A colleague accosted me in the Monday morning pastors meeting after Bob and Kay joined our church the day before. He told me he’d invested many hours in marital counseling leading to their recommitment, and he was disturbed to hear they’d presented themselves for membership in our church. He believed I’d “courted” and persuaded them […]

Jared Hudson isn’t running for U.S. Senate to sit quietly in Washington or shake hands at cocktail parties.

Katie Britt writes, "Serving you remains one of the greatest blessings of my life, and I will continue to give you everything I have."

"Recently, I had several of Governor Kay Ivey’s closest friends and confidantes invite me to visit with them," Steve Flowers writes.

Apple, whose devices our kids have more and more access to, owe it to Alabama parents to safeguard their safety online.

At Christmas, Americans across this great nation slow down just a little. We gather with our families, we bow our heads in prayer, and we remember what truly matters.  Scripture tells us, “For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” That promise will never […]

Some churches aren’t churches, but only “God boxes.”

"Their latest hoax has to do with the expiration of Obamacare subsidies — or the UNAFFORDABLE Care Act," Tuberville writes.

While Washington argues over whether to let Affordable Care Act premium tax credits expire, the question here sounds different: how do Alabama’s families, businesses, and hospitals stay steady long enough to plan their next move?

The fraud cases involving Minnesota’s Somali immigrant community highlight nonprofit non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing social services for government. Do private NGOs improve social services?

Alabama's construction industry has an economic impact of $17 billion - and workforce development is always a priority.

Two men are stranded on a deserted island. They’ve got fresh water, shelter and just enough to food to survive. They play games like coconut bowling & bocce and tic-tac-toe to pass the time. Then one morning after a tremendous storm a small shipping container washes ashore. Perhaps it contains a boat or something else […]

Energy Alabama presents itself as a neutral “clean energy” group – but it's actually a radical leftist shadow organization.

"That’s why this past week in the House, we took real steps to defend Main Street and restore common sense to Washington," Barry Moore writes.

I am tired of turning on the television or scrolling through social media and seeing carefully clipped soundbites of Senator Tommy Tuberville held up as proof that he is somehow the bad guy of the week. These out-of-context clips may stir up applause on national cable news, but they do not reflect reality on the […]

Two of the nation’s largest freight railroads, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, announced their intent to merge.

North Alabama has been essential to every major American victory in the 20th Century, and we are once again poised to deliver for the 21st. There would not have been enough munitions for the Great War without the nitrate plants in Muscle Shoals. There would not have been sufficient electricity for Oak Ridge to make […]

Will Sellers details the inspiring story of the H.J. Heinz Company's turnaround from bankruptcy to global fame.

One concern for Alabama families: even without personal devices, children are still immersed in screens throughout the school day.

This column was first used on Oct. 2, 1987 during a time of several national strikes: It was announced today that the nation’s pastors have planned a work stoppage to begin at midnight Sunday. This action follows on the heels of the baseball, air controllers and National Football League strikes, and may be the most […]

"We all knew that this 2026 election year was going to be a big year in Alabama politics," Steve Flowers writes in this week's column.

"In today’s rapidly evolving security landscape, the threat from drones is no longer hypothetical – it’s here, and it’s growing."

In this op-ed, Dr. David Albright writes Alabama rural health transformation begins with a belief that neighbors’ wellbeing is worth effort.

We all have those moments in life where the path we thought we were following becomes the path less traveled. When the path veers off in some unthinkably horrible direction. We think “there is no way I will ever recover from this.” Blink twice if this has ever happened to you. Perhaps it was the […]