Opinion — Page 156

Hardly anyone is paying attention to the race for the Republican Party’s nomination for governor this year. That’s because the campaign is sort of boring. All four candidates are qualified, rational, reasonable and respectable people, and we lack a serious crisis or pressing issue upon which to contrast their differences. But isn’t that a good […]

It was bad enough that three different campaigns in Alabama employed a convicted rapist. It got worse when the only coverage the media gave this story was the fact that he was a redemption story, even though he seems careful to not fully admit his crime, making it sound as though he were merely in the […]

Why it's crucial that parents examine college faculties

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: SHOCKING IMBALANCE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to a new study out of the National Association of Scholars. This study found that 39 percent of top-tier liberal arts colleges in the United States don’t have any Republicans on their faculties. […]

It’s the day after Mother’s Day and so many of you hard-working and career driven mothers have returned to work. To say that we appreciate you is an understatement. At times, you may feel as though we take things for granted, but I can assure you that is not the case. Whether it be cooking […]

1. Sue Bell Cobb’s handling of her campaign’s hiring of a rapist could not be worse — Sue Bell Cobb continues to react poorly and attacks the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department as a politically motivated agency that targeted her staffer. — Jefferson County Sheriff’s Randy Christian said, “How sad that a candidate for governor supports a […]

There are 310 reservations in America and 562 federally recognized Native nations. There are 3 million Native Americans in the United States today, approximately 1 million of whom live on these reservations. The Bureau of Indian affairs (BIA) — founded on March 11, 1824, by John C. Calhoun — and the Bureau of Indian Education […]

Some people still can’t stomach the idea of a Donald Trump presidency and so remain in denial about his mounting policy successes, but their resistance is looking increasingly proud and petty. It’s risky to predict future trends, especially the political fortunes of government leaders and the results they might achieve, because there are so many […]

Are Bibi and Bolton in the wheel house now?

Brushing aside the anguished pleas of our NATO allies, President Trump Tuesday contemptuously trashed the Iranian nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions. Prime Minister Theresa May of Great Britain, President Emmanuel Macron of France and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were put on notice that their ties to Iran are to be severed, or secondary sanctions will […]

#MeToo, Sue Bell Cobb?

If the Roy Moore for Senate campaign had a campaign aide who was a convicted rapist, as Sue Bell Cobb’s does(?), it would be on the front page of AL.com for 5 days. If Roy Moore’s campaign manager defended such a hiring, as Sue Bell Cobb’s did, the social media #MeToo outrage would explode and […]

I didn’t think I could love the music from the fantastic movie “The Greatest Showman” any more than I already do … until I saw this music video created by “Mr. Moody’s Sociology class” at Mary G. Montgomery High School in Semmes, Ala. “Mr. Moody’s Sociology class explores the relationship of the various cliques and […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: KARL MARX STATUE BUILT DECADES AFTER BEING TORN DOWN: WHY? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, let me take you to an article which ran about a week ago in The Washington Post. Nearly two centuries ago, the 17-year-old son of a vineyard owner left his tranquil riverside city […]

The impossibly fickle, selective and whimsical rules of cultural appropriation are hard to keep straight. (Oops! I said “straight.” Apologies to whomever. Oops, can I say “whomever?” Zimever? Verselves? Gah.) According to the white people who run the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center, eating tacos, drinking tequila and wearing sombreros on Cinco de Mayo “are […]

Last week, the Alabama Education Association (AEA) teachers’ union lost a pivotal case at the Alabama Supreme Court. Specifically, the court dismissed the AEA’s challenge of interim State Education Superintendent Dr. Ed Richardson’s authority to close and sell the Montgomery Public School (MPS) system’s underutilized property. To recap, elements of the MPS system have been […]

If you are running for governor in Alabama, you are apparently in better health than anyone else your age. Sen. Bill Hightower is apparently in “excellent physical health“, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle’s doctor says he is in “very good” health, Evangelist Scott Dawson can thank God for what his doctor calls “excellent physical health“, and […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW WHITE HOUSE FAITH AND OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to an article out of World Magazine, headline “Donald Trump Announces New White House Faith Initiative.” The president marked the National Day of Prayer last Thursday with a Rose Garden ceremony […]

May 5th was the 200th birthday of Karl Marx, the economist who devised socialism. Last November was the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the first attempt to implement Marx’s ideas. During the 20th Century, millions of revolutionaries fought for communism, and today polls show that perhaps half of Millennials identify as socialists. What is […]

The day the Iran deal died

Team Obama lives in a world of fiction. As President Trump announced to the world that he would finally put a stake through the heart of the Iran deal — the signal foreign policy “achievement” of the Obama administration — Obama’s former staffers lamented, rending their sackcloth and smearing their ashes. “I will never forget […]

Does archaeology prove or disprove the Bible?

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: ARCHAEOLOGISTS CONTINUE TO FIND AMAZING PROOF RELATED TO BIBLE TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, a new news item out of Israel’s newspaper, Haretz. Archeologists recently announced they had found a fantastically preserved seal impression that was made by a Biblical governor of Jerusalem. The seal dates from the […]

People hate Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. When she spoke at the Kennedy School of Government, students held up signs calling her a “white supremacist.” When she tried to visit a school, activists physically blocked her way. The haters claim DeVos knows little about education, only got her job because she gave money to Republican […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: CHURCH MEDIAN AGES ARE ALARMING BUT IS THERE A PROBLEM? TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to a story of statistics. Statistics never tell the whole story, but they can validate that a story exists. Two simple statistics can help explain the American church: […]

This might come as a surprise, but it shouldn’t — one man has been consistent and steady in the seemingly never-ending stream of Trump-fed chaos, and that is Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He has been attacked by liberals, the media (I repeat myself), Congressional Republicans, and by President Trump himself, but he just keeps on chugging along. […]

Don't trash the nuclear deal!

This next week may determine whether President Trump extricates us from that cauldron of conflict that is the Middle East, as he promised, or plunges us even deeper into these forever wars. Friday will see the sixth in a row of weekly protests at the Gaza border fence in clashes that have left 40 Palestinians […]

How to engage a differently abled family

We have all been there. We are in a public place with a child and they observe someone who is different. I have actually been on both sides of this! My son’s disability is visible on the outside because of his wheelchair and his feeding tube. We get stared at often and have been involved […]

Before and after welfare handouts

Before the massive growth of our welfare state, private charity was the sole option for an individual or family facing insurmountable financial difficulties or other challenges. How do we know that? There is no history of Americans dying on the streets because they could not find food or basic medical assistance. Respecting the biblical commandment […]