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State Sen. Arthur Orr: Alabama working for efficient and lean state government

The recent national conversation around a federal "DOGE" – the Department of Government Efficiency – has sparked important conversations about streamlining government and reducing waste.

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Devin Foley: Roots of our insecurities

If everything is supposedly so great, why are so many of us so miserable?

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Allen Keller: The time has come for better media government

To the U.S. media, liberalism has been dealt a deathly blow by the facts of the California fires, a reality that forces them into a defensive posture.  

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Annie Holmquist: Boomer vs. millennial parenting styles – which generation is right?

Not long ago, a video circulated on social media highlighting the difference between the parenting styles of baby boomers and millennials. For the millennial mother, everything was about being gentle.

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Allen Mendenhall: The forecast that fizzled

Maybe, just maybe, the most precious snowflakes are the ones that never fall.

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Jeff Minick: Four simple ways to beat the 'Camel Hump' blues

With a full-blown case of the blues like this we’re not talking clinical depression. We’re talking about that sadness, that melancholy which descends without warning.

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U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville: Confirming Trump's nominees

Alabama voted overwhelmingly for Trump. When they voted on Nov. 5, they also voted for his team. As Alabama’s senator, you have my word that I will do everything in my power to get every one of Trump’s nominees confirmed so we can get to work.

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Joey Clark: I pray Gov. Kay Ivey doesn’t resign

Though I have often suspected the opposite will come to pass, I pray Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey doesn’t resign before her full term is up. 

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Thomas Govan: It's time for the U.S. Senate to pass the Laken Riley Act

The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody illegal aliens charged with or convicted of burglary, larceny or theft.

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Justice Gregory Cook: Alabama's new rules for court record privacy and confidentiality

In the holiday rush, you may have missed a new set of rules issued just before Christmas. 

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Devin Foley: Should a Christian be a foodie?

Does today’s foodie culture, with its exquisite tastes and picturesque plating, distract one from growing in virtue, from controlling the desires of the flesh?

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Phil Williams: What did you do with the children?

One of the greatest forms of stewardship that any culture can be measured against is found in the simple question: “What did you do with the children?”

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Annie Holmquist: Easy as a Sunday morning

Could taking our kids to church actually improve their academic standing?

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Martin Cothran: The 'look it up' fallacy

Our schools need to ditch the idea that technology can replace actual knowledge before they create a whole generation of functional and cultural illiterates.

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Sean Dietrich: A Birmingham angel

Her lowest point came when her ‘83 Toyota gave out. It was the day of her son’s 12th birthday. She had been picking up extra gigs lately so she could afford a birthday present for her boy.

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Kristin Landers: School Resource Officers make schools hard targets

It feels like we are living in insane times. Amid the madness, School Resource Officers are an invaluable resource in schools. In 2025, there is no reason for schools not to utilize them.

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Jeff Minick: Leadership 101 from two small town mayors

The best leaders love the people they serve.

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Carter Ashcraft: Sorry, Vivek, but nerdiness won't cure our culture

All too often, those in the conservative movement who emphasize free markets and entrepreneurship forgo the necessary cultural preconditions to that.

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Annie Holmquist: Want to make a difference in society? Start by reading a book.

If nothing else, we should read if only to prevent our society from going down the drain.

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Allen Mendenhall: Alabama needs the Classic Learning Test

Alabama stands poised to distinguish itself with the Classic Learning Test, or CLT, which offers a bold alternative to institutional stagnation.

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Devin Foley: What is 'Cultural Marxism'?

A simple explanation of the mentality driving much of the angst we see in today's society.

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Is gambling dead in Alabama? Don't bet on it!

There’s a good possibility gambling will be back when the 2025 legislative session opens in February.  

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Jeff Minick: My affair of the heart with 'the book lady,' Dolly Parton

When we share books with our children, we’re not only giving them wings. We’re giving them dreams as well.

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Joey Clark: The issue is never the issue in politics, especially not in Alabama

No matter how noble the issue or worthy the cause, politics cannot change man's nature nor take away his proclivity to wickedness.

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Annie Holmquist: Boy brains, girl brains. Yes, they’re really different.

If even our brains are biologically male and female, are we merely selling ourselves a line when we say that our sex is fluid and can be what ever we feel it should be?

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State Rep. Susan DuBose: School choice advances civil rights while providing a brighter future for our children

Several states across the country already have robust school choice programs that have been in place for years, and numerous studies have proven that public schools do not experience a mass exodus because of these programs.

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'Debbie Downer': RSA's Bronner blasts conservatives in intellectually lazy quest for solutions

It is not unusual for Alabama's highest-paid bureaucrat to use the Retirement Systems of Alabama's monthly newsletter, The Advisor, as a personal mouthpiece to spout off about his views on matters unrelated to RSA, and his January screed was no exception.

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