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Dr. Daniel Sutter: Celebrating national unity?

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
We celebrate America on the Fourth of July. But do Americans today still respect each other enough to constitute a functioning country? Responses to...

Sunday Reflections: The sound of silence

Michael J. Brooks -
Simon and Garfunkel recorded “The Sound Of Silence” in 1964, later popularized in the 1967 film, “The Graduate.” Simon explained that he retreated to...

Steve Flowers: Bill Baxley has a place in Alabama history

Steve Flowers -
The 1970 governor’s race between George Wallace and Albert Brewer overshadowed every other political race in the state that year. However, one of Alabama’s...

Guest: 4 myths that can cost you your sight this July 4

E.M. Brendan Wyatt, MS, MD -
Every year, Americans – often youngsters – suffer serious eye injuries from fireworks on the Fourth of July. People like teenager Jameson Lamb, robbed...

Carl: Life wins

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Like many of you, I was thrilled last week to see the Supreme Court’s decision on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned...

Beth Chapman: Low turnout, high stakes

Beth Chapman -
“The world is run by those who show up.” This quote has been used to motivate everyone from athletes to business leaders, but it’s...

Sunday Reflections: Prepare to meet God

Michael J. Brooks -
It was a last minute and very fluid situation when our son determined to make a job-related move to Denver. He flew and asked...

Flowers: Do campaign ads pander?

Steve Flowers -
During the waning days of the campaigns for governor and U.S. Senator, I received an inordinate amount of correspondence lamenting the outrageous, demagogic, disingenuous,...

Carl: The real cost of inflation

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Recent estimates show that runaway inflation and increasing costs for essentially everything cost the typical American family an extra $5,200 a year to maintain...

Beth Chapman: Children’s Hospital recognized as the best

Beth Chapman -
The one word we in Alabama want and need to hear when a child needs serious medical attention is “Children’s.” At Children’s Hospital of Alabama,...

Gov. Kay Ivey: When the world was a mess, Alabama showed plain common sense — Our tourists are proof positive of that

Gov. Kay Ivey -
When the world was a mess, Alabama showed plain common sense. Our tourists are proof positive of that. Over the last two years, tourists and...

Dr. Daniel Sutter: What happened at Abbott?

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
The February shutdown of an Abbott Laboratories plant in Michigan due to contamination precipitated the nationwide baby formula shortage. The plant finally resumed production...

Mo Brooks: I just want Alabama and America to be great

Rep. Mo Brooks -
I got into this U.S. Senate race for one reason: I have never before feared for the future of my country like I do...

Sunday Reflections: Don’t stop praying

Michael J. Brooks -
Included in the lists of great speakers of the 20th century are Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Martin Luther King and Adolph Hitler. The latter addition...

Justice Will Sellers: Saint Hannah and her sinner son

Will Sellers -
The summer of 1974 in Washington, D.C. was a political bullfight; there was one bull, but a host of matadors, picadors and spectators galore...

Aderholt: Continuing the push for rural broadband in Alabama

Rep. Robert Aderholt -
Back in 2018, while I was serving as the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, I oversaw the creation of the USDA’s...

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton: Katie Britt is a tough conservative fighter who will put America first

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton -
We need more conservative fighters like Katie Britt in the U.S. Senate — leaders who defend our rights, stand strong for the rule of...

Carl: D.C. is the drama capital of the country

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
As Americans struggle to put gas in their cars (the national average is now over $5 a gallon), inflation is near a 40-year high,...

Beth Chapman: State parks – jewels of nature

Beth Chapman -
When 77% of voting Alabamians passed a statewide amendment to improve our 21 state parks, they did us a favor. Of the $85-million bond...

Justice Will Sellers: Bending the universe toward justice

Will Sellers -
Dr. Martin Luther King argued that the arc of the moral universe is long and bends toward justice. This geometry lesson was used to...

Steve Flowers: Very impressive high steppin’ victory for Governor Ivey

Steve Flowers -
Our popular high steppin’ pistol totin’ Governor Kay Ivey won a very impressive reelection victory for governor on May 24. Ivey turned back eight GOP...

Sunday Reflections: How far away is Jerusalem?

Michael J. Brooks -
I met her at a conference where we were assigned to the same table. She was bubbling with excitement about her church. “It’s changed my...

John Merrill: Alabama welcomes chance to compete

John Merrill -
For decades, Alabama workers have been at the forefront of supporting American warfighters. In January of this year, our support expanded as Lockheed Martin...

Carl: More gun control is not the answer

U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl -
Like many of you, I grew up around guns and was taught to respect them and always treat them safely. I believe I got...
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