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Hi, we’re an uninsured American family. Ok, we do have homeowner’s insurance and car insurance and life insurance, so we’re not totally living on the edge. But no, we do not have traditional health insurance. Our Story Health insurance has always confused me. What exactly am I paying for? For us, 2013 was a fairly […]

Can’t miss events in Alabama this weekend

Woodlawn Street Market The Woodlawn Street Market is back. Support more than 80 local vendors in the heart of historic Woodlawn. Marketgoers will find art, jewelry, clothing, produce, children’s books and toys. Live entertainment and dancers are included. The Woodlawn Street Market is Saturday, June 9, on the block of 55th Place South from 10 […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF CHRISTIAN BAKER TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, earlier this week, after six years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 7-2 ruling, favored a Christian cake baker, Jack Phillips, in the case Masterpiece Cake Shop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. This […]

Era of anti-incumbency may be ending in Alabama

Speaker of the House Mac McCutcheon pulled off a feat previously unseen in the speaker’s office: He protected every one of his incumbent members in the Republican primary. Voters throughout Alabama re-nominated all fifteen Republican House members who had primary opposition. McCutcheon’s success is certainly a product of his coordinated effort with House Majority Leader […]

As he departs for a G-7 summit meeting in Canada, and then to an even higher-stakes summit in Singapore, President Trump had nicer things to say about North Korea’s dictator than he did about congressional Democrats and U.S. allies. In a Friday morning tweet, Trump wrote: “Obama, Schumer and Pelosi did NOTHING about North Korea, […]

No pardon for partisan hypocrisy

Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches. President Trump’s pardon of conservative author Dinesh D’Souza last week violently triggered Beltway media elites. It’s peanut butter, weed pollen, gluten, manspreading, Chick-fil-A, the national anthem, and Kryptonite all rolled into one giant political allergen. Allow me to administer the rhetorical, metaphorical antihistamine. To The […]

Sixty-nine percent of Americans believe sex between an unmarried man and woman is “morally acceptable,” according to a recent Gallup poll. In addition, the survey found only 28 percent consider it “morally wrong,”

1. State Representative Ed Henry is arrested for Medicare fraud — Henry was indicted and charged with 6 14 counts including planning to defraud Medicare and pay kickbacks to a physician in Montgomery. — He was arrested, charged, released, and he has released this statement saying he did nothing illegal. 2. Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox is […]

Russell Berger, the chief knowledge officer for the fitness movement and company known as CrossFit, was fired Wednesday for saying that LGBTQ pride and celebrations of such are a “sin.” His criticism came after showing support for a CrossFit facility in Indianapolis, which canceled a workout session that was intended to support Pride Month, according […]

The remains of solider killed during the Korean War have been returned to his family in the U.S. News outlets report that a casket carrying Army Sgt. Julius Ellis McKinney arrived Wednesday morning at Memphis International Airport in Tennessee.

Here’s what to get Alabama dads for Father’s Day

There has been so much written about “what women really mean when they say something,” the topic should have its own wing in the Library of Congress. For men it’s much simpler. When your dad says he doesn’t want a gift for Father’s Day, it usually means either a.) he really wants something, or b.) […]

An Alabama inmate who was serving time for killing two people in the 1970s has been found dead in a prison infirmary. Al.com cites the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office as saying 66-year-old Donald Thigpen was pronounced dead Tuesday around 8 p.m.

Electro Optic Systems (EOS), a Australian defense contractor specializing in remotely controlled weapon systems, announced plans Wednesday to locate its flagship U.S. manufacturing facility in technology-focused Huntsville, creating as many as 100 jobs in the first year. EOS executives joined Alabama Commerce Secretary Greg Canfield and local leaders for the announcement this morning at the […]

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Wednesday on Fox Business that President Donald Trump’s successful agenda has stifled any chance of a blue wave this November. “Across [California] yesterday we saw Republicans turning out in droves in six of the seven battleground House seats yesterday that Democrats were counting on to flip the House,” McDaniel said […]

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U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers: The border wall is the solution

As many of you may have seen recently, Fake News and liberal groups have blamed President Trump with false allegations saying his Administration is to blame for “losing” illegal immigrant children by separating them from their families. What these groups fail to disclose is that these phonies are using photos of illegal immigrant children from […]

I will confess that as a person of Irish heritage on both sides of my family, I found the events in Ireland last week particularly dispiriting. Not only did the nation vote, by a two-to-one margin, for the legal prerogative to kill their children in the womb, but they also welcomed and celebrated the vote […]

Remember when Trump wanted to kill drug dealers and people applauded? (I did). Now he is letting them out of prison. Depending on who you listen to, President Donald Trump’s commutation is either a powerful statement about prison reform, an outreach to black voters, or a signal to his collusion co-conspirators that he will get them […]

An Alabama county has elected a new probate judge and school superintendent. Citing unofficial results, Al.com reports the Tuesday Republican primary in Shelby County decided the two roles as no Democrats were in either race.

An Alabama lawmaker has been indicted on federal charges that he paid kickbacks to a doctor’s office that referred Medicare patients to his health care business. The indictment against Republican state Rep. Ed Henry of Hartselle was unsealed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Montgomery.

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: LAW PROPOSED FOR NEW BIRTH CERTIFICATES WITH “X” AS GENDER  TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I want to take you to a couple of news stories, one out of Fox News and the other out of World Magazine. The Fox News story reports that a New York City […]

“Good luck to Alice Johnson. Have a wonderful life!” President Trump tweeted Thursday morning, one day after commuting the sentence of the woman who served 21 years in an Alabama prison for her part in a non-violent drug conspiracy. Alice Johnson made the rounds of the morning news shows, thanking both President Trump for giving […]

Here’s the skinny on bringing kids to Starbucks . . . Starbucks can be a bit overwhelming, and ordering for your child can be risky business. I had the privilege of working there for four years and have experienced serving the youngest customers of them all! I’ve served them drinks that are horrible for them […]

An Alabama man has been charged with taking parts stripped from stolen vehicles and selling them on the website Craigslist. WKRG-TV reports Baldwin County sheriff’s deputies arrested Travis McCryndle on Wednesday on charges of receiving stolen property and operating a motor vehicle theft facility out of Daphne.