Honoring service, sacrifice and the solemn promise we owe our veterans
Their courage secures our freedom, but our nation too often forgets its duty to those who bear its burdens.
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Bill Britt
Bill Britt is editor-in-chief at the Alabama Political Reporter and host of The Voice of Alabama Politics. You can email him at [email protected].
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A small act of defiance in Washington reminds us that courage and conscience, not compliance, have always been democracy’s lifeblood.
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See recent postsTruth dies when voters reward liars—democracy depends on accountability
Politicians lie because it works—voters believe them, and media too often repeats the lies instead of calling them out.
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See recent postsAlabama doesn’t crown governors—leadership must be earned, not anointed
Alabama’s next governor should rise from the people, not the elites, proving that leadership is earned through service, courage, and conviction.
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See recent postsWhen faith becomes a vessel for power
Across centuries, political leaders have cloaked ambition in divine purpose, turning religion’s sacred symbols into instruments of dominance.
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See recent postsFrom Buckley to MAGA: The moral decay of the Republican Party
Leaked Young Republican chats glorifying Hitler and violence expose a movement that’s lost its moral compass and abandoned true conservatism.
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See recent postsMaría Corina Machado reminds us that peace belongs to the brave
Those who undermine democracy while claiming to protect it are no different in spirit from the authoritarians Machado has spent her life opposing.
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See recent postsPoliticians preach “Judeo-Christian values” without knowing what they mean
As senators tout “Religious Education Week,” their slogans expose how political theater has replaced conviction, reflection, and genuine faith.
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See recent postsA song remembered, a future unwritten: what Alabama must decide next
Abroad, Alabama is a song. At home, it’s a reckoning—our test of courage, renewal, and the will to rise above apathy.
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See recent postsAlabama A&M students carry forward courage that has always overcome hate
From Little Rock to Huntsville, young Black men and women prove again that courage defeats cowardice, and education is the ultimate answer.