Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: CHURCH PASTOR COMES OUT AS TRANSGENDER AND HOLDS WORSHIP SERVICE TO CELEBRATE TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you to three stories out of different media outlets. They all deal with a transgender story. The first story deals with a […]

    Our politics are increasingly polarized. Yelling matches on cable news are the norm, and those with opposing viewpoints are labeled as bigoted or anti-American. The division has gotten to the point that, according to the Pew Research Center, most Republicans and Democrats have few or no friends in the opposing party. The question, […]

Thursday morning at the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s Eggs and Issues breakfast at the Alabama Activity Center, Rep. Martha Roby (R-Montgomery) offered her views on the push for more gun regulation in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. Roby warned against reacting with legislation. “You can’t legislate against evil,” she […]

    If your workplace is a union shop, are you forced to pay union dues? Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about that. When I worked at CBS and ABC, I was ordered to join the American Federation of Radio and TV Artists. That union had won a vote that gave them the right […]

    The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 1. There was a police officer on the scene during the shooting, he did nothing, and will be retired — A Marjory Stoneman Douglas school resource officer has been retired after Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said video shows him taking up a defensive position during […]

  When newly minted doctors graduate from medical schools throughout the country each year, most head for lucrative jobs in specialties and large metropolitan regions. Few want to practice family medicine for relatively low pay in America’s backwaters. The doctor shortage is a problem across the country, but it’s worse in Alabama than most states. […]

    Our Talladega friends stop by the program, to get Zac (celebrity judge) prepped for the Wildgame Cookoff coming up this weekend.   http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/PIT_STOP_with_Talladega_celebrity_judge_Zac_Johnson.mp3   Click here to listen in a new window. Subscribe to the Yellowhammer Radio Presents The Ford Faction podcast on iTunes or Stitcher.

  A bill to establish the Alabama School of Cyber Technology and Engineering for grades 7-12 in Huntsville unanimously passed the State Senate on Thursday. Students from across the state will be able to apply for one of the 300 spots in the public school when it opens in 2020, according to the legislation. “Our […]

    (Sponsored) From the Shunnarah Law Firm, Alyssa Daniels and this week’s “Shark of The Week” to discuss her upbringing and what Alexander means to her and his leadership qualities, the free law advice the law firm holds, and other exciting things in this week’s “Shark of The Week.”   http://media.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/content.blubrry.com/yellowhammer/Alyssa_Daniels_from_the_Shunnarah_Law_Firm_joined_The_Ford_Faction.mp3   Click here […]

Local and state governments in Alabama are not awaiting action from the federal government, as the nation scrambles to enact policies to prevent more mass shootings like the one that occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week. On Monday, the Hoover City Council unanimously approved a request from Mayor Frank Brocato to hire […]

  Washington County Public Fishing Lake temporarily reopened on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. The lake will close on April 30, 2018, for draining and restocking – a process that will take about two and half years to complete. Temporary operational hours will be sunrise to sunset, seven days a week. The lake is located at 809 State Lake […]

    When another school shooting claims the lives of innocent victims, the conversation gets loud. We find ourselves engaging strangers on social media imparting our views about the right to bear arms and what that means. We become emboldened when the innocent die. The conversation zigzags to mental health and violent video games, and […]

    State Representative Will Ainsworth has proposed a bill that would allow trained teachers to carry firearms in schools if they want to. Democrats hate this, some Superintendents hate it too. But according to Will Ainsworth, the bill has 33 co-sponsors and that includes two Democrats. Maybe more importantly, President Donald Trump supports the […]

    On Saturday, Talladega Superspeedway will host the first Alabama Wildlife Federation (AWF) cook-off for 2018. The event will feature delicacies made with wild game, and it will give attendees a chance to see Talladega Superspeedway from an entirely different perspective. Tickets for the cook-off are $40 for one ticket or $50 for two, […]

Would there be valid laws for people in certain situations not to have access to guns such as this young man with literally 39 calls to the police? That’s a no-brainer. And then, of course, the warnings given to the FBI -- if you see something, say something. Well, people saw and said something and there was no response.

    Bitcoin has been on a wild ride, rocketing from $1,000 to nearly $20,000 last year. A recent slide to $7,300 brought claims that Bitcoin was a bubble. What exactly is a financial bubble, and does Bitcoin have a future? Most commonly described as a cryptocurrency, Bitcoin joins together several innovations. It is first […]

    Rebecca Tate of Never Thirst joined The Ford Faction to talk about the campaign Never Thirst is behind and what it is doing for communities in need of clean water. Never Thirst is having an event at Top Golf in Birmingham on March 2nd and proceeds will be benefiting the Never Thirst mission. […]

    Where are all the grown-ups in times of crisis and grief? Don’t bother searching America’s prestigious law schools. Two adult men, occupying lofty perches as law professors, argued this week that the voting age in the U.S. should be lowered to 16 because some high school survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting who […]

    Wayne Reynolds, EdD of Athens has officially declared his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Alabama State Board of Education District 8. “I am excited to announce that I am running for the District 8 seat on the Alabama State Board of Education. I have served nearly 30 years of my work in […]

The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 1. The president offered up real solutions, they’re actually doable — Over the last few days, Donald Trump suggested changes to background checks, making bump stocks illegal, allowing teachers to be armed, and raising the age of someone who can purchase a firearm. — Republicans have […]

  Social media may be one of the largest reasons young people are acting more and more frequently as victims, explains an expert on the rise of victimhood around the country. Jason Manning, co-author of “The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars,“ points to social media as a major factor in the rise […]

  Alabama is known as a low tax state, but are we the lowest? Not even close. We’re No. 14, according to a recent Tax Foundation report titled “Facts & Figures 2017: How does your state compare?” The study examined the individual local, county and state level taxes, but excluded federal collections. Here’s how Alabama […]

    (Sponsored) Nikki Dyess, a “career coach” at AlabamaWorks joined The Ford Faction to talk about the exciting opportunities AlabamaWorks has in store.  Lucas Hoffman, an AlabamaWorks worker and is very devoted to the program, joined the show to talk about the impact it has with him and what it has done for him in […]

Entrepreneurial skills lend themselves to all kinds of ventures in life, not just to making money. They certainly lent themselves to Bart Smelley – you may recognize the name: Bart’s son Brad played tight end for the University of Alabama and his other son Chris was a quarterback at the University of South Carolina and […]