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Phil Williams: A simple thanks

The 2024 regular session of the Alabama Legislature is over. It was a doozy. There were bills that got all the attention and ones that flew under the radar.

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Erica Thomas: My mother, the ‘little firecracker’

Although I can’t imagine losing my mother, I have had to imagine it twice in my lifetime.

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Linda Baker: Mothers, God’s most amazing creation

Who notices if the wind is chilly when God has so many amazing creations for us to enjoy? The best one, though, is called Mom.

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Ashley Carter: A mother's love

A mother's love is the cornerstone of our existence.

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Sean of the South: Long live Sunday dinner

Please, Lord, don’t let us lose Sundays.

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Jennifer Oliver O’Connell: The National Day of Prayer is not about inclusiveness

I wish the National Day of Prayer Task Force had been tasked to manage the clown show within the State Capitol chambers, because this year the House of Representatives chose to begin their session with a Hindu Prayer.

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Laura Clark: Rise up, Christians! ‘Lemon’ is dead!

Christians are constantly told to keep their faith out of the workplace because of “separation of church and state,” a made-up concept not found anywhere in law.

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Kristin Landers: Some heroes wear Vineyard Vines

Who had fraternity brothers guarding the American flag on their May bingo card? No one? Surprisingly, me neither.

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Col. John Eidsmoe: A message for our time in Wagner’s 'Valkyrie'

“Die Walküre” is rooted in pagan mythology. But mythology sometimes conveys timeless truths, “echoes of Eden” reverberating through time since the Fall, or general revelation, the law of nature.

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Alabama Ethics Commission: An open letter to the people of the State of Alabama

Those who support this bill say that it makes the Ethics laws “better,” but it doesn’t make it better for YOU. This bill was created by politicians for politicians.

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State Rep. Susan DuBose and Paula Scanlan: You know what a woman is, so let's make sure our laws do, too

Alabama parents do not share the Biden administration’s goal of creating a society where biological sex is replaced with “gender identity” in our schools or in our daily lives.

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Joey Clark: Sen. Katie Britt wants your kids off social media

I do not question the motives of lawmakers hoping to tackle this generational challenge. A new generation of young parents on Capitol Hill like Britt will have their say. The debate will no doubt continue, and I am willing to hear them out, as will the courts.  

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Will Sellers: Discrimination's diversity

One hundred years ago, Congress passed – and President Calvin Coolidge signed – a new immigration bill. While relatively uncontroversial in the United States, the Act had a global impact. 

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Phil Williams: Pearl-clutching and hand-wringing on college campuses

Crisis is never avoided by dithering. Yet that’s exactly what is happening as student activists and outside agitators take over campus grounds and facilities.

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Jim Zeigler: Preventive steps in Alabama against an EMP explosion

'Grid Security' meeting about preventing an electromagnetic pulse explosion. Enterprise, May 7, 6:30 p.m. at Wiregrass Outdoors.

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KCarl Smith: Joe Biden – worst president ever?

Accountability must extend beyond Harris and include President Biden because Harris is merely executing the destructive policies of her boss. The buck doesn't stop with the VP; it stops at the desk of the president. 

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Ashley Carter: Our flag was still there

It’s an understatement to say there has been some unnecessary rioting going on around several college campuses lately.

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Jennifer Wolverton: It’s time to disrupt education, Alabama

I think Alabama is ready for disruption. This isn't about minor adjustments to existing curriculum, but a revolutionary shift catapulting the education of American children to a new level.

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Sean of the South: Working nine to five

I don’t know much of anything. But I will tell you this: Find a way to help other people. For I am convinced, wholeheartedly, this is the only path to happiness. And if that doesn’t work, you can always try ice cream.

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Amie Beth Shaver: It's time to stop sowing seeds of doubt

Parents, you, not today's experts, are exactly who God wants to lead your kids. He will give you what you need when you need it. 

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Nick Treglia: Country is cool when it returns to its roots

The increased attention paid to country, in general, is bringing more truly traditional country artists widespread appeal.

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Allen Keller: When all that’s left is relativism, power rules the day

When all that’s left is relativism, power rules the day. At least for now, it seems that this is the world we live in. May it not last forever.    

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Talmadge Butts: The Biden administration’s Ministry of Truth

The Biden administration hasn’t allowed a trivial impediment such as a law prevent them from shaping the public discourse.

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Joey Clark: Vote for me or my opponent will kill this dog

Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may or may not have made a mistake when she killed her failed hunting dog, Cricket, but Noem definitely made a mistake telling the political world about it.  

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Allen Harris: Hankering for accountability on student loans

Is President Biden’s regurgitated plan to eliminate student loan repayments for real? Ostensibly so. 

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Phil Williams: The surveillance state

Renewal of FISA for two more years gives U.S. intelligence agencies the means to surveil Americans without a warrant.

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Ashley Carter: Taylor Swift – second verse, same as the first

Listening to Taylor Swift's new album only strengthened my opinion that Swift is not a role model for our young girls.

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