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On Roby’s win: One false media narrative dies, a new one is born

Jeff Poor - July 18, 2018

Like Lucy van Pelt of Peanuts comic strip fame repeatedly pulling the football away from Charlie Brown as he lines up to kick it,...

Republicans don’t have to oppose Trump because he refuses to admit Russia meddled and wanted him to win

Dale Jackson - July 17, 2018

Russia meddled in the 2016 election and President Trump's Director of National Intelligence acknowledges it. Russia wanted Trump to win, Russian President Vladimir Putin...

YH’s Holland: Lt. Governor race comes down to proven leadership

J. Holland - July 13, 2018

As a long-time political participant and observer, some 40 years, and all in Alabama, I cannot begin to stress the importance of having a...

Trump’s SCOTUS pick makes AG Steve Marshall feel pretty good about his lawsuit against the federal government

Dale Jackson - July 13, 2018

Attorney General Steve Marshall and Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-05) have filed a suit against the federal government over how it plans to count illegal...

Three Reasons Why You Should Care About Occupational Licensing Reform

Alabama Policy Institute - July 13, 2018

During my years working in public policy, there have been a handful of issues that have gotten me fired up. Typically when I tell...

British government resignations signal problems

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III - July 13, 2018

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: BRITISH GOVERNMENT RESIGNATIONS SIGNAL PROBLEMS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, World Magazine is reporting that British foreign secretary,...

7 Things: FBI agent Strzok gets grilled — Trump continues trying to remake our relationships with Europe — Alabama’s worst lawyer, Troy King, loses...

Dale Jackson - July 13, 2018

1. Biased FBI agent Peter Strzok has his day of public testimony, little was learned, but Strzok gave the media what they wanted --- The...

Do DIY projects make economic sense?

Dr. Daniel Sutter - July 12, 2018

Millions of Americans engage in do it yourself (DIY) home improvements. Each summer I choose a project, and about half of the time I...

What Alan Dershowitz’ shunning says about snowflake culture and intolerance for debate

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III - July 12, 2018

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: ALAN DERSHOWITZ OSTRACIZED FOR NOT CONDEMNING TRUMP TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to...

A millennial’s plea: Get educated — socialism is a devastating sham

Kyle Morris - July 11, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28-year-old New York Democrat, seems to have taken the reigns of the Democrat party. This could get pretty ugly unless we...

Walt Maddox should have to do better than calling Kay Ivey old and accusing her of having ‘limited energy’

Dale Jackson - July 11, 2018

2018 has already been an amazingly embarrassing election cycle for desperate politicians in Alabama. We have already seen Troy King, who was/is a wholly owned...

Rest easy, Alabama: Apparently, all transportation problems have been solved — ALDOT has moved on to ‘vibrant’ paint jobs

Jeff Poor - July 11, 2018

It’s bumper-to-bumper on I-565 headed into Huntsville. Somewhere in downtown Birmingham, a truck driver is cussing how no one will let him merge as...

Parents denied access to public school sex education materials is shocking government overreach

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III - July 11, 2018

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PUBLIC SCHOOLS DENY PARENTS RIGHTS TO APPROVE -- OR EVEN VIEW --SEX EDUCATION MATERIALS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry,...

7 Things: Trump v. NATO — Outside groups want Alabama Senator Doug Jones’ vote on SCOTUS nominee — ‘disappointing and deceptive’ attacks in the...

Dale Jackson - July 11, 2018

1. President Trump continues to bang on NATO as he arrives for a summit --- As Trump arrives in Brussels for his latest meeting with our...

Primary runoff will test Alabama Republicans’ ability to forgive political sins

Jeremy Beaman - July 10, 2018

Every person – and more so, if we're absorbing campaign advertising, every politician – has transgressed. As we all know, some transgressions are easy to...

Wait, now Alabama Senator Doug Jones was always ‘adamantly pro-choice’?

Dale Jackson - July 10, 2018

During the 2017 special election, the Alabama media was hell-bent on telling Alabama voters that Sen. Doug Jones was a moderate. You could justify...

Why the Supreme Court’s labor union decision is a win for freedom and education

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III - July 10, 2018

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: UNION MANDATE STRUCK DOWN BY SUPREME COURT TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, one of the final decisions of...

A millennial’s view of negative political advertising

Kyle Morris - July 9, 2018

Negative advertising. You know it, you hate it, but it works. For many years in this country, negative advertisements have been splashed across the pages...

Yellow stripes, dead armadillos and Alabama’s Doug Jones

Dale Jackson - July 9, 2018

Political commentator Jim Hightower wrote a book about politically wishy-washy folks entitled "There's Nothing in the Middle of the Road but Yellow Stripes and...

Should sex offenders be able to adopt?

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III - July 9, 2018

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PEDOPHILE ADOPTION RULES FOR SEX OFFENDERS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, today, I’d like to take you to an...

On U.N. poverty visit to Alabama, several things can be true at once

Jeremy Beaman - July 9, 2018

PBS published a poignant report last Saturday about poverty in Lowndes County, Alabama, following a recent visit and ensuing report on the same by...

Dale Jackson: Not every politician lives to run for office — Cavanaugh’s Ainsworth attack ad ‘an attack on the intelligence of voters’

Dale Jackson - July 6, 2018

A lot of us have done dumb things while we were in college -- rarely do they end up in political attack ads. In...

Leadership crucial in the church, life

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III - July 6, 2018

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: WHY IS TRUMP CHOOSING SO MANY MARINES FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, today, I’d like to...

Suing about Global Warming

Dr. Daniel Sutter - July 5, 2018

Federal judge William Alsup recently dismissed a lawsuit by Oakland and San Francisco against oil companies for costs related to global warming. The decision...

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