Opinion — Page 161

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 […]

AL.com’s ‘Reckon’ has nudged its way into the political satire business, with a recent short film called “Life Cycle of an Alabama Politician.” The video features Reckon’s Managing Producer, John Hammontree – who also sits on AL.com’s editorial board – acting as a stumping Alabama politician who recites all the lines about his intentions to […]

Alabama has been through a lot over the last few years. A speaker of the House was convicted and a governor lost his office over an affair with a political operative/concubine provided by a shady special interest group. It hasn’t been great and the attorney general of the state has been absent in most of […]

In the U.K., you only have value if you are wanted

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: BRITAIN’S GOVERNMENT: HELPING LONELINESS TOM LAMPRECHT: Loneliness has become such a problem in the United Kingdom that the country now has a Minister of Loneliness. Prime Minister Theresa May announced the creation of the new position. May stated, “For far too many people, loneliness is the […]

**SPOILER ALERT! Article contains many spoilers about the film** I went to see A Quiet Place, John Krasinski’s new thriller, with absolutely no anticipation of finding theological or spiritual themes. I just wanted a fun evening at the movies. How wonderful when a film surprises you! I don’t know if I can find the golden […]

Memo to Trump: Defy Mueller

If Donald Trump does not wish to collaborate in the destruction of his presidency, he will refuse to be questioned by the FBI, or by a grand jury, or by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his malevolent minions. Should Mueller subpoena him, as he has threatened to do, Trump should ignore the subpoena, and frame […]

It’s been six months since Rachel and I began editing Yellowhammer News, bringing with us a traditionally conservative focus on politics, culture and faith, a new and experienced team of writers, and an innovative new website design. And the response has been incredible – Yellowhammer News articles are now being read more than half a million times […]

Michelle Wolf is not the first so-called comic to maliciously insult conservatives and Republicans at a White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, but she was intentionally mean-spirited, and even after the blowback, she’s unrepentant. Members of the liberal mainstream media have expressed disapproval over some of Wolf’s comments, saying she went too far. But I’m not […]

Bishop Barron: Michelle Wolf and the throwaway culture

The other night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Michelle Wolf, who I’m told is a comedian, regaled the black-tie and sequin-gowned crowd with her “jokes.” Almost all were in extremely bad taste and/or wildly offensive, but one has become accustomed to that sort of coarseness in the comedy clubs and even on mainstream television. […]

The latest panic over "assault weapons"

Taking a page straight out of 1984, Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary, recently changed the definition of assault rifle to fit pro-gun control talking points. Bre Payton of the Federalist highlights how the online dictionary modified the entry for “assault rifle” with the following definition: “noun: any of various intermediate-range, magazine-fed military rifles (such as the AK-47) that […]

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is a controversial figure, no doubt. Those on the left hate him, some on the right love him, and most Alabama voters just want him to go away. But like a recurring rash, Alabama Republicans cannot shake the non-stop Roy Moore news. Recently Moore announced he was suing his […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: STARTLING STATISTICS SHOW CHRISTIANS ARE LIVING IN PERIL TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, additional statistics are in from the Open Doors’ Intolerance against Christians. The number of Christians murdered increased to more than 3,000 in 2017. The report analyzes the data collected in 2017, a year in which […]

The 'Uncle Tom' card is dead

Here is a short list of prominent conservatives and independent thinkers who’ve been accused by their critics of being an “Uncle Tom” or some other vitriolic variation on the overplayed left-wing theme of being a traitor to their race or gender (“Aunt Tomasina,” “Uncle Juan,” “Aunt Jemima,” “Uncle Wong,” etc.): –White House Press Secretary Sarah […]

It has been 13 days since Kanye West praised Candace Owens for her ability to think for herself and her will to stand up to Democrats who wish to see her fail after she shut down a Black Lives Matter protest during an event at UCLA. Kanye’s seven-word tweet that read ‘I Love the Way […]

Every day a member of the media whines about how their profession is under attack. These attacks generally consist of people telling them that their stories are biased and that they are untrustworthy. Some of this criticism is fair, much of it is not. But what is clear, at least in Alabama, is that the […]