Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: NEW CLASS ON CHRISTIAN PRIVILEGE GETS IT ALL WRONG TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, just four days after Easter, George Washington University decided they would host a training session for students and faculty that teaches “Christian privilege” — that Christians receive unmerited perks from institutions and systems all […]

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey remains one of the nation’s most popular governors, and new Sen. Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) fares better than his predecessor, according to a new poll released Thursday. The survey by Morning Consult included interviews with 275,000 registered voters in all 50 states from Jan. 1 through the end of March. The […]

Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking’s recent death brought new attention to his dire predictions about artificial intelligence (AI). Professor Hawking feared the loss of jobs, rising inequality, and the potential for malevolent AI to threaten human existence. Does a disaster loom? If we remain in control, I think that AI will bring progress. Robots already do […]

Uber will start doing annual criminal background checks on U.S. drivers and hire a company that constantly monitors criminal arrests as it tries to do a better job of keeping riders safe. The move announced Thursday is one of several actions taken by the ride-hailing company under new CEO Dara Khosrowshahi (Cause-row-SHA-hee). He says the […]

Four Mississippi university students are accused of breaking into the University of Alabama’s athletic facility and stealing memorabilia. Authorities say the break-in happened during the pre-dawn hours of April 4, six days before Alabama’s national championship football team met with President Donald Trump at the White House. Court records say the four got inside the […]

This week, the FBI raided the office, hotel room and home of President Trump’s personal attorney and self-described “fixer,” Michael Cohen. According to various media reports, the Department of Justice signed off on a warrant for the search; presumably, the law enforcement agency is searching for evidence regarding Cohen’s $130,000 payment to pornography actress Stormy […]

The leading Democratic contenders for governor spent much — but not all — of a Wednesday night debate agreeing with each other. Former Alabama Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and former state legislator James Fields appeared in the debate hosted by WVTM in Birmingham. All three expressed support for a state […]

An Alabama city’s only air medical transport service will end operations as the helicopter’s provider opted not to renew the contract. The Tuscaloosa News reports that the Tuscaloosa-based NorthFlight will cease operating Monday, after more than four years of transporting roughly 1,000 critically injured patients by helicopter. The service was a partnership between NorthStar EMS, […]

Internet giant Google this week officially launched construction of a $600 million data center in Alabama with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in Jackson County. The project will create as many as 100 full-time jobs and create massive economic ripples. Google said the data center in Bridgeport will be a hub for Internet traffic, […]

An Alabama community college has been awarded a $1.5 million federal grant for its planned automotive technology training center in Decatur-annexed Limestone County. Decatur Daily reports the grant was announced Wednesday for the Calhoun Community College’s center, which is expected to cost more than $7 million. Calhoun officials said in September that they had already […]

A capital murder charge against the Rev. Al Sharpton’s half brother will be forwarded to an Alabama grand jury. The Dothan Eagle reported Tuesday that a judge concluded there’s enough evidence to move the case against the Rev. Kenneth Glasgow forward. Glasgow is accused of driving 26-year-old Jamie Townes around to look for a stolen […]

Earlier this week, Yellowhammer News Editor J. Pepper Bryars appeared on WYDE’s “The Ford Faction” radio program to discuss the pro-life movement and the battle to defund Planned Parenthood. “Those of us who are pro-life must ask ourselves this question,” Bryars said. “Do we truly believe abortion is what we say it is … which […]

Guard Bryce Brown has joined a list of Auburn players considering entering the NBA draft. The first-team All-Southeastern Conference performer announced his decision to go through the evaluation process Wednesday, but says he’s not planning to hire an agent. He has until June 11 to withdraw from the draft.

Republican candidate for governor Scott Dawson discussed his priority of instituting mandatory drug testing at all Alabama public schools in a recent interview with John Sharp of AL.com. “It is because I’m tired of drug addiction holding a generation hostage,” Dawson told Sharp. “Drug addiction doesn’t know a gender, a race, a socioeconomic status.” Dawson […]

There are dramatic differences between our congressional delegation of the 1940s-1960s and our group on the Potomac today. Obviously, their partisan badges have changed, as have Alabamians. There is also a tremendous difference in power and seniority of that era versus today’s group. That bygone era of Alabama congressmen were very progressive New Deal Democrats; […]

Attorneys for the state of Alabama and one of its few abortion clinics faced off before federal judges Tuesday, debating the state’s effort to reinstate a law that let judges put minors seeking abortions through a trial-like process. The state’s legislators in 2014 changed the process for minors to get abortions through a court order […]

Birmingham-based marketing expert Corbitt Chandler says he used to think 2016 was the worst year of his life. It was the year an addiction threatened his marriage, an infection threatened his life, and a showdown with his personal demons threatened his faith. “I was just mad at life,” said the founder and CEO of Apex […]

Mountain Brook High School’s Trendon Watford and Lee-Montgomery’s Zippy Broughton are the state’s basketball players of the year. Watford was named Mr. Basketball Tuesday by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. Broughton is the state’s Miss Basketball. Watford is one of the nation’s top junior prospects, ranked ninth in the Class of 2019 by 247Sports. He […]

As thousands of National Guard troops deploy to the Mexico border, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions plans to bring his firm stance on immigration enforcement to New Mexico where a group of Southwest border sheriffs are meeting Wednesday. Sessions will speak in Las Cruces at the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition Annual Spring Meeting with the […]

Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: WHY HAS PERSONAL IDENTITY BECOME SUCH A BIG PROBLEM IN SOCIETY? TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, today, I’d like to take you to an in-depth article written by a friend of yours, Dr. Peter Jones. It deals with personal identity. He writes, “If personal identity becomes one of […]

Police say a deadly crash involving a large truck led to an explosion on an interstate in eastern Alabama, and authorities were telling motorists to avoid that stretch of roadway since lanes were blocked. Heflin Police Chief A.J. Benefield said in a statement on social media that the wreck happened around 2 a.m. Wednesday on […]

Over the last few weeks, several smaller Alabama newspapers have cried foul over President Donald Trump’s tariff on Canadian newsprint, which will significantly raise their costs. According to Jackson County Sentinel editor Brandon Cox, newsprint, which is sold in increments of tons, will increase from $600 per ton to nearly $800 per ton, and that could […]

http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/4_10_18_Matt_Wilson.mp3 Matt Wilson of “Living Life On Purpose” and his friend and guest Mike Bailey join The Ford Faction to talk about Mike’s walk with Christ after a traumatizing moment that led to his daughter, Ashlynn, passing away of a drug overdose.  Mike goes into depth about what that meant to him to continue his faith […]

Former U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore is countersuing a woman who said he sexually touched her when she was 14 and he was 32. Attorneys for Moore filed the defamation counterclaim Monday against Leigh Corfman — who has an ongoing defamation lawsuit against Moore — denying the accusations of misconduct raised by Corfman in an […]