Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 9: Wedensday, January 11, 2012 Travel to Jerusalem Tour of Israeli Supreme Court Meeting with Supreme Court Justice Dalia Dorner: Justice Dorner is an outspoken advocate for […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 8: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Travel to Tel Aviv Meeting with Shai Agassi, Founder and CEO of Better Place: “Better Place” is a company that is bringing […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 7: Monday, January 9, 2012 Gaza: Today we will gain a comprehensive understanding of the reality on the ground in Southern Israel following the withdrawal from Gaza. […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 6: Sunday, January 8, 2012 Visit Yad Vashem: Yad Vashem holds the world’s largest repository of information on the Holocaust. The memorial and museum on Mt. Herzl […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 5: Saturday, January 7, 2012 Visit Masada: Masada is perhaps the most well-known tourist attraction in Israel with one of the most dramatic stories known to humanity. […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 4: Friday, January 6, 2012 Old City of Jerusalem – Four Quarters: We will explore the vast history within the walls of the ancient city including a […]

The AEA today took aim at Gov. Bentley’s proposed budget. New AEA Executive Secretary Henry Mabry sent-out the following email to their members: Subject: Stop education funds from being diverted – contact Governor Bentley today! Education funds should be used for education! Take Action! Tell Governor Bentley not to divert education funds from students! Dear […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 3: Thursday, January 5, 2012 Bahai Gardens: The Bahai faith’s central worship sites are located in Haifa and Acco. The stunning gardens are reflective of the values […]

My hearty congratulations to Gov. Mitt Romney on his impressive showing in the Iowa Caucuses tonight. Governor Romney’s positive message of fiscal responsibility, economic growth and family values truly resonated with Iowa voters. I look forward to March 13th when Alabama voters will have the chance to vote for Governor Romney. It is time to […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. DAY 2: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 Breakfast at Hotel Travel to the Kinneret- Sea of Galilee area Church of the Beatitudes and Capernaum: We will be visiting the […]

Alabama GOP legislators set a high standard in the historic 2011 session. What will their follow-up act look like? Here are Yellow Hammer’s 2012 “Legislators to Watch.” 1. Rep. JIM McCLENDON Rep. McClendon tops our inaugural list of legislators to watch. Why? Because he’s House Chairman of the Permanent Committee on Redistricting — and although […]

I’m currently sitting in Northern Israel thinking about swimming in the Dead Sea tomorrow… but the AEA is still at it in my absence. We’ve been hearing a lot of rumblings lately about the AEA trying to get some highly-connected Republican-leaning lobbyists in their corner. However, I’ve learned today that they have already been turned […]

By: Star Parker In the 20-plus years that I have worked as a conservative activist, I’ve spoken on almost 200 university campuses — usually to Republican and conservative groups. Over time, I have observed changes in attitude among many young Republicans — and I believe these shifts help explain the rise of Ron Paul. When […]

Below is a short list of Alabama politicos worth following on Twitter. This list is by no means definitive and we’ll likely do another one of these in the future. In the mean time, if we left someone out that should have made it, let us know in the comments. You can also check out […]

(Via The Blaze) Current Atlanta Braves senior vice president and Hall-of-Fame slugger Hank Aaron, a Mobile native, gave $1,000 to Florida Democratic congressional candidate Lois Frankel this past year. Here are some other sports figures who have made political donations ahead of this year’s elections: -Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning: $5,000 to Sen. Bob Corker, […]

Yellow Hammer’s Cliff Sims is on a ten-day educational, cultural, and political trip to Israel. Read Cliff’s explanation of the trip here & see today’s schedule below. Tuesday, January 3, 2012 Arrival in Tel Aviv Travel to Western Galilee We will be staying in a hotel founded by Holocaust survivors soon after Israel’s Declaration of […]

Several weeks ago I was fortunate enough to be selected as one of a handful of American students to travel to Israel and participate in a once-in-a-lifetime educational, cultural and political experience. As this post goes up on YHP, I’ll be making my way from Birmingham to New York where our group will be flying […]

Republican presidential hopefuls are turning to the web and social media as weapons in the war to win Iowa. On Jan. 3, Iowa Republican caucus-goers will pick their choice for presidential nominee. One of the seven remaining candidates will move a step closer to becoming the GOP’s choice to run against President Barack Obama in […]

Bieber on Letterman…Ron Paul on Leno. One of these two knows it’s not a good idea to let Iran get nukes. — Cliff Sims (@Cliff_Sims) December 29, 2011 Attn AL Law Enforcement:Santa stopped by the Beason’s & his papers checked out!He is good to go!Pic proof on fb.Merry Christmas! — Scott Beason (@ScottBeason) December 25, […]

AEA Associate Executive Secretary Joe Reed will be joining his long-time pal Paul Hubbert in retirement this weekend. He’s also joining Hubbert in having retirement puff-pieces written about him as he exits the stage. If you’re interested in the AP’s send-off for Reed, you can read it here. To summarize, the article mostly highlights Reed’s […]

Alabama House Minority Leader Craig Ford spent most of his recent interview with The Post Online whining about his Republican counterparts. Ford referred to the Republicans’ legislative agenda as “a ‘get even’ approach.” That’s interesting…To the rest of us it looked like they were going point by point down their list of promises to Alabama […]

By David G. Savage and Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles— Federal judges have blocked strict new immigration laws adopted by conservative legislatures in half a dozen states, including a ruling last week that said South Carolina may not set up a “street-level dragnet” to stop and arrest illegal […]

Republicans were behind the curve in 2008 when barack Obama broke new ground with the use of social media in his presidential campaign. According to The New York Times, GOP candidates learned their lesson. The below article points out several ways that current GOP contenders are utilizing social media to spread their message. In Alabama, […]