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Tuberville is a bulldozer, but if he doesn’t want the AI data centers to become an albatross, he is going to have to tap into persuasion. Otherwise, he will lose votes. Those voters may not necessarily vote for Jones, but they won’t vote for Tuberville.

Anniversaries invite reflection. America's 250th anniversary invites responsibility.

Justice Barrett is catching a lot of flak for her role in the election ballot decision. I’ve seen stories suggesting that she did this because she hates Trump, an assumption stemming from the faces she’s made around him. I don’t think this line of thinking is honest. In her opinion, Barrett doesn’t rely on ideology or pragmatism. She is honestly wrestling with the word’s original meaning and how it would have been understood at the time of the law’s passage.

Far into the distance we saw them: the huge, spinning windmills, looming starkly in the mist like something dropped from an alien ship. It was no big deal at first. They were just there, something foreign in that otherwise bucolic scene, though without menace. The closer we got, the stranger we felt.

The American War for Independence, then, was not a rebellion. It was an act of interposition by the legitimate governments of the 13 colonies and the Continental Congress, placing themselves between the people they represented and the tyrannical government of England.

Why does Congress consistently choose to tighten the belt on those who have worn the uniform while spending freely on other priorities?

I’m learning each week not to cling to the beautiful things of the world, whether a flower, a smile, or the twinkle of an eye. Enjoy them as they are, then let them go, be willing to say goodbye. 

I believe solving our officer shortage and public safety crisis is equivalent to laying and incubating the egg from which tourism and a flourishing city emerges.

Two hundred and fifty years ago this summer, men in Philadelphia signed a document asserting that all men are created equal, a proposition Alabama has spent the intervening centuries first denying, then only partially redeeming, and now, in these quiet statutory corners, denying again by more genteel means.

As finite beings, we often desire Scripture to be instantly clear, easily digestible, and fully comprehensible. But God, in His wisdom, has given us Scripture that requires meditation, study, and the illumination of His Spirit.

We are all on earth to be God's helpers, getting as many people as possible to Heaven. We start by taking care of our own salvation. Then we teach those in our homes, churches and communities. Mission work in foreign countries is great, but perhaps we should start closer to home by focusing on today’s children.

The young Walmart cashier looked at me from across her counter. She had just finished ringing up my underpants when she recited my total from the register screen. I reached into my pocket to pay.

Keeping the federal government within its appointed bounds is the key to preserving freedom. 

Emotions and desire are a tremendous gift from God. They are like wind in the sails to hasten the ship on its way. But they are not the compass. The true north of love must always be the objective standard of God’s law.

Public schools have wrecked our nation by not teaching accurate history, and many liberal-leaning schools teach socialism as a fair, judicial system. They fail to teach the historical treachery of socialism, so children remain unaware of its devastation. Thus, it’s way past time for parents to educate their children.

Trump showed Machiavellian dominance wrapped in misdirection. It's the old shell game. Everyone obsessed over the red card while the real victory was America proving, once again, that when push comes to shove, the world still dances to our tune.

The Puritans in Parliament agreed that God is the source of governmental authority but argued that He gives that authority to the people, who delegate it to lesser magistrates, who in turn delegate authority to the higher magistrate or king. America’s founding fathers definitely took the latter view.

Perhaps I am cursed to always feel the mark of yesterday’s pain. Yet, perhaps, tragedy is a grace and tribulation a gift. Perhaps from our deepest wounds grow roses of everlasting change. 

That, I have come to believe, is the whole of it: not the fireworks' brief light, not the anthem sung an hour before, but the freedom to argue at all, before people who have not yet decided – and may never entirely decide – what they owe something larger than themselves.

Those who are truly contrite and broken because of sin are in a state of grace. How do we know this? Because Scripture tells us the Lord is near to them.

God did not accidentally create women with nurturing hearts. He designed them with unique gifts that reflect His character. He created women to love deeply, to build homes, to shape generations, and, for many, to carry life itself.

I wish I were half the man my dog is.

For 250 years, Americans have benefited from the courage of those who came before us. America still needs people with that same sense of duty, with that same courage and determination to ensure that America continues to be “a shining city on a hill” that makes us like no other nation in the history of the world.

I want a nine-year-old today to have the same opportunity I have to one day to celebrate “America 300” with the same fervor and understanding, knowing that their story is an American one and that they are a pivotal part of this great American nation.

That Adams and Jefferson should die on July 4, 1826, a half-century after the Declaration's adoption, seems almost too fitting to be true. The two men who helped define American independence left the world together on the anniversary of the nation's birth they helped midwife.

The next 250 years will not be determined by government alone. They will be shaped by parents who teach their children to love this country, churches that proclaim the truth, communities that strengthen families, and citizens who refuse to take freedom for granted.

School choice isn’t a replay of 1776, but it is rooted in the same enduring principles. It begins with the belief that government exists to protect the rights of families, including the right to responsibly direct the education of their children.