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The young man was quiet. He was a lowly fry-cook, salting endless baskets of French fries. Flipping acres of patties.

Progressive politicians in sanctuary strongholds like Minnesota have deliberately cultivated an environment of open defiance and hostility toward federal officers.

Here in Alabama, conservative members of the House of Representatives believe our job is simple: protect Alabama families, protect Alabama jobs, and protect Alabama’s right to make decisions free from outside interference.

We cannot continue to allow emotions to govern our policy debates, for one-sided empathy that fails to regard all victims results in skewed justice. We must return to the masculine values of fact and justice.

Alabama HB161 is a clear example of well-intentioned legislation that would create unintended, unfortunate consequences.

Child trafficking is the most heinous of crimes against humanity. If you aren’t willing to stand for the children’s sake, you don’t deserve a nice, plush office on Capitol Hill or the privilege of representing us anymore.

When someone decides to flee from law enforcement, the danger doesn’t stop with that individual.

God has established civil rulers to care for the people He has placed under them, defending them against foreign enemies without and criminals within. From what I can see in Scripture, God has not given the civil ruler any duty toward aliens, other than fair treatment for those legal aliens within his borders.

All sin stems from the disorder of placing creation over Creator. Man has discovered unnumbered ways to miss the mark, yet there is one particularly modern way to place creation over Creator that this mere creature fears. 

Charles I’s coronation 400 years ago inadvertently influenced migration to the colonies and allowed colonial self-government to prosper. 

The mathematics are almost embarrassing in terms of their clarity: public employees would have fared better with low-cost index funds than with the RSA’s active management and its attendant complexities.

Netflix earned its position by innovating early. But success should not become a free pass to eliminate competition and lock in permanent dominance. Antitrust laws exist to prevent exactly that scenario. 

The 21st century belongs to those who control energy, technology and trade routes. Greenland is the intersection of all three. Ignoring that reality is a mistake we cannot afford to make. If we fail to act, we hand our future over to our enemies.

Singing through storms. Singing through rain. Singing through hell itself. Not because mockingbirds must. But because they can.

So many candidates, so many reasons why Tuberville is running away with this race.

[U]nfortunately, it is Alabama's noble veterans who will suffer from such poor state leadership for years to come. For those veterans, 2027 and a new governor can’t come soon enough.

Two of our biggest blessings in this country are the First Amendment, giving the right to peacefully protest, and the Second Amendment, giving the right to carry a gun. Both of those rights still come with a responsibility. 

Trump must cut off all federal dollars to sanctuary cities and states until they decide to rejoin the Union and abide by federal law. If he doesn’t, the republic is in jeopardy.

If Lemon really believes the First Amendment gives him the right to intrude on other people’s property and disrupt their activities, he is a constitutional idiot. I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt for sincerity, but it’s unlikely even Lemon is stupid enough to believe that.

The filibuster is not a partisan trick suddenly weaponized by liberals. It is a structural safeguard designed to prevent narrow national majorities from imposing their will on the states.

A time of need is a time of plenty when it allows a man to discover he has friends – and that the blessings of friendship are worth suffering any adversity and brotherhood worth braving any howling wind. 

The Military Veteran Temporary Teaching Certificate is not merely a response to current educational staffing challenges. It is a testament to how we can creatively and respectfully acknowledge the contributions of our veterans.

Wisdom – real wisdom – resides not in grand gestures but in the patient, humble act of actually removing what troubles us, one careful motion at a time, rather than simply scattering our problems to the wind and calling it progress. 

Allowing individual Americans, not their employers, make more of the decisions regarding insurance tradeoffs would make healthcare more affordable and valuable. 

According to U.S. News and World Report, college tuition and fees at private national universities have increased 112% in the last 20 years. Public national universities didn’t fare much better, with a 107% increase for in-state and a 98% increase for out-of-state over the same period. 

We must demand accountability and complete this mission, prosecute these insurgents under sedition laws, and deploy the National Guard with firm rules of engagement.

“What scares you most?” was the question asked to members of Mrs. Devonshire’s fourth-grade class. The little hands went up.