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Justice Will Sellers: The Swedish Revolution

Will Sellers -
Prior to the American Revolution and more than a decade before the French Revolution, there was the Swedish Revolution, which marks its 250th anniversary...

Guest: I literally don’t know what you’re talking about

Daniel Taylor -
“Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo” is a perfectly fine, grammatically correct English sentence describing how some New York bison intimidate others. But...

Carl: The Biden administration is bullying our kids

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Alabama has more than 100,000 low-income kids across the state who depend on free or reduced-priced breakfasts and lunches at school (there are more...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Is this a recession?

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Inflation-adjusted (real) GDP dipped 0.9% in the second quarter (Q2) after declining 1.6% in the first quarter, igniting debate over whether we are in...

Sunday Reflections: When Hollywood comes to town

Michael J. Brooks -
During our years in Selma, Ala., two movie production crews came to the city. The first was the crew of “Blue Sky,” who filmed at...

Barry Moore: It’s time for Washington to listen to the American people, not political consultants

U.S. Rep. Barry Moore -
You won’t hear it in White House press room propaganda, but America is on a collision course with disaster. Inflation, fueled by “stimulus” packages like...

Terry Lathan: Coming together for the U.S. Senate race delivers a win for Alabama and America

Terry Lathan -
As the primary election season is cooling down, the general election is heating up. There is much at stake in November for our state...

Carl: Why I voted against the Democrats’ gun grab

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Several weeks ago, I shared some of my thoughts about the gun control debate. There’s no doubt we have a real problem in this...

Beth Chapman: Was ‘justice’ really served?

Beth Chapman -
I’ll take the names out of it so it’s not so personal. Last week the state executed a man who killed his ex-girlfriend in...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: In defense of fossil fuels

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Governments are promising to end fossil fuel use by 2050 or sooner. Fossil Future by Alex Epstein, founder of the Center for Industrial Progress,...

Sunday Reflections: A bag with holes

Michael J. Brooks -
Best-selling author James Patterson in his new autobiography told about being on the “Oprah” show in Chicago. He and his co-writer came to promote...

Flowers: 1962 governor’s race

Steve Flowers -
It is hard to believe it has been 60 years since George Wallace’s first victorious race for governor. Let’s go down memory lane and...

Beth Chapman: Disability Pride Month

Beth Chapman -
July is Disability Pride Month. It’s been 32 years since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed to prohibit discrimination against people with...

Alabama big 10 mayors: Aniah’s Law is key to preventing future tragedies

Alabama Big 10 Mayors -
Violent criminals should be incarcerated, not walking free in our communities and on our streets. Unfortunately, that is the case in our state all...

Carl: Biden’s immigration crisis continues

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported 207,416 migrant encounters at our southern border last month, which makes it the worst June...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Back to normal for the FDA

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Operation Warp Speed demonstrated that vaccine development need not occur on a decadal time scale. Americans got vaccines in less than 12 months because...

Sunday Reflections: Is compromise always a bad thing?

Michael J. Brooks -
I found former Congressman John Boehner’s new book at our library and finished it a few weeks ago. It was interesting to learn more...

Steve Flowers: State legislature will remain super majority Republican

Steve Flowers -
The Alabama Legislature will remain super majority Republican for the next quadrennium. As the dust settles from the May/June party primaries, there have been...

Birmingham City Councilman Hunter Williams: Those 11 days in July changed us forever

Hunter Williams -
One of the images that stick out in my mind when I reflect on the World Games is how welcoming our city was to...

Carl: Misplaced priorities

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Last week, Democrats refused to consider any legislation to lower gas prices, reign in inflation, or address any of the serious domestic problems facing...

Beth Chapman: Prevention is the best solution

Beth Chapman -
I’m naïve, but I’d like to think people on both sides of the abortion issue would like for there to never need to be...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: Making sense of woke business

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Major League Baseball’s moving the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over Georgia’s new voting law symbolizes businesses’ new willingness to take sides on political...

Sunday Reflections: Does God care what we wear?

Michael J. Brooks -
A college student applied for the music position in our church. She was a good musician and had a pleasant personality. One Sunday she...

Steve Flowers: Women and young folks prevail in 2022

Steve Flowers -
In my observations of Alabama politics, every election year brings an underlying election year surprise or two. The underlying prevailing theme emerging from the...
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