Jim Flowers (Page 47)

I am becoming so tired of the gridlock in Washington. At least as recounted in the media, there is a decided absence of the art of statesmanship, compromise being an invaluable tool by which to serve the common good as legislators. Now ideology has taken on godlike stature rendering compromise,Read More →

You would never think sorority rush at the University of Alabama would make national news, but last week it did. Apparently the active members of the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority (full disclosure: my wife was a member back in the day) wanted to offer a bid to join the sororityRead More →

This business between the United States and Syria is no small thing. I believe we quite possibly may be at the nexus of a significant paradigm shift in the commerce of foreign relations. The president has been talking tough, like so many presidents before him, but I sense that heRead More →

This Wednesday August 28 marks to the day the fiftieth anniversary of the march on Washington led by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Standing in the prophetic shadow of the Lincoln memorial he delivered his famous, “I have a dream speech” I’m sure we’ll get ample opportunity duringRead More →

Our family is going through a crisis with our middle child right now: issues with depression and its repercussions. I believe he’s going to be okay. He’s got a good doctor and is in fairly intensive counseling, and he is now motivated as well to participate in the process. IRead More →