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Iowa Capitol Alabama News
Talmadge Butts: A different kind of ‘Goat Hill’ at the Iowa State Capitol

The Alabama State Capitol is colloquially known as “Goat Hill” because the building was constructed on a pasture where goats once grazed. In recent weeks, however, the Iowa State Capitol took that pet-name for itself after allowing the Satanic Temple of Iowa to display a statue of Baphomet.

Dickens christmas carol Alabama News
Jim Zeigler: Things have changed since Charles Dickens’ 'A Christmas Carol' 180 years ago

December 19 is the 180th anniversary of the publication of “A Christmas Carol.” A lot has changed since then

DEI Alabama News
Joey Clark: DEI denies the gifts of personal honor and dignity

DEI demands the unearned, rewarding its acolytes a resentful license to carry out collective punishment and unequal treatment in the name of equal justice.  

TP Alabama News
Phil Williams: The land of ultra soft smooth tear poo paper

The poo industry is big business in the U.S. Are we spoiled?

Advent Wreath Alabama News
John W. Giles: Advent and the whimsical nature of Christmas

In the four weeks leading up to Christmas Day, churches that observe ancient liturgy light candles each week of Advent, all of which have significant meaning.

Christmas Cookies Alabama News
Ashley Carter: In the kitchen at Christmas

From the first chop to the final dish and every playful moment in between, our shared kitchen recipes become more than a seasonal tradition; they celebrate the strong bonds that define us and the legacy we continue to build.

Library Christmas Alabama News
Sean of the South: Christmas cheer

I was 15 years old. I walked into the rural library. My father was freshly dead. I was a middle-school dropout. We were poor. It was Christmastime.

Delta Alabama News
Amie Beth Shaver: Delta Air Lines could have settled in Birmingham, but our leaders weren't interested

I'm still not sure how Birmingham missed getting a major airport, but they did. Just like Muscle Shoals and Ford City, the story of Birmingham and the airlines is another head-scratcher worth considering.

Library Reading Alabama News
Laura Clark: Is book removal a First Amendment violation?

Groups like Read Freely Alabama and other leftist groups claim the removal of books from libraries violates the First Amendment. This is simply an error based on a faulty interpretation of the First Amendment and a general ignorance of Constitutional Law.

Border Migrants Alabama News
Kristin Landers: We need leaders who are outspoken, unashamed and fight for our borders

I sincerely appreciate Tuberville’s willingness to take a stand on the border issue even if his Republican colleagues won’t. We need more leaders like him with an actual SPINE who are willing to speak out.

Free Speech Campus Alabama News
Katrinnah Darden: Colleges must teach free speech in both word and action if this basic freedom is to survive

The ability to tolerate ideas different from one’s own is a virtue that each generation must learn. It does not come naturally. Unfortunately, today’s higher education establishments are failing to impart this skill.

Schwab Alabama News
Joey Clark: Long before Klaus Schwab named his enemy, his enemy named him

Klaus Schwab isn’t the first, nor will he be the last, to play God.

Baseball2 Alabama News
Phil Williams: Good sports

More than just wins and losses, sports can teach us about winning with class and losing with grace.

Shackles Alabama News
KCarl Smith: A shackle on freedom

The urgency of the situation demands swift corrective action to prevent the shackles of debt from transforming us, our children, and our grandchildren into unwitting slaves of a financial burden.

Bible Alabama News
Ashley Carter: Practicing the most wonderful Christmas tradition

When the world would see fit to commercialize and up the value on materialistic things more and more each year, the Bible remains a strong voice of reason. The Word of God doesn’t change. It brings peace and gives meaning.

Santa Alabama News
Sean of the South: One day in the North Pole

Santa Claus? Thank God he lives. And he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

Drag show Alabama News
Jennifer Oliver O’Connell: 'Tis the season to share the truth with the LGBTQ community

When it comes to the LGBTQ community’s push to normalize drag queens, there is always an agenda afoot. Smaller Alabama communities should take note and prepare.

Zeigler christmas Alabama News
Jim Zeigler: A family Christmas tree farm in Alabama

Many folks think that Christmas trees cannot be grown in Alabama; that it takes the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina. Well, here is my story of growing one of Alabama’s early Christmas tree farms – the Zeigler Christmas Tree Farm outside of Sylacauga.

Lennon Alabama News
Allen Keller: John Lennon and the lure of the East

Thanks in part to John Lennon, New Age ideas have made advances in our culture. But we should beware of the entire story, especially if we’re to resist the lure of the East.

1819 Erica Alabama News
1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas talks the police shooting of Alabama man featured in S-Town

Listen to 1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas on "News & Views" with Joey Clark as they discuss a few of Erica's recent stories including the shooting of an Alabama man featured in S-Town, the Alabama Democratic Party chair Randy Kelley's strange comments on "white folk media" and more.

voters Alabama News
Talmadge Butts: In 2024, expect more election integrity questions, concerns and politicking

Since 2020, over half of the states have passed legislation that will be in effect for 2024, some strengthening election integrity and some making even further expansions of mail-in voting and ballot harvesting.

Pearl Harbor Alabama News
Jim Zeigler: It’s a long way from Alabama to Pearl Harbor

In December 1941, the people of Alabama, and indeed of most of the then-48 states, did not know where Pearl Harbor was. They learned very quickly and have never forgotten.

Scout Alabama News
Jennifer Wolverton: Scout's three-legged stool — a Christmas tale of educational hope

In the quaint town of Maycomb, Ala., young Scout Finch embarked on a quest not just to light up her town with holiday joy, but to kindle a flame of educational revolution.

University of Alabama Alabama News
House Majority Leader Scott Stadthagen: Republican presidential candidates will find University of Alabama a beacon of free speech and Southern hospitality

When the Republican candidates take the stage on the University of Alabama campus, they will find themselves standing within a beacon of free speech and honest debate, and they will enjoy a world class experience mixed with traditional Southern hospitality as the nation watches. 

Decorations Alabama News
Joey Clark: Christmas decorations are useless things

When shrewd prudence comes to rule the mind like a tyrant, it will destroy everything that it deems useless, admiring only itself in its attempts to conscript the entire world as a function of its cold discernment and machine mind.

Monroe Doctrine Alabama News
Justice Will Sellers: The Monroe Doctrine turns 200

For 200 years, the Monroe Doctrine has been a centerpiece of American foreign policy.

Nanny Alabama News
Phil Williams: Alabama ... a nanny state?

Government is not infallible. Problems often arise since government is steered by people who are fallible.

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