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

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
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

Parker Snider -
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...

Alabama Rep. Gary Palmer calls Sarah Sanders’ restaurant treatment a ‘borderline civil rights violation,’ but is it?

Jeremy Beaman -
In an interview with Matt Murphy of the Matt & Aunie show, Rep. Gary Palmer made clear his view of a Virginia restaurant owner’s...

Opioid epidemic: Great to see Alabama politicians working together to end it

Kyle Morris -
In a bipartisan effort, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a legislative package on Friday aimed at combatting the ongoing and deadly opioid crisis...

How to think about ‘human rights council’ and elitist concept of abortion as ‘human right’

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: WHY DOESN’T THE U.S. WANT TO BE PART OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, today,...

Sen. Doug Jones ‘progressive-splains’ Alabama conservatism

Jeremy Beaman -
A recent lengthy and, at times, quite flattering profile of Sen. Doug Jones by FiveThirtyEight’s Clare Malone offers little breaking news – aside from...

Heartbroken Alabama: As AG Marshall mourns wife’s death, bipartisan words of support pour in

Rachel Blackmon Bryars -
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's beautiful wife Bridgette Marshall passed away Sunday and a heartbroken Alabama is pausing politics to show bipartisan, and deeply...

TRAGEDY: Pause and pray for Alabama AG Steve Marshall — wife confirmed dead

Rachel Blackmon Bryars,J. Pepper Bryars -
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall's wife, Bridgette Gentry Marshall was confirmed dead Sunday, following "a long struggle with mental illness," according to a statement...

CHALLENGE FOR WALT MADDOX: Let’s actually ride Amtrak before we start begging to waste Alabama money on it

Dale Jackson -
I am convinced that the people who are upset that Gov. Kay Ivey is not spending almost $5.3 million dollars on an Amtrak investment...

Alabama pastor’s analysis of immigrant parent-child border separation controversy

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: BORDER IMMIGRATION SITUATION? WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN VIEWPOINT? (Editor's note: This transcript is edited to reflect Wednesday's...

Calling SCOTUS sales tax ruling a ‘win’ for Alabama is disingenuous spin

Jeff Poor -
Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching. That was the sound going off in the heads of many politicians and bureaucrats in Montgomery and around the county seats of...

Are we making the opioid problem worse?

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
Opioid abuse is taking a tremendous toll on America, with 42,000 opioid-related deaths in 2016 and 343 in Alabama.  The problem involves both prescription...

James Comey echo of J. Edgar Hoover — amassing power, declaring himself moral authority in FBI

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW LIGHT ON COMEY’S FBI ACTIONS DURING ELECTION TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, it was a week ago that...

Don’t be seduced by the Amtrak impulse

Jeff Poor -
Imagine racing along the Mississippi countryside at 155 mph headed from Mobile to New Orleans on a Sunday morning on your way to watch...

Princeton professor writes beautifully honest, hopeful article about Alabama in Harper’s Magazine

J. Pepper Bryars -
Ivy League professors don't normally write nice things about Alabama, especially when the topic veers into discussions of race and past (and current) injustices. But...

An Alabama mom’s top tips for navigating doctor’s visits with children

Becki Irby -
My son has extra medical needs, which means we spend a lot of time at medical appointments. He currently has eleven specialists, two therapists,...

Why the red carpet for illegal immigrants?

Kyle Morris -
Since October 2017, more than 450 unaccompanied alien children have been released to sponsors in Alabama, according to DHS. Alabama ranks 10th on the list...

Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox says he’s pro-life, but his language is chock-full of pro-choice phraseology

J. Pepper Bryars -
Earlier this month the Democrat Party's nominee for governor, Walt Maddox, responded to a questionnaire about his views on many issues facing Alabamians, but his...

‘Moderate’ Doug Jones continues to prove he is just another liberal on immigration

Dale Jackson -
Senator Doug Jones' views on immigration seem to line up more with California Senator Kamala Harris than they do with Alabama voters. He has...

News Fatigue? How to think about abundance of 24-hr ‘news’

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: IS TOO MUCH NEWS A BAD THING? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to...

How seeing ‘racism’ everywhere keeps black Americans blind to real problems

Walter Williams -
For several decades, a few black scholars have been suggesting that the vision held by many black Americans is entirely wrong. Dr. Shelby Steele,...

Alabama Power first to exit BCA

Yellowhammer Multimedia Executive Board -
A letter sent today by Mark Crosswhite, Chairman, President and CEO of Alabama Power, signaled a dramatic shift in the balance of Alabama political...

Great News: Alabama black and white voters have far more in common than not

Kyle Morris -
According to a report issued last week by the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama, blacks and whites agree on most Alabama priorities with...

The Pauline passage doesn’t address the justice of penalties for breaking laws

Jeremy Beaman -
Scholars and pundits have made their thoughts well-known on the Trump Administration’s biblical arguments for “zero-tolerence” immigration enforcement. Here I offer one more targeted to...
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