Setting the polemic crack pipe down

Blogging is an egotistical activity, and it’s also more than a little masturbatory. I have endeavored to always be honest with you and with myself about that.  I wrote a whole post on it once.  I like getting compliments on what I put up here.  I like looking at my logs and watching my daily … Read more

Opposing an Alabama lottery, and not because God tells me to

One of our gubernatorial candidates, Ron Sparks, is making racket about starting an “education lottery” in Alabama. We’ve had debates and votes on a state lottery before.  There are cases for each side.  The stereotypical narrative is that fire-and-brimstone preachers get little old ladies fired up about voting no.  Then, busloads of them descend upon … Read more

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