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The Rightside Way: For Our Kids

BY PHIL WILLIAMS OPINION — This past week was school choice week nationwide which brought a renewed focus on asserting that in America we value our children and as such we want what is best for them in every way, including the best in education. We want to know that...

Enlightenment Leads to Action in the Fight to End Human Trafficking

CONTRIBUTED BY MARK COLSON / ALABAMA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION  OPINION — Human trafficking is an ugly and despicable crime affecting millions of people across the world.  The Department of Homeland Security says human trafficking involves the use of force, fraud...

Rogers Humiliates Himself — and Alabama — During Speaker Fight

CONTRIBUTED BY DREW WHITE OPINION —  The battle for Speaker last week was a necessary step to begin cleansing our nation’s capital of its endemic corruption. Contrary to the wailing and gnashing of teeth emitted by the corporate media, taxpayer-abusing elites on...

From the Desk of Sen. Tuberville:

Keeping Alabama’s Priorities in Mind in the New Congress CONTRIBUTED BY HANNAH EDDINS, DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY FOR SEN. TOMMY TUBERVILLE OPINION  —  I spent many years running onto football fields on gamedays across the country and can say nothing beats the...
Mother’s Day 2020

Mother’s Day 2020

By Bruce Green Moms, if you were wanting that special, never-to-be-forgotten Mother’s Day experience, my guess is you’re going to get it this year....

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Poison Prevention

Poison Prevention

By Bruce Green Near the end of their journey in the wilderness, Israel started complaining—again. It began with them losing their patience, and once...

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Mother’s Day 2020

When the Wind Blows

By Bruce Green Almost every wilderness has some water somewhere—it’s just a matter of finding it. In the wilderness John was part of, that is the...

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Mother’s Day 2020

The Joy of Jesus

By Bruce Green The wilderness is a humbling place. You don’t “impose your will upon it”- you learn how to survive it. Each day brings forth its own...

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Incentives Matter

Incentives Matter

By Zach Alsobrook Special to the Opelika Observer Incentives matter. To understand human behavior, there is no greater truth. When a choice becomes...

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Mother’s Day 2020

Patience

By Bruce Green In the wilderness, there’s a premium on patience as it manifests itself in listening, learning and adapting. The wilderness has...

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