1819 News Opinion
Read the latest opinion piece from our opinion columnists at 1819 News.

For over a decade, the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI) has operated less like a voluntary survey and more like a protection racket with a glossy annual report. Companies submitted, complied and bragged about their LGBTQ-friendliness. The alternative – public shaming, activist investor pressure, reputational artillery – was too costly to contemplate. Then, rather suddenly, it wasn’t.

How much more ironic can it be that Alabama’s CAR increased between 2018 and 2024 statewide … yet our state superintendent of education boasts about having the nation’s lowest rate? The issue has not been solved; it has worsened.

It’s time to address the health care crisis in rural Alabama. Sending millions in higher insurance premiums to a few companies is not the answer.

A church’s role is not to serve political parties, but to speak clearly about moral truth. When political leaders support policies protecting liberty and justice, churches should be free to affirm those candidates.

“No telling what’s in those pipes,” the plumber said in a quiet, ominous voice, gazing into the treacherous blackness of the drain hole.

While we are appalled at the fraud in D.C. and Minnesota, we often fail to realize that such massive corruption always starts on a small scale. When bypassed or ignored, corruption spreads like kudzu.

I’ve worked to make sure Alabama producers have a seat at the table – whether that’s advocating for our peanut growers, pushing for strong disaster programs, or fighting for policies that protect family farms from excessive regulation.

Regulation cannot quietly appear simply because families participate in an education funding program. Yet the current narrative suggests otherwise – that homeschool families who accept education funds are somehow ushering in regulation or contributing to the loss of homeschooling freedom. That claim places an unfair burden on families who are simply trying to make the best educational decisions for their children.

Across the country, online public education has become an important option for parents. In Alabama, we have several options, including K12-powered academies: Alabama Destinations Career Academy, Alabama Virtual Academy, and Legends Virtual Academy.

[God] is not far from any of us. It might seem that way, for our efforts, including my own, tend to push Him away. But in the end, our efforts are puny compared to his enormous staying power.

Alabama needs a few legislators willing to stop fearing the cartel-like pressure inside that caucus, start their own conservative caucus built around the actual Republican platform, and finally say out loud what many have only been willing to whisper.

Dividing, dismembering and destroying our Alabama Republican Party from within simply opens the door for Democrats to snatch away our supermajority and stop our conservative reforms dead in their tracks.

We cannot prevent every tragedy. But we can build a system that gives every Alabamian – no matter where they live – the best possible chance when they dial 911.

As far as politics goes, public institutions should reflect the will of the people, as long as the people’s will serves the common good and respects the individual’s God-given liberty. Prayer should always be voluntary, never officially discouraged to silence.

We must stop this steal of our precious insurance and the premiums that have made BCBS successful. Please contact the Alabama Legislature to say no to SB247.

That is what regeneration actually looks like: not replacement, but incorporation. The old life held inside the new, spring holding winter in its memory even as it refuses to become it.

Eileen Gu will continue reaping the benefits of being an American while waving the flag of one of the world’s most immoral and repressive regimes. Every time Gu competes for China, her hypocrisy and lack of patriotism will be on full display. 

If Alabama lobbyists want to represent our enemies, they can hold their noses and do so. But legislators and taxpayers deserve to know who is pushing policy and whose interests are truly at stake.

Unfortunately, there are obvious parallels between the Chinese Communist Cultural Revolution and the past two decades in America. But luckily, we didn’t suffer as much as the Chinese because our representative republic held together, continuing to reject the cultural Marxism peddled by modern Democrats.

Don’t shoot the messenger. But in America, one third of children have never handwritten a letter.

If Alabama taxpayers invest approximately $15,000 per child, who should decide how that investment is used? If we believe parents have the primary right to direct the education of their child, should funding reflect that belief?

Based on how yesterday went, I believe my initial impression was wrong and that the University of Montevallo meant what they said because they went to extraordinary lengths to secure the campus so the event could continue.

The policies allowing schools to transition children without telling parents are almost over. They’re about to be deader than disco. Things aren’t there yet, but based on this opinion, we have every reason to believe they will be.

The recent conversation between Carlson and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee may be the best example of Carlson opening a door to many who don’t know much about Huckabee and his personal convictions.

May the young women in America learn from their toxic elder sisters and avoid their paths. Refuse to bend the knee to progressivism. Study history. Reject socialism. Find a nice young man to marry. Start a family. Go back to church. Build a happier future than liberalism will ever provide. 

The “heckler’s veto” is a legal term for allowing a hostile crowd to shout down a speaker or, by threatening violence, cause authorities to shut down a speaker to keep the peace.

A closed primary isn’t some fancy political theory cooked up in Montgomery. It’s common sense: Republicans ought to choose Republican nominees. Period.