The Midnight Hour

Quick background for non-veterans: The Montgomery G.I. Bill is a benefit that subsidizes education costs for veterans. While on active duty service members can elect to pay $1200 one time and in return they receive 36 months of payments towards full-time education after they leave active duty.  Thirty-six months is the equivalent of the [...]

I’m getting pretty bored with talk radio. About the only shows I care to listen to anymore are Dale Jackson, Neal Bortz, and Rush. I like Dale because he’s local. Can’t get that news or commentary anywhere else. I like Neal because he’s a libertarian that actually discusses principle with his callers. He is also [...]

I can’t believe it. A candidate I supported all the way from the first primary election has actually made it into office. This is truly a great day for liberty. Mr. Sanford remarked about the victory
“It is refreshing to know that voters still care about the issues affecting them and our state…This is my first [...]

If you live in Alabama’s 7th senate district, don’t forget to vote to elect a new senator today. I will be voting for Paul Sanford and I encourage you to do the same. Sanford is facing off with Democrat candidate Laura Hall.

Since the Gourmet Beer Law removed the 6% ABV restriction on Alabama beer, here are the top ten beers you’ll want to try that you couldn’t previously buy in Alabama.
10. Rogue Shakespeare Stout
OK, I cheated. At 6% ABV this was already legal in Alabama…but it’s so good I had to include it anyway. Rogue is [...]

This morning Governor Riley signed HB373, the Gourmet Beer Bill, amidst incredible constituent support. Estimates indicate the governor’s office received over 3000 phone calls and an undetermined number of emails in support of the bill. After conflicting early reports of the bill’s signing from the governor’s press office, the governor’s chief of staff confirmed about [...]

HB373, the Gourmet Beer Bill, has passed the Alabama senate! It is now in the hands of Governor Riley. If he signs the bill then it will become law and remove the archaic 6% ABV restriction placed on Alabama beer. This will open up a new source of revenue to the state and remove restrictions [...]

Today the Alabama senate briefly considered the Gourmet Beer Bill, a bill that removes the 6% alcohol by volume restriction placed on beer (and beer only, not hard liquor) sold in Alabama. Alabama is one of the only states left in the union to preserve this type of law that is left over from concessions [...]

The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an interesting perspective that seeks to prove much of what we know (or think we know) is a lie. Perhaps lie isn’t wholly accurate, but rather much of what we know isn’t nearly as certain as we think.
A Black Swan is [...]

After a long and arduous primary battle and runoff election, Paul Sanford has emerged as the GOP’s nominee to face Democrat Laura Hall for the Alabama Senate District 7 seat vacated by Parker Griffith.
If Mr. Sanford is able to win the general election, it would mark the first time that a candidate I have supported [...]