Yesterday at many churches, two different holidays were celebrated – Ascension Day and Mother’s Day. Ascension Day was actually on Thursday, May 9th, but most churches recognize Ascension Day[...]

“They don’t have to gamble,” Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says of gambling opponents. Perhaps not. But we all have to live with the evils gambling produces. And Alabamians should[...]

Can I point to a Scripture passage that says, “Thou shalt not gamble”? Not in those exact words, not even in the KJV. But if we look at the[...]

My last three 1819 News columns have stressed that (1) gambling preys upon the poor and fails to create new wealth; (2) gambling was a disaster in colonial America[...]

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[...]

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[...]