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Much has been done economically in the first 10 months of Trump’s second tenure, and it has to do with tariffs. For it appears that the slowing of the current economy is nothing other than the decline of the old system – the pre-tariff one – before the new, post-tariff regime ramps up.

Alabama farmers, manufacturers, and energy producers rely on rail to move everything from grain and soy to steel and petrochemicals. If one operator gains outsized control over the routes feeding the Gulf Coast, our producers will be left with no leverage and no alternatives.

Were it not for Christmas, Good Friday could never have happened. But were it not for Good Friday, Christmas would be nothing more than a sweet story about a nice baby.

When construction wins, Alabama wins.

We are too trusting of our suspicions, too swift in our accusations, too flippant and too proud in our judgments – and much too distracted and bewildered by the churn of the digital deluge to connect it to something real or enduring. In this way, we have failed to find rest, day after restless day. 

This past August, many Alabama cities elected mayors to four-year terms in colorful and expensive contests. Interestingly, many state police chiefs ran for this coveted center seat in their cities and won, a fact not widely discussed.

Of this much I’m certain: Legislative oversight of the textbook process has become not merely advisable but necessary. Gov. Tommy Tuberville, when his apparent time comes, will surely bring a much-needed housecleaning to such affairs.

Don't get upset by leftist name calling. No Kings proponents are just the latest self-proclaimed defenders of democracy temporarily interrupting your day if you’re unfortunate enough to drive past one of their gaggles or read their name in a headline. Nothing more.

Maybe peace isn’t stillness. Maybe peace isn’t even something we “do” at all. Maybe peace simply “is.”

No longer the world’s policeman, punching bag, or fool, our Republic reclaims its mantle: a sovereign power, armed with doctrine, driven by destiny, and prepared to confront adversaries.

When you were in school, you hopefully learned that there are three branches of government: legislative, executive and judicial. But in a recent oral argument at the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said the quiet part out loud and unveiled a fourth: the administrative branch.

Young women are still buying into false propaganda whispering that the goal of a woman’s life is to prioritize herself, her career, and her whims, maintaining control over her life. That’s a lie from the pit of hell, designed to destroy the nuclear family and blind women to the fact that true liberation lies in serving others and raising families.

I am certain that concerned taxpayers and committed conservatives will continue keeping a watchful eye on the Acceptance Academy, sounding the alarm when it crosses the line between education and indoctrination.

Regardless of what the law says, if a substantial portion of the public disagrees with it, many will disobey the law. When law gets too far ahead of (or behind) public opinion, it loses the respect it needs to be effective. 

Protecting fair rail access isn’t just good for the South, it’s vital for our entire country’s economy and those who keep America moving. 

Watch a great film enough and it becomes more than just a film; it's a constellation that serves to watch, minister and guard us through the everchanging seasons of life. 

What remains of Christmas past is this: the feeling of those weeks, compressed now into something both smaller and larger than they were. How the waiting itself became the thing we waited for. How we rushed toward events that we also wanted never to arrive, because arrival meant ending, and ending meant the long, ordinary months that followed.

From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success.

Any candidate who openly violates the Constitution or tries to circumvent it should not only be barred from running but, if already in office, must be impeached immediately. The law must act swiftly to remove leaders who threaten the document that secures our liberties.

We arrived at the Christmas tree lot after dark. My wife and I walked the long aisles of pinery, scrutinizing each tree as though it were asking for our kid’s hand in marriage.

If the issue is UA preserving its federal funding and opening up the discourse to more viewpoints, then private funding would be the logical answer. Then Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six would have to survive in a new model where they would be required to compete in the arena of ideas that should exist on all college campuses.

Alabama’s future is bright. You can see it in the jobs we are landing, the workers we are training, and the confidence employers are showing in every corner of the state.

It's time to say what too many of us have already known for some time – Alabama's electricity rates are too high. That is not acceptable. 

This latest attack in D.C. isn’t an anomaly. It’s the plan unfolding exactly as designed. That’s why U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) is absolutely right to go for the jugular. Outlaw Sharia in America. Period.

The Alabama Public Service Commission’s recent decision to approve a two-year freeze on Alabama Power rates is welcome news for manufacturers across our state.

Trump did not veer too far to the left or right in dealing with Iran, but in a very practical way took care of the job at hand. In so doing Trump revealed himself as an Israeli realist, and I think we should be, as well.

I believe it is God’s will that we be loyal and patriotic Americans, just as it is His will that everyone be loyal to his or her own country. That’s why God confounded the building of the Tower by confusing the languages of the people.