Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: IS ABSURDITY THE NEW NORMAL? TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, two stories out of The Daily Wire that I wanted to cover today and I can only describe them as jaw-dropping, mind-boggling, and bizarre. The first story, out of the Netherlands, doctors approve […]

    (Opinion) Last summer, Spanish Fort High School teacher Gene Ponder made national headlines when he committed the unforgivable sin of including authors like Ann Coulter, Ron Paul, Thomas Sowell and Ronald Reagan on an AP Government/Economics class summer reading list. As you might imagine, even in one of the most conservative counties in […]

    On Sunday, I attended the Super Bowl, along with my father, my business partner and the president of our company. It was an amazing event. That wasn’t just because the game was terrific — although it was. It was because for all the competitive fire, for all the passion and excitement, one feeling […]

FIRE promotes the rights of faculty and students on college campuses, including freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty and sanctity of conscience. In January, Auburn University earned FIRE’s highest “green light” speech code rating, the first Alabama university to earn the distinction.

  The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 1. President Donald Trump says he is OK with a government shutdown over immigration — At a meeting with law enforcement where immigration was discussed, the president said he would “love” to see a shutdown over lack of immigration enforcement. — In spite of Trump’s […]

    (Opinion) At 12:01 am on Friday, the government will no longer have the funds to operate. Once again, we are faced with the possibility of a government shutdown and the Democrats have made it clear that they will stand alongside “Dreamers” before the American people. While I somewhat understand the importance of a […]

  Tuesday in an appearance on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) slammed his U.S. Senate counterparts for an inability to fund the federal government on a permanent basis and accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of hijacking the process to gain leverage in negotiations on immigration policy. Byrne explained House Republicans were […]

Donald Trump ran his entire campaign based on doing SOMETHING about immigration. He promised to build a wall, send DREAMers home, end chain migration, and generally fix the immigration system to put Americans first. These apparently were not hard positions, but merely an opening salvo in a negotiation.  He obviously wants a deal, but he […]

  Attorney General Steve Marshall officially qualified to run for the office of Attorney General this past Friday afternoon. “I want Alabama to know that the office of Attorney General will not shy away from any challenges, and will be on the forefront of the major issues that continue to challenge our state,” said Marshall. […]

    This Friday, Alabama’s Port City will welcome to town the USS Philippine Sea, combining two things that are so Mobile: ships and Mardi Gras. The Navy League of Mobile and the Alabama State Port Authority have been coordinating annual visits of dubbed “Mardi Gras Ships” for years to demonstrate reverence for our service […]

Now, in the world, we are searching for happiness outside of that. The Yale student body is growing up in a culture that says, “Happiness is in unrestrained drug use, unrestrained sexual activity. Happiness is found in success, in celebrity status, in power, in influence.”

When I took in the opening scenes, and heard a lot of talk about protecting the environment and the dangers of overpopulation, I thought that Downsizing would be a propaganda piece for left-wing causes. Here I was surprised again, for the film amounts, I will argue, to a not-so-subtle critique of that ideology.

    Some people have called for a balanced budget amendment to our Constitution as a means of reining in a big-spending Congress. That’s a misguided vision, for the simple reason that in any real economic sense, as opposed to an accounting sense, the federal budget is always balanced. The value of what we produced […]

Cody Robinson, an attorney from Gadsden, has qualified for the Republican nomination for Circuit Court Judge, 16th Judicial Circuit, Place 4. “I have practiced law in the courts of Alabama for fifteen years, representing individuals, families, businesses, and government agencies.” Robinson said, “I have maintained a varied practice and have always striven to conduct myself […]

  The 7 Things You Should Be Talking About Today 1. House Intelligence Committee votes to release documents; senators seek criminal probe against dossier author — The ongoing saga over dueling memos will now move to the floor of the U.S. House; Speaker Ryan supports its release. — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. […]

  Late Monday afternoon, Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) took to her social media accounts to tease the upcoming release of a congressional Democrat memo responding to last week’s House Intelligence Committee memo that alleged inappropriate conduct by the FBI and Department of Justice in seeking a FISA warrant against former Trump campaign member Carter Page. […]

  Montgomery, Ala. – Senator Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) has introduced Senate Bill 277, a bill that supports President Trump’s effort to secure our borders while growing Alabama’s economy. Whatley’s proposal will provide an income tax credit for Alabama businesses involved in construction for national border security. Senator Whatley says the legislation will give Alabama firms an advantage […]

  Montgomery – One of Alabama’s most economically significant industries is the recipient of well-deserved recognition from the Alabama Legislature. Both the House and Senate chambers unanimously approved HJR25, which officially voiced support and recognition of Alabama’s iron and steel manufacturing sector. “Iron and steel manufacturing jobs in Alabama have an average annual wage of […]

    State Sen. Arthur Orr (R – Decatur) on Monday announced that he has filed qualifying papers to seek a new term in the Senate District 3 seat that he has held since 2006. “Since my first day serving in Montgomery, I have focused my efforts on improving education, economic development, and efficiency in state government, […]

What if you could access real-time data analyzing the severity and commonality of various common illnesses like the flu in your own communities?Thanks to Knox Spencer Associates, LLC’s new website and app Doctors Report Illness Tracker, you can – all the way down to your zip code. Doctors Report is the brainchild of Daniel Shaw, […]

The Democratic party obviously believes this is an illegitimate president and they are not able to affirm the positive, lest it be attributed to him.

    A southern amusement park is changing a 40-year-old roller coaster’s name, likely because of its link to the Confederacy, according to a Sunday report. Kings Dominion is changing the name of its “Rebel Yell” roller coaster to “Racer 75,” reported The Roanoke Times. The roller coaster’s former name represents the cry Confederate soldiers […]

    BioAlabama is looking to formalize a life sciences network throughout the state to enhance economic development in an important industry that stretches to nearly every corner of Alabama. The state’s industry organization is aligned with the national Biotechnology Innovation Organization, or BIO, the world’s largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotech centers […]

  AUBURN, Ala. — Yellow Card Financial, a startup business created by Auburn University students Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux, will compete at the Global Student Entrepreneurship Awards national pitch competition Feb. 9 in Dallas, Texas. The team—which specializes in the cryptocurrency phenomenon—won first place Jan. 26 at the GSEA U.S. East Regionals in Atlanta. Winners at […]