• Part 3 – Maybe We Don’t Have to Gamble, But We Do Have to Live with the Results
    April 15, 2024

    Switching her 2010 position to now support legalized gambling, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says of gambling opponents, “They don’t have to gamble.” In a sense, she’s right. We don’t have[...]

  • Part 2 – Gambling’s Connection to the Dark Side of American History
    April 8, 2024

    Gambling, we’re told, is part of the American tradition. From the lotteries of the American colonies to the riverboats and saloons of the Old West, America grew up on[...]

  • Gambling with Alabama’s Future – Intro & Part 1
    April 1, 2024

    As the Legislature wrestles with the thorny issue of legalized gambling, the Foundation hopes you will consider the fundamental question: Will gambling really make Alabama a better place in[...]

  • The Mayflower Compact: America’s Charter of Government
    November 27, 2023

    “Accidents” of history are sometimes the Providence of God. In 1620 the Pilgrims sailed for America, intending to plant a colony in northern Virginia.  But a storm blew them[...]

  • From Wittenberg to Plymouth, from Luther to the Pilgrims
    November 22, 2023

    Throw a rock in a quiet pond, and the ripples from the splash will spread far and wide. On October 31, 1517, when Luther posted those 95 Theses to[...]

  • 1619 or 1620 — Is Racism the Defining Feature of America?
    November 20, 2023

    In 2019, “The New York Times Magazine” devoted its August issue to a revision of American history: “The 1619 Project”! Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and other writers focused on 1619[...]