala. — When national and local NAACP leaders staged a sit-in here in Senator Jeff Sessions’s Mobile office, they […]
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To Bentley, new school chief: Repeal Common Core
By Quin Hillyer at al.com and the Mobile Press-Register: Governor Bentley should listen to grassroots Alabamans and fulfill his 2014 campaign promise – which echoed his own pledges made several […]
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Mark Levin did not endorse Dean Young
By Quin Hillyer; Just to correct the record — and I could have gone nuclear with this by going to every news outlet in town, but I didn’t — Dean […]
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Richard Shelby’s outlandishly sleazy campaign
by Quin Hillyer For somebody supposedly of invincible political strength, Alabama’s senior U.S. senator, Richard Shelby, sure looks to be running scared as he conducts an amazingly sleazy campaign against […]
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Trump loses, and Alabamans directly suffer
By Quin Hillyer; If you’re an Alabaman considering a vote for Donald Trump because you think he’ll shake things up in a way that benefits you, please think again. Trump […]
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Jackie Zeigler for Alabama state school board
I have never officially “endorsed” a non-federal candidate before, but I am making an exception for the race for the southern Alabama seat on the state Board of Education. With […]
