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Richard Shelby Coming Home  OPINION — Our iconic senior United States senator, Richard Shelby, will walk out of the Senate chambers in Washington, D.C., next week and come home to retirement in Tuscaloosa. History will reveal Shelby as Alabama’s greatest U.S....

OPINION — Bryan Garner, editor of Black’s Law Dictionary, writes about words in National Review. Pamela Paul, editor of NYT Book Review, is surrounded by words to read by deadline. Even actor and comedian Will Ferrell has a good quote on words. “Sometimes, I use big...

RELIGION — Christmas morning! There’s no morning like it. Excitement abounds. Unlike most mornings, little children bounce eagerly out of bed, and often before sunrise! Mom and Dad are usually not bright-eyed like the kids. Many times, my wife and I stayed up past...

RELIGION — Moses was a great servant of God, but passion for God doesn’t mean immunity from struggles — whether we’re talking about Moses, Noah, Esther, David or anyone else. And there’s no hesitancy on the part of biblical writers to call out mistakes, flaws or...