The use of profanity is either the result of a weak mind or a weak argument: "I don’t have the ability to debate you, so I’m going to verbally assault you."

Refunding sales taxes to retailers as an incentive may be good policy for state and local governments. But it should be policy only if we make a fully informed decision.

A sexual system prizing love and commitment doesn't require nearly the amount of explanation as a system that dispenses with both.

    As the father of three beautiful children and a Christian man, I fully understand how precious the gift of life is.  Throughout my almost 60 years on earth, I have found fatherhood to be the greatest accomplishment of my lifetime. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court decision […]

    (Opinion) The Alabama legislature is considering a bill that would collect all race and ethnicity data from traffic stops in the state and transmit it to the Attorney General’s office. The AG’s office could use that data to determine what training should be done and, if desired, what funding should be withheld. This […]

  If Birmingham had its version of Tom Hanks – someone widely recognized that is well-liked by the community – the top candidate would have to be ABC 33/40 meteorologist James Spann. Going back decades (including this writer’s childhood), Spann has been a fixture on Birmingham television as a local weatherman. He elevated his popularity […]

The Southern Poverty Law Center once fought useful fights. They took on the Ku Klux Klan. But now they smear people on the right with whom they disagree.

  (Opinion) Immigration has been a hot topic for years within the country. Over the past few months the topic has shifted into a “blame Trump game.” While past administrations have exhibited the exact same agenda on immigration as President Trump, they weren’t as active in following through with it. The Trump Administration is persistent […]

  (Opinion) Make no mistake about it, Alabama had a rough 2017, but we got through it. We had a disgraced governor removed following the saddest sex scandal ever and an embarrassing series of special election contests that ended with Democrat Senator Doug Jones in Washington D.C. Now Yellowhammer News has “Heard in the Hallway” […]

      Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript:  MULTI-YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY DROP NOT SEEN SINCE ’60s TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, statistic out of World Magazine: “U.S. Life Expectancy in 2016 Drop for The Second Straight Year.” An Average Adult can now expect to live 78.6 years with a five-year gap between life […]

My question is: Is it ignorance of or contempt for our Constitution that fuels the movement to abolish the Electoral College?

    (Opinion) The American Left has attempted to weaponize economic development for years, and sometimes it works. They have used religious freedom in Indiana, transgender bathrooms in North Carolina, and immigration reforms in Arizona as reasons that jobs, investments, and special events like the NBA All Star games shouldn’t take place in these states. […]

Here is an African-American operating from the blessings of the success of Martin Luther King’s initiative but, yet, government attempted to silence him.

    After a year in which he tested a hydrogen bomb and an ICBM, threatened to destroy the United States, and called President Trump “a dotard,” Kim Jong Un, at the gracious invitation of the president of South Korea, will be sending a skating team to the “Peace Olympics.” An impressive year for Little […]

It would behoove President Trump to keep faith with his base and remain hardcore on his signature issue, immigration, both because it's the right thing to do and because it's the wisest political course.

  Informing Iran, “The U.S. is watching what you do,” Amb. Nikki Haley called an emergency meeting Friday of the Security Council regarding the riots in Iran. The session left her and us looking ridiculous. France’s ambassador tutored Haley that how nations deal with internal disorders is not the council’s concern. Russia’s ambassador suggested the United Nations […]

(Opinion) What do you do when the subject of a story and the narrator are both pathological liars? You choose your own adventure, you decide what and who you believe, you decide your preconceived notions were right and everyone else is wrong. I have called the President of the United States a pathological liar on […]

Our nation ought to provide a place of refuge for the refugees until they can be properly vetted and either restored back into their nation or brought into this nation and, in the vetting, there ought to be a category for religious and political persecution.

Perpetual amnesty for illegal aliens -- whether it's called TPS, DACA or DREAM -- will only beget more illegal immigration.

  The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 1. The President of the United States reportedly referred to other countries as “s***holes“, outrage commences — President Trump made the comments during a meeting with bipartisan lawmakers who were discussing immigration reform. — The comment was reportedly made as part of a discussion on […]

  (Opinion) Most Alabamians are excited about the new $1.6 billion Toyota Mazda plant coming to Alabama. However not everyone is thrilled with how this stuff goes down. Senator Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) lamented the fact that he created 50+ jobs and the state didn’t even say “thank you.” So I asked Senator Brewbaker what he could […]

  Did you win the recent Mega Millions or Powerball $400 million jackpots? If not, perhaps you are lucky, since big jackpots often make people miserable. The “lottery curse” and related research findings suggest that perhaps we should rethink our economic priorities. We all know what we would buy with some extra money, so a […]

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: COLLEGE FOOTBALL’S BIG NIGHT AND BIG PRAISE FOR GOD TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, last Monday night, Alabama was heard around the world as Nick Saban won his sixth national championship. He now ties Bear Bryant. DR. REEDER: Yeah, it was quite an […]

America knows posturing when it sees it. And what we're seeing now from Hollywood isn't bravery.