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Phil Williams: Bam! Baseball and politics collide and conservatives win

In a manner befitting some kind of epic movie script, the frustrations of this past year and a half came swirling together to form...

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Richard Simmons: Freedom vs. the Law

I lived during the tumultuous 1960s and am reminded of some of the similarities between the years 1968 and 2021. Martin Luther King...

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Caylah Coffeen: The party of love and tolerance is now the party of ... witchcraft?

Violence against conservatives is the hot new thing, even towards little children. A recent Twix ad dropped just in time for Halloween...

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Krissie Allen: Rescuing the art of argument

As a former attorney and English teacher, I love a good argument. It’s not because I enjoy controversy or simply exercising my wits....

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Matt Murphy: Sacrifice that should make you cry

It is a powerful place. Immense in size and emotion. When you see it for the first time, I’m betting you will think the same as me....

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Ray Melick: Lessons from Virginia for Alabama politicians

While conservatives and Republicans (which are not always the same thing, not even in Alabama) are celebrating the Republican Party...

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KCarl Smith: CRT teaches 'once a racist, always a racist'

This is part two of a three-part series on Critical Race Theory (CRT) to help you effectively dismantle its racist and anti-God assertions....

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Justin Bogie: Alabama, Auburn should not give in to vaccine mandates despite potential impact

On September 9, President Joe Biden issued a wide-ranging COVID-19 vaccination mandate that requires all federal employees, contractors,...

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Caleb Crosby: We must prevent government malpractice

You may have heard that George Washington – under the supervision of his three physicians – was bled in an attempt to alleviate a fever...

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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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