by Jason Edwards | Jan 8, 2026 | Opinion
We once argued about politics at the dinner table and then cleared the dishes. Today, people cut old friends out of their lives. Families avoid each other’s calls. Marriages strain under the weight of partisan loyalty. Something crucial has shifted. Politics hasn’t...
by Ali Khan | Dec 17, 2025 | Opinion
For the past 30 years, the Islamic Academy of Alabama (IAA) has been nestled in a leafy neighborhood near the Birmingham Zoo, about a ten-minute drive from my first home. It serves more than 200 students and has an almost 100 percent university-enrollment rate among...
by Sharon Jacob | Nov 12, 2025 | Opinion
There is a scene in the Mahābhārata that feels hauntingly relevant today. Exhausted and parched, the Pandava brothers come upon a shimmering lake guarded by a crane. One by one, the brothers ignore the crane’s warning not to drink before answering its questions. Each...
by Craig Nash | Sep 24, 2025 | Opinion
Political commentators often describe an issue in terms of the percentage of people who support or oppose it. “This is an 80–20 issue,” they’ll say, meaning 80 percent are on one side and 20 percent on the other. A more accurate assessment is that most issues in the...
by Colin Harris | Sep 9, 2025 | Opinion
Back in the day, when I taught sections of our “Introduction to Religion” course, we would discuss the role of religion in public life. I would enjoy asking, “Do you know the TV minister who has enjoyed the largest viewing audience of all time?” Students would answer...
