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Our society is rapidly declining because our souls have decayed. It is only through family and education that future souls can be restored to their potential glory.

It seems that ALFA is about giving citizens, particularly our hardworking farmers, not only a choice in healthcare, but other options that give them a greater capacity to obtain quality health care.

Give your children a nudge toward the past, and you may find them off on a lifelong love affair with the American story. 

If Alabama conservatives want to show they're serious about liberty, public safety, and responsible governance, they should be scaling up real enforcement capacity – not scoring hollow points with redundant laws.

Unlike other social-emotional learning (SEL) or character education programs that undermine parental authority and even consider parents roadblocks, P2 embraces parental involvement.

Children give people a different perspective on life. Yes, they’re messy, loud and needy … but they also help us as adults to think more long-term, grow less selfish, and even ponder God and His ways.

If you spend any time in the woods, you’ve likely heard the three letters no hunter or deer farmer wants to see: CWD.

It’s a huge undertaking the current administration is tackling. But I take comfort in the fact that, barring some kind of fundamental change, the path we’ve been on is unsustainable. So, in the end, for me at least, it comes down to one thing: Does someone have a better idea?   

In today’s world, energy is far more than just a utility – it’s a critical cornerstone of national security, economic vitality, and independence on the global stage.

April 9 marks the 160th anniversary of the end of the Civil War, but practically no one is talking about it. The Civil War has been banished, exiled – practically erased from cultural memory today.

Second Chance Month is a reminder that with the right support, individuals leaving incarceration can thrive and make lasting contributions to their communities.

The Trump Express is full steam ahead, and it’s hauling a payload of American pride, economic muscle, and unapologetic strength.

Whether by facilitating trade deals, fostering diplomatic relationships, or promoting American values abroad, international engagement is essential for keeping our state’s industries competitive on the global stage. 

The shelves that many of us roamed as children no longer contain wholesome stories; instead, they often contain pornographic and sexual deviant material that many teachers, librarians, and public figures think children should have the right to see.

Right as the storm of change thunders on the horizon, and right as Alabama is actually ahead of the curve on a good idea, Ledbetter wants the government’s cut of workers’ wages back. 

You can’t truly love what you don’t know. Ignorance of the American past means that patriotism, the love for one’s country, will disappear, which in turn transforms that country into a hollow shell of its former self.

We want to ensure that Alabama’s libraries remain welcoming spaces for all families – and not just one side of this debate.

Jaded by the political wokisms he personally endured, Hegseth immediately set about revising standards, returning the Department of Defense to an era of personal and corporate discipline.

Culture is now cannibalistic, feeding on itself.

With more than 39% of Alabamians living with obesity, our state leads the nation in a category no one wants to top.

Why are high-ranking government officials using the Signal app to discuss sensitive military engagement plans in the first place?

In the grand scheme of things, these simple gestures don’t take that long to teach our children – at least, if we continually model them to the little eyes watching us.

Five years ago I was in Huntsville when the world shut down. Five years.

Our legislators would be well-advised to advance SB248, which represents a reassertion of constitutional principles that have become attenuated through decades of bureaucratic accretion.

Men were once criticized for upside-down priorities, for putting career and advancement ahead of their wives and families. In copycatting them, these liberal women have taken an extra step and eradicated husbands and children altogether. 

Two hundred years ago, the Marquis de Lafayette spent nine days in Alabama traveling across the midwestern portion of the state from Georgia to Montgomery, then to Selma, the Capitol at Cahawba, and downriver to Mobile. 

Gov. Kay Ivey is beating the anti-China drum loudly and acting tough by raising more hell than 20 Baptist ministers at a tent revival prayer meeting.