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Leadership crucial in the church, life

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

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

How Christians should submit to the government’s law

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: JEFF SESSIONS CITES ROMANS, CALLING BELIEVERS TO OBEY GOVERNMENT -- DOES HE HAVE A POINT? TOM LAMPRECHT:...

Alabama takes first place with most fast food restaurants per capita

If there are three things that Alabamians take pride in most, it is their faith, their family, and their food. Not all food, however,...

Reflecting on Independence Day and its meaning

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: APPRECIATING OUR INDEPENDENCE AND ITS AUTHORS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, today is Independence Day, Fourth of July. It...

What does freedom mean to me?

When most of us think about the Fourth of July, we think about pool parties, cooking out, fireworks, and spending time with friends and...

Clay County ranked ‘nicest’ county in Alabama

With a population totaling a little more than 13,000, Clay County has been ranked the “nicest” place in Alabama, according to a recent finding...

Justice Kennedy’s retirement and what it could mean for the direction of the country

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEWS OF JUSTICE KENNEDY’S RETIREMENT: WHAT IT MEANS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, last week, big news broke on...

Alabama Democrats are optimistic about the governor’s race, but for what reason?

Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) recently told the Associated Press that Alabama’s gubernatorial race is "probably the most competitive race that we've seen in...

How the church and strong families can help adolescents deal with depression

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: EPIDEMIC OF ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION DRAWS UPDATED GUIDELINES TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, NPR recently ran a story with the...

What the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s General Assembly prayer gets wrong

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE USA BRINGS IN PRAYER TO PRAISE AND VALIDATE NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry,...

Why Gov. Ivey is wrong about the Supreme Court’s online sales tax ruling

There have long been debates about what constitutes conservative economic policy – debates that continue more furiously in the days of Trump’s tariffs –...

Promoting dignity of work to poor: How a South American family influenced my view

Three years ago, I had the privilege of visiting South America for the first time. During my stay, I—along with the rest of my...

Modest Proposal: A lottery in Alabama will finally make the poor pay their ‘fair share’

We often hear that the rich should be made to pay their "fair share," but the top 20 percent of earners are already paying...

Alabama columnist goes on a teeth-gritted rager

“Let them eat frozen dinners,” writes Josh Moon, a columnist for Alabama Political Reporter, in his Wednesday column. Appealing to man’s greater instincts, Moon encourages...

Alabama already has ‘Right To Try’ medicine law, but here’s why federal law is important

Congress recently passed national “right to try” legislation giving terminally ill patients freedom to try experimental drugs. Perhaps this will inspire an overhaul of...

Is it just? Farm Bill requires able-bodied on food stamps to work part-time or get job-training

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW FARM BILL REQUIRES WORK FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE: IS IT JUST? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, last Thursday, the...

Is Alabama-founded PCA church encouraging gay people to identify by sin?

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW PCA CONFERENCE EMPOWERS LGBTQ PEOPLE TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, there’s a conference coming up in a PCA...

Trump is getting clobbered on the tariff public relations front in Alabama

For some reason this election season, Republicans think the golden ticket to face an underdog Democrat in November’s general elections is to argue to...

Why conservatives need a (partially) viable Democratic Party in Alabama

Liberals seeking a future in Alabama politics don't have many options nowadays, but that's not all good news for conservatives. If the state's Republican Party...

Laura Ingalls Wilder stripped of honor; why not feminist hero Betty Friedan?

The politically correct have created a new pariah to scrub from significance: Laura Ingalls Wilder, the much-beloved author of “Little House on the Prairie.” Fox...

Alabama native, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the hero in the Trump ‘travel ban’ saga

Not many people will admit it, but when it comes to the travel ban, President Donald Trump was almost the reason it was knocked...

Alabama pastor to the suicidal: ‘Banish the thought of destruction. It’s not the answer’, ‘Many’ of us want to help

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: CELEBRITY SUICIDES: WHY WOULD THEY DO IT? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to an...

3 years after Obergefell same-sex marriage decision — Look to Europe for our future

In June of 2015, same-sex marriage became legal in all fifty states. The Supreme Court ruled in the Obergefell v. Hodges case in favor of...