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Amie Beth Shaver: Using social media is using addictive behavior

My dad carried it as he strolled into my high school gym. It was basketball season. 1987 perhaps. I watched him and wondered, what...

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Chad Mathis: Vaccine mandates are not the solution

Well, it seems that we have finally reached the point in the pandemic everyone was dreading: President Biden has issued a vaccine mandate....

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Matt Murphy: Knowing the difference between 'could' and 'should' in government and private business

On the occasion I am asked what I do for a living, I’ve developed a pithy answer which gives me immense pleasure and normally results...

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Bryan Dawson: The power and necessity of storytelling

One of the greatest quotes I have heard as it pertains to the power of storytelling and the dangers of neglecting it came from a mentor...

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Phil Williams: Hey, Alabama legislature - why would you not?

  Have you ever been in one of those “no-lose” situations? We’ve all seen the “no-win” situations, but sometimes the stars align and...

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Richard Simmons: The line separating good and evil

On September 11, we reflected and remembered the anniversary of the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The attacks killed 2,977...

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Caylah Coffeen: It’s the digital French Revolution, and cancel culture is the guillotine

What’s Generation Z been up to lately? Here’s a wacko story for you: A student from the infamously liberal Oberlin College has written...

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Tim James: Auburn administration in contempt of the Rule of Law and the people of Alabama

This week, the governor issued an executive order that state agencies may not mandate any vaccine for Alabama citizens or aid in processing...

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Krissie Allen: A time for dirty school leadership

When I entered the teaching profession after a short stint practicing law, the first principal I ever worked for surprised me. Even...

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KCarl Smith: Creating racial hate and tension

This is part 1 of a 3-part series on Critical Race Theory (CRT). To help you effectively dismantle the racist and anti-God assertions...

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Matt Clark: The Judiciary, where Biden's vaccine mandates will go to die

Last week, I had the honor of attending a Heritage Foundation event honoring Justice Clarence Thomas on his 30th anniversary of joining...

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Amie Beth Shaver: Living in COVID land

Houston, we have a problem. Rather than acknowledge the massive protests against vaccine passports in France, Italy, and the UK; rather...

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Matt Murphy: Afraid of Kay Ivey? Why?

Why does everybody seem so afraid of Kay Ivey? I mean this question seriously. Has anyone else noticed a suspicious absence of elected...

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Phil Williams: The legislative tightrope

I heard the story once of a famous tightrope walker who strung a line across Niagara Falls. The crowd watched expectantly and fearfully...

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Richard E. Simmons: What has happened to Harvard?

Back in August of this year, Harvard announced that they had hired a new chaplain who happens to be an atheist. That does not seem...

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Matt Murphy: They tell us we're unhappy. Don't believe them

Given that I talk on the radio for a living, you might imagine I get my fair share of emails. Boy oh boy, do I get some doozies. Some...

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KCarl Smith: How to Defeat the Left’s Anti-God and Anti-Liberty Agenda

In 2013, RedState described me as, “… one of the most influential people in America you have never heard of…until now. Most certainly,...

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Krissie Allen: The Last Hope for Public Education

There is a Tennessee Williams quote that haunts me whenever the world feels upside down: “Mendacity is a system that we live in … Liquor...

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Amie Beth Shaver: Where Did I Go?

It woke me up. That tremendous sense of self-loathing. Why would you even try this? Who do you think you are? You're much too old for...

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Will Sellers: Churchill, the perpetual winner

In the blood sport of electoral politics losers are forgotten and rarely rewarded; in British politics even winners experiencing their...

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Matt Murphy: Alabama is a conservative state … sorta. Kinda. Hmmm

I have had the privilege of talking and living with the incredible people of Alabama since 1999. I came to the state sort of by accident,...

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Ray Melick: A return to honest journalism

There is an old saying that every old journalist knows that goes, "Get it first, but first get it right." That saying summed up the...

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Phil Williams: Start with freedom

I’m a conservative. But what is that? It is very common to have a true belief that is rooted deep in your core: like the fact that...

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Bryan Dawson: The problem and solution are hidden in plain sight; Why 1819 News was created

If you are anything like me, you have never paid that much attention to state level politics.   That changed for me recently after...

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Attorney General Steve Marshall: Sgt. Risner and the Costliness of 'Reform'

With the death of Sergeant Nick Risner, our state has lost 10 law enforcement officers in ten months and twenty-four officers in five...

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