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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.

Laughing Alabama News
Ashley Carter: Comfort food for the soul

Turkey, ham, and homemade dressing are great, but seeing your family laughing together is such a comfort food for the soul.

Depression Christmas Alabama News
Sean of the South: A hard Christmas

The old man wiped damp eyes and said words I’ll never forget: “Who needs a bike when you have love?”

Wilson Dam2 Alabama News
Amie Beth Shaver: Muscle Shoals could have been a metropolis if not for government intervention

Can you imagine what Muscle Shoals would look like now if the government chose not to step in the way of free enterprise and daring ideas, but instead decided to encourage them?

Napoleon Alabama News
Nick Treglia: The emasculation of Napoleon

Ridley Scott’s latest movie, “Napoleon,” is a dull, uninspired piece of claptrap, which does all it can to defame and belittle one of history’s most ambitious and influential characters.

1819 Erica Alabama News
1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas talks Jawan Dallas death on News Talk 93.1 'News & Views'

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 death and police video of the death of Jawan Dallas.

Dublin Riots Alabama News
Talmadge Butts: Free speech is dead in Ireland. Will it survive in America?

The events in Ireland matter in America more than we might realize, as the freedom of speech is always the first on the chopping block of power-hungry regimes.

Tuberville Alabama News
Gerrick Wilkins: Tuberville’s commendable defense of constitutional values in the face of controversy

Tuberville's resolute stance, even in the face of widespread criticism, highlights the importance of having leaders who are willing to protect life and uphold the law.

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