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Nuclear weapons are in a destructive category of their own. For example, if Iran targeted our State Capitol in Montgomery, Ala., with a crude nuclear weapon, the fireball at the center of the blast would vaporize everything for roughly three city blocks in each direction.

Until both progressives and neoconservatives are willing to confront that reality, the cycle will continue with more programs, wars and promises that the next intervention will finally succeed where all the others failed.

People do not get the death penalty because they did minor crimes. They get it for brutal and depraved murders of children, friends, relatives and strangers. It is in the state’s best interest to move these executions along. It is cruel to the victims’ families to wait 20+ years to see justice.

Real, lasting protection for unborn children requires federal action.

When we feel as if hope is lost and we are too exhausted to persevere, we must remember that we petition the one, true God who cannot be controlled by men and whose power raised Christ from the dead.

Good intentions get good photo ops, but the road to Hell is indeed paved extensively by them … at taxpayer expense.

Some say the ayatollah may torture his own people as much as he wants, provided he leaves the rest of us alone. But do we ever reach a point at which we must say, “Enough is enough”? 

The first major victory for the Continental Army occurred 250 years ago on March 17, 1776, when the British evacuated Boston. 

Consider the following two prayers. Which of the two more pervades the Christian world today? Which of the two best betrays the hidden intentions of your own heart?

The loss of property rights could start a chain reaction that quickly leads to the loss of other freedoms, and that is a road that no true patriot should ever want to travel.

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.