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Stephanie Holden Smith: Stop looking for safe; start looking for truth

I’m so tired of the term “safe”. We’ve been inundated with it for over two years now, maybe more. Safe spaces where no one can possibly...

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Readers React: On Maxine Waters, CRT and COVID vaccines

Our readers react to recent stories or current events:  Darel Edward Veal of Hazel Green read our story, “U.S. Rep. Waters decries...

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Phil Williams: Doctors, lawyers, and undertakers

I have this theory I formed based upon years of not-so-scientific observation: I postulate that doctors, lawyers and undertakers will...

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Richard Simmons: God's signposts

Renowned philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas believed and taught that God has left his imprint on life and on the world in which...

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Andrea Tice: That’s some bold-face Balderdash, ‘Govna’

What a shame there is no such thing as political perjury charges for candidates in an election year. The potential threat of handcuffs...

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Caylah Coffeen: Who should we vote for?

I still haven’t decided who I’m going to vote for in the Senate and governor races. Many of my peers are also undecided and, overall,...

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KCarl Smith: My political awakening

This is Part 2 of a two-part series regarding my political awakening. Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) on Civil Rights In the majority of history...

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Justin Bogie: Legislators called it 'best session' in years; Alabamians left wondering why

Less than two weeks ago, Alabama’s 2022 Regular Legislative Session ended. There will be at least one special session later this year...

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Amie Beth Shaver: The link between COVID vaccine and fetal cells

Did you know that aborted fetal cells are used to create vaccines? Most recently, aborted children, tissue and cells were used to create...

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Stephanie Holden Smith: Rather than record tax-spending, why not try record tax cutting?

A Democrat friend of mine asked me one time, “Why are Republicans obsessed with tax cuts?”  My characteristically blunt response, drawn...

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Joey Clark: I, too, am an Epicurean

I had been watching and reading too much of the news cycle; my mind was a cracked and scrambled egg. So, I picked up a very old book...

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Phil Williams: God shows up

While celebrating the Easter season, I found myself reflecting on how many ways and means that God has chosen to intervene in my circumstances....

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Letters to the Editor

Wesley Rutherford of Decatur had this to say about the discussion of suspending Alabama’s gas tax:“I think what would be of greater...

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Daniel Sutter: Taxes and business in Alabama

Many of Alabama’s elected officials profess opposition to socialism in campaign ads. Opponents of socialism presumably embrace capitalism....

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Sean of the South: Hush now!

I’m 5 years old. On Mama’s stove is a steaming stockpot, filling the world with the essence of chicken and dumplings. I’m watching...

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Guest Editorial: Tim James said what we're all thinking

Of the many politicians I’ve met and interviewed this election season, candidate for Alabama Governor Tim James is among the few that...

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Richard Simmons: Step into the light

I am of the opinion if you can get a religious skeptic to look seriously and with an open mind at the evidence for the resurrection...

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Caylah Coffeen: Elon Musk bid for Twitter could be a game-changer for conservatives

A couple weeks ago Elon Musk announced that he now holds 9.2% of Twitter’s stock, making him the company’s largest shareholder. He...

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Lindy Blanchard: Another session gone– and where was Kay?

Another legislative session has come and gone, and it’s time to see what was accomplished and what was left undone. It will be a while,...

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Justin Bogie: Don’t let 2022 candidates distract you with shiny objects

The 2022 Regular Legislative Session was “historic.” Historically bad. Lawmakers started the session with a $1.5 billion revenue surplus....

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KCarl Smith: Looking at my life backward

This is Part 1 of a two-part series regarding one aspect of my political awakening. I know I was born Black, but I also thought I was...

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Amie Beth Shaver: Planned Parenthood legacy

“There is only one thing I would like to be in touch with you about: the Negro Project of the South…We do not want word to go out that...

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Rep. Terri Collins: Legislature passes bills to improve public education outcomes

Often lost among the more provocative and controversial bills that generate headlines and hullabaloo during legislative sessions are...

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Krissie Allen: Reflections on the meaning of 'woman'

As a Christian woman, I’ve always believed in a biblical worldview on the creation of man and woman, namely that God created man and...

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Joey Clark: Before Trump dropped Mo, here's what Britt, Durant said about 2020 election

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her; If you can bounce high, bounce for her too, Till she cry "Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing...

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Stephanie Holden Smith: CRT 'discussions' are less about hearts, more about system and structure

There is a new cult-like movement in town, and though its leadership is as radical as the usual suspects, it has nothing to do with...

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Phil Williams: A fight worth having

I’ve got a friend who recently found out that he and his wife are having their seventh child. Seven! Charlene and I just had two which...

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