Rise to the Moment of Truth Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Tag: FAMILIES

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Emily Jones: I've seen what addiction does — Alabama shouldn't legalize gambling

Alabama doesn’t need gambling. We shouldn’t legalize another addiction just because someone found a way to profit from it. And if we do, we won’t just be funding government – we’ll be funding the slow breakdown of the very families we claim to protect.

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Allen Mendenhall: API's Christmas wish list

One suspects that special interests – the defenders of CON laws, the education establishment, the AHSAA – will prove less accommodating than Kris Kringle. But then, serious policy reform was never supposed to be easy. It requires not the magic of Christmas morning, but the harder work of persuasion, legislation, and sustained political will. 

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Annie Holmquist: 3 ways to help children thrive once the Department of Education closes

Yes, closing the Department of Education may present some challenges. But if it helps us rediscover that parents are some of the best teachers children have, then the children of our nation may be a whole lot better off than they have been in recent decades.

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Vicki Self Bailey: Katie Britt is a champion for moms, families

Fresh off Mother’s Day, one Alabama mom has earned a special shoutout – our own U.S. Sen. Katie Britt.

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Laura Clark: The broken system of DHR

It’s time to take a hard look at DHR and its policies. Alabama has a wonderful history of protecting families. This is just one necessary step to keep our families strong.

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Ashley Carter: Restoring the importance of religion in our nation

We talk today about moral decline, but we forget that we are actively removing God from our homes, our schools, and the political world.

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Allen Keller: Of quarterbacks and nations

Even though a quarterback is only 1/11th of an offense, the necessity of the position and what he brings to the overall system is so much more than this.

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Supreme Court of Alabama hears cases involving embryos destroyed at Mobile Infirmary

The Supreme Court of Alabama heard the consolidated cases of three families seeking compensation after they claim a patient at Mobile Infirmary destroyed their embryos.