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Just because someone points out the problems with a school doesn't mean that person hates the students and teachers.

Rather than reveal that some third-grade students had “fallen through the cracks,” State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Mackey euphemistically portrayed these students’ situation as “on the bubble.” 

JD Vance's recent resurrection of Robert E. Lee brings this national hero's virtues to the forefront once again.

I wonder if we Americans couldn’t put aside our disagreements for a moment, and agree on a few things we love. 

Country music, at its best, is a form of cultural memory – a way of preserving stories and struggles, a testament to the places and people often overlooked by the mainstream. But memory is fragile, and once lost, it is difficult to recover.

Let’s not kid ourselves – any fee imposed by the government is a tax.

While the ballot box has its season and the campaign trail its purpose, there remains this other, quieter necessity: the patient cultivation of ideas, like gardeners tending delicate shoots that may not flower for years.

The issue of parental rights is one of the greatest of our political time, for the line between the duties of the state and the duties of parents in relation to children is increasingly blurred.

Amid lawmaker shoutouts and multiple mentions of the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Gov. Kay Ivey made a peculiar declaration during her State of the State address on Tuesday.

Yes, closing the Department of Education may present some challenges. But if it helps us rediscover that parents are some of the best teachers children have, then the children of our nation may be a whole lot better off than they have been in recent decades.

In a politically charged season, Auburn basketball has lightened the mood in our home since November.

If the father is the natural intermediary between the child and the world as a result of the biological differences between the mother and the father, then that is not a role to toss aside lightly.

Our new president is not known for humility, but possibly that’s because he doesn’t hide his pride as well as some do. Sometimes, what passes for humility is just well-disguised pride.

Regardless of whether you agree with Vance politically, it’s admittedly refreshing to see a political leader display such humility. We need more of that.

That is where too much sympathy leads: the wide world turned into a bucket of crabs. Too much pity for another’s misfortune can sully all other fortunes to feel in vain.

In a world in which parental rights are increasingly challenged and family structures are frayed, it is imperative that we recalibrate our priorities to put children and their needs first. 

Churches, coaches, mentors, teachers, extended family and friends: all can help children grow in virtue and avoid falling prey to our toxic culture. But mom and dad are the chief educators of their children.

Thatcher started a movement of limited government, freedom of the individual, and private ownership. Fifty years later, the recipe still works with the right cook in the kitchen. 

Have they read the room? Do they see the national mandate for a restoration of values? Are they aware of the strength of their position? The Republican supermajority in Alabama can pass anything they want.

Trump’s deportation policies are a necessary step toward maintaining order and ensuring that America remains a land of opportunity for those who respect its laws.

If you don’t want your donations to be used to perpetuate this “woke” agenda, pull your funding. Let universities know that you are no longer willing to support an education system that prioritizes identity politics over academic excellence.

America appears to have experienced a regime change from criminality to competence. But many would agree our culture is still in crisis.

How our intellect, imagination and external senses work together to form our thoughts.

I’m a big fan of physical newspapers. Even though they aren’t en vogue anymore, you can usually find one at the supermarket.  

National media seems to love insulting Southern states. Margaret Brennan, moderator of CBS News’ “Face the Nation,” is the most recent offender.

It’s not often that an innovative idea originates in Alabama and then gets adopted around the nation, but that very thing happened recently, receiving some national coverage. 

In this 21st century, and particularly in the last five or six years, we have all witnessed the dire consequences that occur when government becomes a master rather than a servant.