Brian Lyman

Here’s our mission statement at @alreflector.bsky.social. From my first column on launch day in February 2023.

I would plea to Americans to understand that a narcissist approaching his ninth decade of narcissism cannot conceive of a world independent from his hatred and grudges and to treat his words and actions accordingly.

My column from Monday. Huntsville is a great city. But Huntsville is in a state that treats women as children and has juvenile and dangerous attitudes toward gun access. It’s no surprise Space Command officials have repeatedly warned that many of their civilian employees might not move to Alabama.

We’re going to need a third Reconstruction.

I once published a 6,000 word story that got good traffic but had even better engagement time; it was clear people were reading it. My experience has generally been that people will spend time with stories journalists have invested time in.

I would love to see a candidate propose something like a Federal Highway Plan for adoption of solar panels nationwide. They save money in the long-term.

History will not be kind to this era, and these groundless, vicious attacks will be high on the indictment list.

They read 'em so you don't have to.

This Op-Ed comes 1) amid an outcry over a leaked recording of Ledbetter in a caucus meeting saying he was focused on the House GOP caucus and "could give a shit about the Republican Party" and 2) a day before the Alabama Republican Party holds a meeting on electing a new chair.

Even Alabama doesn't eliminate all property taxes, and Alabama has disastrous property tax caps that are a major legacy of Jim Crow.

Lincoln’s 1838 Lyceum Address is a fascinating and complex mix of political calculation (it targeted Stephen Douglas, who was running for Congress against Lincoln’s law partner) and sincere and penetrating insight, a reaction in part to the lynching of a Black Missourian.

From the bike ride this morning.

This was Citizen Kane for me.

The annual Selma Bridge Crossing celebration is this weekend.