Religion Friendly Freethinker: Language Matters in Matters of Faith By Chris Highland Dec 8, 2025 You may have heard statements like these: “Religious people are. . .”, “Atheists are. . .”, “Christians always. . .”, or, “Secular people alwa…
Religion Conserve and Build: the Power of an Idea By Chris Highland Oct 27, 2025 Professor Johnson had a long-lasting impact on me. In my conservative Christian college, he was my first Philosophy teacher, as well as an ins…
Religion Friendly Freethinker: That Annoying “What about Him?” Question By Chris Highland Updated Nov 13, 2025 As a young high school “Jesus freak,” I grew my hair long. Dad didn’t like that. One day when he was needling me about it, I pointed toward a …
Religion Friendly Freethinker: Cordial and conciliatory conversation about religion By Chris Highland Updated Aug 14, 2025 A newspaper column, perhaps especially one that centers on religion and secularism, invites a variety of responses. One response might be to i…
News Religion: Is the church a club or community? By Chris Highland Updated Jul 10, 2025 A friend wrote in response to an article we both read on returning to faith communities in the midst of religious conflicts (“We need a truce …
News MMI cadets compete in ethics bowl in Utah Nathan Prewett Dec 6, 2024 Four Marion Military Institute (MMI) cadets took part in the Two-Year College Ethics Bowl Competition in Ephraim, UT during the Thanksgiving Break.
Opinion The most ethical government is no government at all By Joey Clark Apr 25, 2024 The recent public fights and apologies over proposed reforms to Alabama’s ethics laws have jogged personal memories of watching past public co…
News Alabama House passes ethics reform bill despite AG opposition Alabama Daily News Apr 3, 2024 MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Members of the Alabama House advanced a bill Tuesday that would significantly reform the state’s ethics laws and who they a…
News Former Montgomery Public Schools CFO pleads guilty to ethics law violations, making false statements 1819 News Sep 12, 2023 Brenda Palmer, a former interim chief financial officer of Montgomery Public Schools, pleaded guilty on Monday in Montgomery County Circuit Co…
News Former CFO of Montgomery Public Schools trial reset again for Sept. 11 1819 NewsUpdated Jun 19, 2023 The trial of Brenda Palmer, a former interim chief financial officer at Montgomery Public School (MPS) System allegedly involved in a scheme t…
