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Religion stands above the culture, but it also permeates the culture. Students whose education is devoid of any kind of religious instruction emerge from school with an unbalanced, one-sided worldview.

In Alabama, we believe in limited government, but we also believe in giving parents the tools they need to protect their children.

The House Republican plan would cut taxes less than simply retaining the overtime tax elimination and would retain a minimum of a $1.5 billion surplus in state budgets. 

If a large portion of Americans don’t even know the details of the one thing that unites them, how long do we expect unity to last?

Not only does NASA continue to play an important role in present and future crewed missions, but SpaceX may have never gotten off the ground with astronauts at the helm, if not for one man – President Barack Obama. 

There are many ways of dying, and one of them is feeling alone and alienated from others. The only cure for that condition is us.   

Et tu, Gov. Ivey? I thought Republicans respected the U.S. Constitution, particularly the First Amendment. 

It is time to adopt commonsense honest election protections that work because Alabama cannot afford to shortchange its democracy.

Liberals always seem surprised when patriotism is popular and liberty is loved. Faith, family and freedom will always be themes that red-blooded everyday folks will pay good money to enjoy.

To put it simply, Russell Medical Center is losing money, and they are not alone. Of the hospitals in Alabama, 71% are losing money each year.

If parents have given their children the tools to make wise financial decisions, then they must also step back and resist the temptation to bail them out when they make poor ones.

Frederick Douglass is commonly known merely as the black man who escaped slavery. This perspective overlooks his brilliance as a thinker, his powerful advocacy for freedom and his influence as a statesman.

He was maybe 11. Twelve at the most. He was in the supermarket. He had his little sister balanced on his hip. You don’t often see boys carrying toddlers out in public.

The problem is not the dollars, it’s the utilization of the dollars.

As a nation of immigrants, if race and ethnicity don’t bind us together, what does?

In Alabama, the Republican establishment seems determined to cling to the old ways. Case in point: the unfolding special election in Cullman County’s House District 11, where a suspicious chain of events suggests the GOP elite might be stacking the deck.

There’s a place for everyone on this work crew rehabbing the house of Western civilization.

An investment in our charter schools is an investment in Alabama’s future.

The victories will fade into data and figures, but the echoes of these moments – the flashes of brilliance, camaraderie, and fight – will live on in the hearts of those who watched and cheered, who, years from now, will tell their own grandchildren stories of this unique team. War Eagle! 

What then, is the real fix, the formula for building a decent society? Kirk names the following four things: religious instruction, family life, private responsibilities, rewards for good character.

The Alabama Republican Party stands strong for tax cuts. We will keep fighting to ensure that every Alabamian – whether a small business owner, a hardworking family member, or a retired citizen – can thrive in a state that values liberty, hard work, and fiscal responsibility.

I know this: our debt is over $36 trillion, and, going by last year’s numbers, growing at the rate of nearly $2.5 trillion a year. And, as far as I can tell, there is no other real option on the table than the one the current administration has to handle this.

Are our cities truly beautiful, places where artists set up their easels to capture a beautiful building or skyline with architecture so magnificent that it moves one? Not necessarily, and that’s a tragedy, for beautiful buildings are places which awe, inspire, calm, and bring a sense of repose to our lives.

We are officially over 50 days into the Trump 2.0 White House, and I can confidently say the Swamp is draining more and more by the second.

Alabama Sens. Arthur Orr and Donnie Chesteen are rendering a great service to our state in offering SB 85, a bill providing exemptions for students and their parents who hold religious objections to vaccination.

The right labor performed in the right spirit becomes a form of worship.

When a customer swipes, inserts or taps a credit card at a store in Alabama, the small business is charged a fee that amounts to between two and four percent of the transaction amount – a total that includes more than just the cost of the item.