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What does freedom mean to me?

Alabama Policy Institute -
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

Kyle Morris -
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

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
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?

Jeremy Beaman -
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

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
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

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
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

Jeremy Beaman -
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

Parker Snider -
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’

J. Pepper Bryars -
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

Jeremy Beaman -
“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

Dr. Daniel Sutter -
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

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
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?

Dr. Harry L. Reeder III -
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

Jeff Poor -
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

J. Pepper Bryars -
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?

Rachel Blackmon Bryars -
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

Dale Jackson -
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

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...
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