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Joey Clark: It was never just ‘Whitey on the Moon’

It was never just whitey on the moon. The efforts of the Apollo space program helped clear the way for all to join in the impossible dream of becoming a spacefaring species by braving the unknown.  

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Phil Williams: Day of Days

D-Day. The day they saved the world.

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Charles Kiplinger: Grassroots groups rise up in prayer for our nation

Additional prayer vigils are planned throughout the North Central Alabama area this summer.

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Ashley Carter: Watching our grandson learn to raise chickens

Being able to watch Parker learn to raise chickens has been a joyous journey filled with laughter, learning, lots of patience and much love.

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Sean of the South: Little sister

My sister and I grew up hard. It wasn’t the kind of childhood depicted in Hallmark Channel movies.

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State Auditor Sorrell: I was debanked for political reasons — That shouldn't happen to anyone in Alabama

Over the past few years, there has been an uptick in politicized “debanking,” a tactic that the activist Wall Street crowd uses to harass, silence or blacklist individuals and organizations that don’t align with their narrow woke political agenda.

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Jennifer Oliver O’Connell: Marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day and wondering whether the current generation is capable of such greatness

The international commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion occurred in France on June 6.

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Nick Treglia: The anti-foreigner sentiment sweeping the younger generation

The West is in for a major political and cultural shift spurred by policies insisted upon by Germany, the U.S., and others.

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Rick Manning: Sue New York — An open letter to state attorneys general

State Attorneys General have a duty to sue the city and state of New York, which rewrote federal election and state business records law to interfere with the 2024 election.

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Allen Keller: George Soros and January 6 – why some think the system is rigged

Soros is a nuisance, and it’s an abomination to free thought that he has managed to portray himself otherwise.

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Gerrick Wilkins: Why this RNC delegate proudly supports President Donald Trump

I believe this election is not just another political contest; it is a battle for the soul of our nation.

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Talmadge Butts: Is President Trump's conviction constitutional?

On May 30th, a New York jury found President Trump guilty of 34 felony counts of falsification of business records in the first degree. What does this mean?

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Rebecca Watson: GOD showed up for Gay Pride!

The June 1st Gay Pride event was canceled due to an act of God.

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Will Sellers: The Magna Carta's constitutional tradition

While not perfect by any means, the Magna Carta was the first example of a bloodless revolution in which the rule of law and rights in contracts lead to the advancement of civilization and the beginning of constitutional government. 

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Joey Clark: Democracy ain't what you think

Were the idea of democracy not so charming the task of persuading my fellow Americans of its absurdity would be much easier.

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Paul DeMarco: Alabama leaders should advance public safety legislation to address state’s plague of violent crime

Now is the time to act to ensure that public safety is the number one priority of Alabama's public officials.

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Apryl Marie Fogel: Lawyers walk back testimony from Hoover City Councilman John Lyda on contested CON project

The ongoing hearing in Hoover over a contested facility has given a fascinating look into far more than the proposed facility itself — the Riverchase Surgery and Diagnostics Center.

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Phil Williams: When all is done – stand

The Trump verdict is in and many of us believe it was a travesty. How we handle the moment will be telling.

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Conner Hayes: The men who murdered Birmingham-Southern College, part II

Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) needed money to fund its expensive capital projects, ornamenting its gated “hilltop in the hood,” as some occasionally called it. 

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KCarl Smith: Forging freedom through the Three-Fifths Clause of the Constitution

The Clause, by counting each enslaved individual as three-fifths of a person, reduced the overall representation of the slave states compared to counting them as full individuals. It did not give the slave states a huge pro-slavery majority in Congress. 

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Conner Hayes: The men who murdered Birmingham-Southern College, part I

BSC was pronounced dead and DNR (do-not-resuscitate) over the last several years by an Alabama Legislature largely unsympathetic to its plight. But we only see the tip of the iceberg.

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Sean of the South: Old trucks and young men

I know too many who believe this world has already landed in the outhouse. I know too many who think love is an elaborate myth. Well. I believe these people are dead wrong.

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Amie Beth Shaver: The link between fatherlessness and crime … whether we like it or not

Whether we like it or not, the issue remains: violence and fatherlessness are connected.  

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Jim Zeigler: Gauging how the Trump guilty verdict affects presidential election   

A national poll of voters is not an indication of how the presidential election is looking. Only swing states make the difference.

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Sound Money Defense League: Alabama abolishes income taxes on gold and silver

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill recently removing all income taxes on capital gains from the sale of gold and silver, enabling the state to take an important step forward in reinforcing sound money principles. 

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Happy Birthday, Patrick Henry!

Patrick Henry was one of the greatest orators in American history, but he was so much more. His principled, Scripture-based defense of liberty marks him as one of the greatest Christian statesmen of all time. 

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Joey Clark: The Tyrant, the Dog and the piles of history

Though man cannot be reduced to the literal facts, certain facts do have a way of bringing all men down to earth no matter their station. 

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