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Alabama should bring back public executions

Today the State of Alabama, on behalf of its citizens, will strap convicted murderer Walter Leroy Moody to a table, stick a needle in...

Actress Charlize Theron becomes the latest Hollywood flight risk

Charlize Theron recently became part of the elite group of Hollywood actors who have publicly considered leaving the United States because they don’t like...

Can we all stop talking about Roy Moore? The ALGOP dismissed him

Roy Moore is no longer a thing. Republicans need to understand this, Democrats need to understand this, and the media need to come to...

Why the Syrian strike was justified

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: DONALD TRUMP TIES HIS SYRIAN ACTION TO PAST PRESIDENTS AND ACTIONS TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, last Saturday morning,...

Roy Moore and Confederate monuments — AL(dot)com’s Archibald dabbles in lefty irrelevancies as GOP gubernatorial debate panelist

BIRMINGHAM -- The gubernatorial debate HOSTED by AL(dot)com’s Reckon, Wednesday at the Lyric Theatre, went about as expected. There was a little spice though. All...

If you don’t agree with me, you’re a racist who likes death threats

On Monday, George Yancy, a black professor of philosophy at Emory University, wrote a lengthy piece in The New York Times detailing the awful...

The “Just bake the cake!” argument only cuts one way

For years Americans have been told that we need to provide services to people no matter our personal beliefs or the state will come...

Christian colleges: Will you fold under cultural pressures or actually BE what you say you are?

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: CHRISTIAN COLLEGES STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN CHRISTIAN CODES TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, NPR ran an in-depth story recently, “Christian...

No, Ivey shouldn’t participate in the GOP primary debates

Although Gov. Kay Ivey hasn’t won a gubernatorial election, she is playing this one like a seasoned pro. If you haven’t heard (or care), Ivey...

Income taxes make up less than half the tax most of us pay

The cable bill was the last straw, says Kristin Tate. "That's the one that really made me mad." Comcast included $36 in charges for mysterious...

What advertisers should learn from the Laura Ingraham boycott results

The boycott targeted at destroying the career of Laura Ingraham that launched on March 29th under the direction of 18-year-old David Hogg has been somewhat...

I used to defend James Comey, but no longer

I spend a lot of time trying to convince people that diverting attention away from the subject of criticism at hand to mount an...

Paul Ryan was a failure — It’s important to understand why

Paul Ryan’s retirement from Congress marks the end for one of the most prominent Republicans of his generation. Even before taking the role of...

Is this cable news or the WWE?

When we watch a car crash panel discussion on cable news we also find ourselves asking "Is this real life? Is this scripted like...

Transgender chaos playing out as predicted

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: A YEAR LATER: HOW HAVE TRANSGENDER “ACCOMMODATIONS” PLAYED OUT? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, it was about a year...

Why whites — and blacks — flee some cities as soon as they can and what intelligent mayors must do about it

When World War II ended, Washington, D.C.'s population was about 900,000; today it's about 700,000. In 1950, Baltimore's population was almost 950,000; today it's...

Would a Birmingham win render majority-black cities ungovernable?

The Alabama Legislature and the state's biggest city are never going to truly see eye-to-eye because the politics and the demographics are too different....

Does Facebook smoosh conservative posts? YES. But regulation is not the answer

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: ZUCKERBERG TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you back to last week when...

Paul Ryan — still an entitlements reform crusader?

Concerning Paul Ryan's decision to leave Congress, I am more troubled by its implications for entitlement reform than the impact it may have on...

How to respond to someone struggling with gender identity

Growing Confusion on Gender Identity I read an article recently about a gay man who met a woman at a brunch in Los Angeles. The...

Has the war party hooked Trump?

With his Sunday tweet that Bashar Assad, "Animal Assad," ordered a gas attack on Syrian civilians, and Vladimir Putin was morally complicit in the...

Conservatives must not throw morality into the garbage while defending the president

One glaring distinction between conservatism and liberalism is that conservatives believe there is usually a clear right and wrong on most social questions, or...

Is Trump standing down in Syria?

Wednesday morning, President Trump jolted the nation with a tweet that contained both threat and taunt: "Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles...

What Toys ‘R Us, colleges, and social security have in common

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOYS ‘R US ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF STORES -- WHY? TOM LAMPRECHT: Back in the ‘80s and ‘90s,...