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Cab drivers, I have discovered, have a lot to teach us.

As we reflect on the impressive 250 years of our American experiment, let us also examine the virtue that makes that experiment possible. God-willing, we can extend our years by returning to that virtue.

Immigration can strengthen America – and has many times before. But it does so only under certain conditions: when borders are enforced, when entry is governed by law, and when those who come here to build a life are expected to assimilate to American culture. 

Medical tyranny isn’t an issue we typically experience in the “red” states. But denying perfectly capable young adults from completing clinicals because additional shots will endanger THEIR health is medical tyranny and the definition of insanity.

The true depth of a man’s faith shows up when the cameras are not around.

[T]he Ninth Amendment stands as a bulwark against tyranny, warning tyrants that we, the American people, have never surrendered our ancient, God-given rights.  

We cannot deny the economic realities of a strong defense base, especially here in Alabama.

What a shame that even shared good faith can be reduced to a profane weapon in the political game! Comparison in a political contest is always a double-edged sword, where too much held in common – even a shared faith – sows division and discord.

The United States went to great lengths and immense cost to bring our heroes home, yet we are also a nation whose military cemeteries remain a "silent sentinel" in foreign lands: honored, respected, and never forgotten.

And there it is, the thing about raising children that nobody warns you about sufficiently: the milestones that matter most arrive without fanfare, tucked inside ordinary afternoons.

Why would the Alabama State Bar Association disbar this retired, 83-year-old attorney? 

So, fight the good fight. Just remember to leaven your certainty with humility, your accusations with inquiries, and your grievance with gratitude.

“…I see it now,” Laura said to herself, “though I didn’t then—we never could have gotten through it all without Pa’s fiddle.”

This election year, there has been no end to the kvetching and demands that we get rid of career politicians and fix our government. Yet, when citizens have the opportunity to do so, they don’t bother to show up.

Education is NOT the mere learning of facts, the test-crazed obsession of “educrats” who fixate over certifications and test scores while overlooking or promoting morally bankrupt textbooks and atheism. Instead, education passes down a way of life.

We are nurtured by our pasts in a way that gives us peace about where we’re going in our future.

I don’t know whether there is life on other planets or not, but if there is, it won’t affect my faith in God, the Bible, or the plan of salvation through Christ. The Bible doesn’t talk about life on other planets because God gave the Bible to men on earth. Perhaps, in all this vast universe, God sovereignly chose to enact His plan for redemption on one small planet.

There are certain things only we human beings can do that we should never allow the machines to pretend to do – else we create something ugly, wicked and untrue.

Folks, the Alabama Legislature is fumbling the ball on the one-yard line in the final minute of this political football game. It’s an absolute disaster that should have every conservative in this state fired up and prepared to break out the pitchfork and torches. 

The 2026 midterms and the 2028 presidential campaign will not be, on one level, about budgets or trade policy alone. They will be about the relationship between the citizen’s conscience and the coercive apparatus of the state.

For too long, the men and women who wear the badge have been treated as political punching bags instead of the heroes they are.

Conservation that a landowner chooses is one thing. Conservation forced by political pressure is a different animal entirely, and pretending otherwise is how we lose the plot.

I think what touches me most about this old homeplace is how similar the inhabitants were to my own people. My own relatives who grappled against the elements, against fate, against better advice, to build a life of independence and prerogative. To be fully American. Or die trying.

Man’s inability to save himself becomes more obvious by the day. A casual glance at the news reminds us that humanity left to itself rebels against God in mind, heart and body. Whether it’s the drama of Goat Hill or the wickedness paraded around by the World Economic Forum, something is clearly broken. Politics, intellect, money and technology cannot fix what is fundamentally a spiritual problem. Only Christ can.

Alabama’s schools should teach Alabama’s values, promote true educational excellence, and spend Alabama’s education dollars for the true good of Alabama’s teachers and students.

Every political system, like every person, has a theology. Set on a system of beliefs, every political system must answer the question, “Who is the Deity?” Regardless of whether the answer is God, Self, Allah, or other gods, the question must be asked, for the answer will shape a society's government.

The exploitation of our children – including sexually explicit library books, drag queen shows, depraved television programs, and perverted social media grooming – will not stop because evil does not sleep. But evil only triumphs when good men and women choose to do nothing.