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Read the latest opinion piece from our opinion columnists at 1819 News.

Puzzle Alabama News
Sean of the South: Little pieces

Our lives have been one giant puzzle. And maybe that’s how everyone’s life is. The pieces don’t make sense when they aren’t together, but you don’t give up looking. Not ever.

Library Alabama News
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: Alabama libraries and the battle for the minds and hearts of our youth

Parents across Alabama are demanding that libraries change their policies to ensure books with sexualized content are unavailable to young children. This should not be difficult, but everyone from town mayors to library directors to city councils are pointing the finger and passing the buck.

CASINO GAMBLING GAMING LOTTERY BETTING Alabama News
John Giles: Why is casino gambling expansion a priority?

Gambling in Alabama is already unconstitutional and laws against it should be enforced.

Library Books Alabama News
Emily Jones: The surprising lack of accountability in school libraries

If we’re witnessing our schools push a strongly worded memo calling for corrective actions without a deadline, why should we believe anyone is taking this issue seriously? We shouldn’t. 

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Jim Zeigler: Thanksgiving all year round

Thanksgiving means THANKSLIVING.

Thanksgiving Prayer Alabama News
Kristin Landers: A Thanksgiving perspective in the midst of hard times

Circumstances in our lives are constantly shifting. One day we’re well, the next day we’re sick. One month we have plenty, the next month half the appliances break and we find our budgets in the red.

Flags Alabama News
Caroline Joyous: Restoring patriotism among Alabama's youth

There is no greater time than now to restore patriotism among Alabama’s youth and hopefully change our state and nation for the better for years to come.  

Luther Alabama News
Col. John Eidsmoe: From Wittenberg to Plymouth, from Luther to the Pilgrims

Four things to learn from Luther, Tyndale and Bradford as we celebrate Thanksgiving.

Birthday Alabama News
Joey Clark: Grown men always celebrate the gift of another birthday

A grown man should be utterly embarrassed to suggest he or anyone else should make a big fuss over his birthday, but any man worthy of his fated age should always rejoice in the birth of new life and new family.  

Family Praying Alabama News
Pete Riehm: Even in darkness, we still give thanks

Our wearied nation has endured some dark times the past few years and the darkness does not seem to be dissipating, so it may seem difficult to give thanks.

Singing Alabama News
Phil Williams: Casinos and tone-deaf politics

Politicians need to sing to their audience, not to themselves. They need to sing (and govern) in a manner that does not look, sound, or feel like they are so tone deaf that they are missing what really matters to the people who elected them.

Thanksgiving Alabama News
Ashley Carter: A day of Thanksgiving

Start each day with a heart of gratitude! Make every day a day of thanksgiving!

Pecan Pie Alabama News
Sean of the South: Pecans

It wasn’t like he had done anything monumental, but the gesture meant so much. I suppose simply being noticed was the nicest thing anyone could have ever done for me.

Twilight Zone Alabama News
Amie Beth Shaver: You are about to enter ‘the healing zone’

When did it become our government's job to assure health equity – an illogical and unattainable term?

1819 Erica Alabama News
1819 News Editor-at-Large Erica Thomas talks recent stories 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 Alabama Power's coal ash problem and a former Dekalb County soccer coach and teacher who was sentenced in sex with student case.

Zelensky Alabama News
Nick Treglia: ‘Please sir, I want some more money’

To say America is spending like a drunken sailor is to insult inebriated seafarers everywhere.

Poets Corner Alabama News
Allen Keller: Greetings from England, land of the Eternal Word

Whereas, France may be a kind of living museum when it comes to art and other elements of culture, nothing can compare to the Brits when it comes to the written word.

Mayflower Compact Alabama News
Col. John Eidsmoe: The Mayflower Compact — America's charter of government

The simple words of the Mayflower Compact convey the basic principles of law and government that influenced future generations to draft colonial charters and, later, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. 

Smoking Weed Alabama News
Joey Clark: It's a joke Alabamians can't buy pot

The war on pot is lost. It was lost long ago. And it’s high time prohibitionists admitted the truth: pot fought the law, and pot won.

Cracker Alabama News
Jim Zeigler: Does anybody else use the term 'soda cracker?’

It must be a Southern thing because I have never heard it used north of the Mason-Dixon line. And even here in the Southland, I don’t hear it much anymore.

Palestinian Protest Alabama News
Phil Williams: Fallacious, salacious and downright contumacious

Amazingly, arguments are being bandied about by pro-Palestinian supporters that Israel is to blame for the attacks on its people, that Israel is an “apartheid state,” that Israel is an occupier of Palestine, and most egregious, that Israel is conducting genocide.

Veteran Alabama News
Lee G. Barkley: The American veteran – a mirror of American principles

In my view, the American veteran is a mirror of the foundational principles of America – liberty, equality, and bravery – and these principles have enduring resonance the world over.

Border Migrants Alabama News
KCarl Smith: Ongoing conflicts at home and abroad

The ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Israel are troubling to say the least. But what’s even more troubling is the role the current presidential administration has played in these conflicts.

Cemetary Alabama News
Ashley Carter: Thank you for your service, Pawpaw

I know many men served their country just as my grandfathers did, and I pray that the generations under them will rise up and stay true to their convictions. I pray they remember the principles upon which this country was founded. I pray they spark a fire in all of us.

Veterans Day Alabama News
Sean of the South: This Veterans Day

The parking lot was slammed. Families of all kinds gathered in the auditorium for this upcoming Veterans Day, to watch their fifth-graders put on a concert.

bubba copeland Alabama News
Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: Bubba Copeland and the sin of envy

It seems Copeland never heard the mantra of Alcoholics Anonymous: You’re only as sick as your secrets.

Glen Campbell Alabama News
Nick Treglia: When it comes to guitarists, ‘Rolling Stone’ needs to up its game

You’d think if anyone knew who the 250 greatest guitarists of all time were, it’d be “Rolling Stone” — but you’d be wrong.

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