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veteran Alabama News
Pete Riehm: A slap in the face to veterans — Why is Ivey targeting the one state official doing a good job and pleasing his constituents?

The need for substance abuse treatment far outpaces available services, and the homeless crisis is driven by too many poor souls in desperate need of unavailable mental healthcare. Military Veterans are more acutely affected.

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Phil Williams: Suicide of a society

Musk is right: Anything less than freedom of speech is the beginning of the suicide of a society.

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Ashley Carter: A voice from 1863

Please don’t let this voice from so many years ago be lost in vain. We still have time, and we can still make a difference!

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Sean of the South: A trip down AI lane

But now they’ve taken things to a new level. When my brother-in-law told me you could have a realistic, vocal conversation with ChatGPT, I had to experience this for myself. So I downloaded the app.

Bama LSU Alabama News
Carter Ashcraft: How Alabama should mimic Louisiana

Visiting Louisiana, two things struck me: I found that they focus a lot of their attention on local, seemingly unimportant politics, while their Christ-following community is far bolder and more consistently devoted than my experience in Alabama, generally speaking.

DEI, diversity equity inclusion Alabama News
Laura Clark: Diversity and Equity, but who’s Included?

Society cannot continue in DEI. It will only end in an endless cycle of oppression. Instead, we must push for merit.

christian cross Alabama News
Allen Keller: Richard Dawkins and the Death of the West

Christianity has outlasted all temporal societies and is likely to do so still. Put another way, if our way of life is to continue in any way resembling what it has been to this point, we must not cast aside our central, most dominant characteristic.

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Allen Harris: What difficult co-workers can teach us about election season

I learned an important workforce lesson when I was around 30 years old – a lesson that, oddly enough, speaks volumes as we approach election season.

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Decalogue principle – respect for property

Property is an extension of the person; we use property for self-expression, for creativity and for productivity. And property in the hands of private individuals is a bulwark against tyranny. If the government owns all property, it makes resistance nearly impossible. 

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State Sen. Chris Elliott: A free-market solution has solved Alabama’s rural broadband challenge — That’s OK

Alabama's leaders have made broadband access a top priority, and together, we have invested significant resources to achieve this goal. 

gold star family Alabama News
Joey Clark: What Gold Star families had to say about Kamala's mean tweet

While many Americans were enjoying the season’s first college football Saturday or otherwise taking time off for the holiday, the politics of the presidential race continued to rage online.

Constitution Alabama News
Justice Will Sellers: Our foundations for freedom

Our Constitution, revered by many, detested by some, and imitated worldwide, has stood the test of time. Even with disputes about its meaning and debates about its interpretation, its framework for government still works.

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Phil Williams: Standing on the wall

Freedom is one of the greatest gifts ever given and something of which many nations and peoples only dream.

Robert Aderholt Border Illegal Crossing Alabama News
U.S. Rep. Aderholt: Alabama leaders join forces to address migrant influx caused by Democrats' open-border policies

There is no doubt that Washington has struggled to get a handle on illegal immigration. My Republican colleagues and I want to secure the border, stop the flow of illegal immigrants, put the gangs, the cartels and the human traffickers out of business, and deport those who should not be here.

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KCarl Smith: A response to John Legend's remarks at the Democratic National Convention

John Legend's sweeping generalization about an entire group of people based on their political beliefs is itself a form of prejudice, which is a key component of racism.

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Sean of the South: Grateful for fake fall

The weather is great. Meteorologists call it “fake fall,” when summer weather, for whatever reason, undergoes what the local weatherman called an “identity crisis.”

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Jennifer Oliver O’Connell: Don’t California my Alabama

Just like other red states across the nation, and without our invitation, Alabama has become a border state.

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Ashley Carter: Roll Tide forever

There’s something magical about Saturdays in the fall when you’re in Tuscaloosa, Ala. For me, however, this experience is not just about the game.

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Kaitlyn Smith: The ever-increasing importance of pregnancy resource centers

Pregnancy resource centers are places of hope and healing. Safe places, if you will, where all life is precious, regardless of how a child was conceived.

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Kristin Landers: Christian women, rise up!

To say this presidential election will shape the future for our children is not an embellishment. You may not like either candidate. That’s OK. You just need to be awake regarding the facts. The time to engage is now before it’s too late.

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John Wahl: In defense of our republic

As a constitutional republic, we are far better equipped to defend individual liberties and ensure that government remains a servant of the people, not the other way around.

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Decalogue principle – respect for life

What’s wrong with murder? It destroys a person who was created in the image of God and is therefore of infinite value.

RFK Alabama News
Carter Ashcraft: Will RFK help Trump retake the 2024 presidential race?

On Friday, independent candidate for president Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK) announced he would drop out of the race and endorse Donald Trump for the high office. The move is widely understood to substantially help Trump’s campaign.

RFK Alabama News
Joey Clark: The corporate press has no clothes

If you want to know who is in charge, simply look for who benefits the most from prevailing double standards – especially those beneficiaries who reap their reward without hint of embarrassment, guilt or shame – even after being found out. 

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Phil Williams: The Communist States of America

Communism stifles joy, crushes the human spirit, and abolishes benevolence. You are happy when the state tells you to be happy, you must think like the collective, and there is no reason to give unto others because the state will do that for you.

DNC, Kamala Harris Alabama News
Ashley Carter: Undermining the family and celebrating the culture of convenience at the DNC

A vote is not a valentine, you aren't confessing your love for the candidate. It's a chess move for the world you want to live in, and some of us need to brush up on our skills in playing the game!

school choice Alabama News
Dr. Daniel Sutter: School choice and the future

School choice is a game-changer, and universal school choice should boost learning, improve the quality of our workforce, and reduce inequality.

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