(News analysis by Quin Hillyer) The rest of Alabama may want to watch to the race for mayor in Mobile, where fiscally responsible reformer Sandy Stimpson is trying to ward off a comeback attempt by liberal former mayor Sam Jones. Stimpson, a leading timber executive with a long and varied record of local and state […]

By Chris Reid Despite the fact that the GOP has more political power than any time since the 1920s, many young conservatives face a level of hostility from the left that has never been seen in the United States. Academia is completely controlled by the left, and they no longer believe in a free exchange […]

Doug Pittman “Daddy-O” from New Brockton, Alabama was a big man. Not in stature. In that way he was average. But in every other way, he was large. In his personality, service, and his love for his family and others, he was a giant. You never had to guess what he was thinking. He was […]

On a warm summer day in Hueytown, Alabama, members of the community gathered around their town center to celebrate flag day, one of several summer holiday’s meant to celebrate the freedom and security our country provides. While gatherings of this sort are not at all uncommon, this one was special because of the events that […]

by Jeff Sessions (Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ opening remarks to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee) Thank you Chairman Burr and Ranking Member Warner for allowing me to publicly appear before the committee today. I appreciate the Committee’s critically important efforts to investigate Russian interference with our democratic process. Such interference can never be tolerated and […]

By Senator Arthur Orr A recently-released report on insurance costs nationwide shows average premiums for health insurance exchange plans sold in Alabama have increased 223 percent since 2013, more than twice the national average and the highest increase of any state in the nation. With such dramatic increases, more and more Alabama working families are […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Whether it be food or energy or water, Americans are known for consuming more and more. There is at least one exception – electricity. In Alabama, and the U.S. as a whole, we are consuming less and less. Electricity consumption (as measured by electricity sales) has fallen nationally five of the past […]

Will Trump Survive the Assault from the Media and the Left? Opinion by Chris Reid The greatest danger to the American people is not an outside force, but internal conflict. Our country has always had diversity of opinions and differences, but we have generally had common values to which we all adhered. Our leaders may […]

By Chris Reid At no time since the Civil War began has our country seen this level of partisan tension.  In a survey done in 1960, less than 10 percent of Americans said they would have a problem marrying someone from the other political party. In 2010, that number shot up to nearly 50 percent. […]

Though illegal for nearly 50 years under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), the possession and sale of marijuana seems to be losing its negative stigma. Medical marijuana is legal in 29 states, and the recreational use of marijuana is legal in Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, and the nation’s capital. Despite many […]

Memorial Day is a time for Americans to reconnect with their history and core values by honoring those who gave their lives for the ideas we cherish. More than a million American service members have died in the wars and conflicts this nation has fought since the first colonial soldier took up arms in 1775 […]

The South is home to many great things: Magnolia trees, seersucker fashion, whiskey, manners and our own dialect. But possibly more than all those things, we have a penchant for delectable cuisine. Three Southern fellows, in particular, are leading the charge in providing such deliciousness on wheels: Nick, Steve and Brandon, the creators and culinary […]

Have you ever had that dream where you’re walking through Times Square, lugging shopping bags, struggling to hail a cab because, in midtown Manhattan, it’s practically impossible, and trying to figure out where you are; you look up…oh my…is that ME? (Cue the Sinatra rendition of New York, New York in my head.) Ever since […]

Publisher’s Note: The following is a guest opinion-editorial from Alabama gubernatorial candidate David Carrington. To learn more about Mr. Carrington’s candidacy, you may visit his website at davidcarrington4us.com. Alabama can do so much better than ranking in the bottom 10% in median family income and K-12 education, but it’s going to take a new brand […]

I would like to clear up a rumor started because of my opposition to the Alabama Legislature recently mandating private and public insurance plans cover a specific therapy – I have no tail, no horns, but I do have a conservative heart. The debate over whether the Legislature should mandate specific autism therapy coverages to […]

Publisher’s Note: This is a guest opinion editorial from Mr. Jason Cooper, a 2nd-grade teacher at Vestavia Hills Elementary East. 130 years after the famous “Miracle at the Pump” scene between Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan in Tuscumbia, Alabama, there is still a story to tell.  Perhaps no one tells it better than Helen Keller’s […]