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Has Peterson contributed ideas worthy of consideration and practice to a world burdened with cynicism, despair and sorrow? Absolutely. Did his tussle with 20 atheists enhance those ideas and practices? Absolutely not. 

I got into an argument at the supermarket. This is how volatile our world is right now.

Army veteran Dalton Boley has a paradise in Killen near the Tennessee state line. His next-door neighbor owns 10 acres of woodland, and she licenses the space behind her home to him. But Boley has intruders.

As outdated as many people probably think they are, Aristotle and the medievals were actually right.

This, perhaps, is the narrative we want to believe about ourselves, our jobs, our families, our country: that preparation is protection, that if we just work hard enough, hurt long enough, want it badly enough, we will be rewarded with certainty.

Perhaps it was the irresistibility of spring that drew me, or maybe the stress, but I walked the mountain yesterday. It had been a while, and somehow I lost my bearings.

In case we’ve forgotten, the chaos spreading from the Los Angeles riots to other cities around the nation shows once again that we live in a divided culture.

For 22 years, Alabama's capital city had a tough law-and-order mayor. Now, Los Angeles needs a mayor like Emory Folmar.

Nathaniel Ledbetter is not the second coming of Ronald Reagan, but he comes closer to it than anyone else in that role in Alabama's 205-year history.

In the proverbial garage scene, the father is doing more than just working on the car. He is working on a car that was made by engineers who actually wanted it to work for him and his family.

In Washington, debates rage over whether an “autopen” signed critical documents. Alabama faces a similar crisis: our legislators often allow others to vote on their behalf while absent from the State Capitol.

Christian nationalism? What is this sinister movement that is out to destroy the religious liberty God has given us and our ancestors have fought to win and preserve?

Democrat Sen. John Fetterman explained in just three sentences why Democrats are wrong to support the LA rioters. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt re-Tweeted it and said, "Well said."

It is increasingly obvious that Chinese Communists will stop at nothing to exert control in the United States.

This fight between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is just one more example of the rudeness, tantrums and unreason governing our digital age.

The two slithered away, never having heard the sermon of the man on the mount. They were much too pleased with their own cleverness to have heard a word of what was actually said. 

The Rose of Sharon plant in my backyard reminds me that we can use bad for good. It reminds me that honesty and accountability are essential human traits. 

We will not stand for this betrayal any longer. It’s time for a grassroots movement to hold our leaders accountable. We must demand transparency, action, and a commitment to supporting our veterans in tangible ways.

Authority and constraints are part of everyday life. The best path forward, then, is to accept the fact that we are limited and find ways to thrive under those limits.

Did Biden really sign those executive orders? Someone needs to be held to account. 

The story of Nehemiah and his cohorts rebuilding the foundations of their city in record time should give us hope that all is not lost for our own nation.

True academic freedom requires not only the absence of formal censorship but also the presence of structural safeguards against soft totalitarianism at the commanding heights of higher education.

A younger person battling Parkinson's. An attitude and testimonial of hope and gratitude.

After spending only a few minutes looking through these pages, I usually close the book and sigh with a bittersweet smile on my face. Then I say aloud, “Thank you, Norman Rockwell.”

Few among our politicians or tech entrepreneurs seem interested in such talk about the issues more AI will bring. But the rest of us need to be shaken awake and have light thrown on the dark path we’re already traveling.

We are wasting precious energy while the culture of life is further eroded rather than rebuilt.

Let’s insist that elected office remains a calling, not a career. Let’s demand that those we send to Washington remember who they work for. And let’s finally ensure that what we pay for works for us – the people it’s meant to serve.