Ken McFeeters is a Republican candidate running for governor of Alabama.

We are losing more and more of our freedoms every single day — and the only way to stop it is for the people of Alabama to tighten up. That means everyone.

Thomas Jefferson said it best: “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be.” Ignorant people become slaves — and that’s exactly what we’re becoming when we stop thinking for ourselves.

Our schools have fallen into the trap of teaching memorization and compliance instead of independent thought and critical reasoning. If Alabama wants to stay free, we must teach our children how to think, not just what to think.

The Massachusetts Constitution lays out the blueprint for preserving liberty:

“A frequent recurrence to th

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