Guest Opinion — Page 40
"We don't worship like you do," he said with a smile. I got the impression he was making a judgment about our worship.
As mentioned last week, all polling points to a significant Republican pickup of congressional seats in the upcoming general election.
If our ambitions seem big, it may be helpful to remember our track record of accomplishments, which is anything but small.
100 years ago this month, Italy succumbed to a new political order that would ignite a worldwide struggle for freedom.
Another recent animal welfare legal action involved the rescue of 4,000 beagles being raised for lab experiments.
Every indication and polling suggest that the GOP gains in this year’s General Election will be significant.
Across this nation, nearly 8 million high school students are participating in athletics, and nearly half a million college students compete as NCAA athletes. Last year, the NCAA surveyed 9,800 student athletes and found these athletes are reporting higher-than-average levels of mental health issues. Even worse, a third of those who took the survey said […]
The 2022 Economic Freedom of the World report confirms what many economists suspected: We have lost a decade of progress on freedom.
Multiple states have taken steps toward addressing the pervasive issue that is organized retail crime, but the plague continues to spread.
Americans can no longer afford one-party Democrat rule. Because of bad policy coming from this Democrat-controlled Congress and the White House, America’s seniors are having to dip into their savings, families are struggling to meet basic household needs, and many feel the American dream is becoming harder to achieve. While Americans are paying more for […]
These members are tasked with a very important mission but receive very little compensation for their time and efforts.
ABC’s National Student Chapter Network offers students mentoring, internships, career fairs and other services, often leading to multiple job offers before graduation.
U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl op-ed: Border security is national security, and it’s time we get tough and end this crisis immediately.
It was apparent that those of us who hailed from smaller towns and rural counties knew our constituents better and were better known by our constituents than those from urban areas.
If the Constitution does not clearly grant a power to the federal government, the federal government lacks that power, and the states retain it.
With supersonic air travel, it takes less than three days to travel around the world. Five hundred years ago, it took three years.
“Quiet quitting” refers to working no more than necessary to keep your job and then bragging about it on Tik Tok.
Jim Rockford taught me how to respond when asked, “How much will this cost?” I reply, “Two hundred dollars a day, plus expenses.”
For decades, losing political candidates in Alabama have been exiled to “Buck’s Pocket.” It is uncertain when or how the colloquialism began, but political insiders have used this terminology for at least 60 years.
From playoff expansion to marquee battles, college football was back this Labor Day weekend in exactly the way we wanted.
The younger generation doesn’t understand a number of words and phrases, including “broken record,” “ice box,” “party line,” “ungawa” and “Kemo sabe.” Another phrase is one we don’t hear too much anymore, “Who does she think she is, the queen of Sheba?” This phrase is used to describe one with an inflated opinion of themselves–someone […]
This is the final version of a three week series of stories that illustrate that Alabama is a “Big Front Porch.” James E. “Big Jim” Folsom was one of our few two-term governors. In the old days, governors could not succeed themselves. Therefore, Big Jim was first governor in 1946-1950. He waited out four years […]
Although I didn’t enter public service until well into my 50s, I’ve always felt strongly that public servants should be held to a higher standard. This includes everyone from our mayors and city councilors, all the way up to the president of the United States. I think it’s probably safe to assume you agree with […]

