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Gerrick Wilkins: 'For God, for learning, forever' – an alum's perspective about Samford University

Samford University has been under the microscope, with questions raised over whether the school is abandoning its biblical foundations in favor of cultural conformity.

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Amy Minton: Local libraries should be thankful for John Wahl's leadership at APLS

Under Wahl's leadership, the APLS Board has worked to preserve the true mission of public libraries: to serve all citizens – especially children – in a safe, welcoming environment, free from inappropriate and sexually explicit content.

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Sarah Wilder: It takes a village to encourage Americans to have children

Frankly, raising children in a society where children are deemed a nuisance and parents naive for having them is a lonely task.

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Not your grandfather's marijuana!

We’re not talking about your grandparents’ marijuana. Comparing today’s high-THC marijuana to the “weed” of the ‘60s is like comparing dynamite to a firecracker! 

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Jeff Minick: Puffery and flawed credentials are no substitute for an education

Today’s students receive degrees rather than a true education. And unfortunately, a large number of these students are unaware of the difference.

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Jason Davenport: Montgomery's violence programs are failing — and taxpayers are paying the price

Montgomery deserves better. And we, its citizens, must demand it.

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Joey Clark: Sex scandals and lies aside, here’s something I do know about Alabama’s John Merrill

Those who infamously fall from public grace may still possess some private grace all the same.

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Anna Barren: 'Anti-feminist' is not a synonym for weak and wimpy women

In the ongoing debate over feminism, let’s remember that feminine virtues are not confined to motherhood, nor are they inhibited by it either.

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Phil Williams: Freedom is contagious

Words matter. Actions speak. Freedom is contagious. 

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Allen Mendenhall: The Speech in the File Cabinet

Remembrance is not only about the past. It’s also about the values we carry forward: what we choose to see, what we decide to question, and how we recognize our place in the larger American story.

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Ashley Carter: Simple birthday parties, the best gift we can give our kids

What used to be a sweet, intimate celebration of life has turned into an over-the-top production full of pressure, cost, and sky-high expectations.

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Sean of the South: Confessions of a morning person

When I was a young man I was anti-morning-people. Morning people were insane. No longer.

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Jeff Minick: Good news for this year's graduates

Whatever your stage in the graduation process, here are three bits of advice from a slow learner to help you along your way, plus a piece of fantastic news you’ll never hear on CNN or FOX.  

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Jennifer Oliver O'Connell: Montgomery, Ala., and Montgomery County, Md. — Same battle, same day

Make no mistake: This Alabama Library War must be fought and won locally, or the decision may well be taken out of our hands.

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Mark Tapson: What Netflix's hit show 'Adolescence' gets wrong about toxic masculinity

"Adolescence" blames the manosphere for the knife crime of a young teen. But is the rise of screens and technology the real culprit?

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Charles Kiplinger: Montgomery’s latest attempt to undermine Alabama’s communities and due process

The North Central Alabama Republican Assembly (NCALRA) strongly opposes House Bill 498 (HB498), a dangerous overreach by Montgomery elites that threatens Alabama’s local schools, educators, and citizens’ rights.

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Laura Clark: The left’s plans for your child’s education

On April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor. As I listened to it, I realized this case reveals the left’s playbook for indoctrinating our children in the public-school arena.

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State Rep. Rex Reynolds: Statewide opioid plan positions Alabama to curb addiction, support recovery, and protect veterans

Our combined efforts and partnerships are positioning Alabama to overcome an epidemic that has claimed the lives of thousands and helping ensure that more do not suffer the same fate.

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House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter: The RAISE Act is a win for students, teachers, and school systems

Under the Renewing Alabama’s Investment in Student Excellence Act (RAISE Act), schools will receive additional funding based on the number of enrolled students in specific categories, such as low-income, special education, English language learners, gifted students, and those attending charter schools.

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Annie Holmquist: Teaching the ‘American Creed’ – not DEI – was the original goal for American schools

Powerful individuals like Randi Weingarten like to tell us that teaching diversity and acceptance is the be-all-end-all of education, and that things like American values will only disrupt such lessons. That may be true. But then, such lessons were never the original goal of schooling in America anyway.

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Allen Keller: Truth like Russian dolls

What are the things of God, and how are we to know when we see them?

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State Sen. Arthur Orr and State Rep. Neil Rafferty: Alabama is leading in portable benefits for today’s workforce

Portable benefits will remove barriers, spark job growth, and help more Alabamians take control of their future.

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Annie Holmquist: The cultural rebellion of parenting

Resist the spirit of the age, and you just may raise the leaders of the next generation.

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Col. John Eidsmoe and Mary Huffman: Reflections on Easter morrow

We need not fear death, because we know that, as Christ rose, we too will rise from the dead and, as believers, live eternally with Him. 

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Troy Carico: Reining in Judge Boasberg's judicial tyranny

U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg's audacious rulings against the Trump administration’s foreign policy are eviscerating the constitutional bedrock of our Republic.

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Sarah Wilder: Ballerina Farm, homesteading, and the revival of the family economy

There’s something about a son feeding and watering a chicken that the dad butchers and the mom cooks that’s about more than aesthetic farmhouse photos on Instagram. It’s about each member of the family having a direct stake in the economic collaboration of home life. 

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Joey Clark: The Alabama billion-dollar monument thought experiment

 If money and means were of no concern, how should the state of Alabama enshrine its history and the hopes for where its story might lead? 

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