When it comes to protests, America has lost its senses. A previous column of mine provided a single example, from southern Alabama last week, of an overreaction to a silent, respectful protest. That one example is indicative of a larger problem, on both sides of the protest equation. The overly broad (but accurate) description […]

  We know what Alabama’s senators think about Roy Moore. — Sen. Richard Shelby (Tuscaloosa) has inundated national news reports for weeks as the most high-profile Alabama Republican to support someone other than his party’s nominee for Senate. — Sen. Luther Strange (Birmingham), for whose seat Moore is vying, has been a little more ambivalent […]

  As he gears up for his gubernatorial run, Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle is pushing a more connected “Cyber Alabama”, noting that the state ranks 40th in the nation for internet connectivity. But the number of state residents he cites lacking what Battle deems adequate internet speeds – 883,000 – is tied to the Federal […]

As the FCC prepares to vote on net neutrality, what does it mean and how might it affect internet users, for better and for worse?

Pastor Harry Reeder explains the historical and Biblical significance of Trump's decision to relocate the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

  Forgive Kelsey Hall if she isn’t smiling for pictures – sometimes, celebrities get burned out. Hall, a University of Alabama sophomore majoring in chemistry, has a festive lineup of Christmas-themed clothes. But, thanks to an unexpected gift from her mother and a not-so-serious tweet, Hall has worn a Christmas tree costume across campus this […]

Tomorrow’s special election for the United States Senate was supposed to have been a mere formality for the Republican nominee.  And, yet, this election has turned our state into a center of controversy and the object of scorn directed at Alabama voters from those outside of the state’s border. Our readers have flooded us with […]

  Even interventionists are regretting some of the wars into which they helped plunge the United States in this century. Among those wars are Afghanistan and Iraq, the longest in our history; Libya, which was left without a stable government; Syria’s civil war, a six-year human rights disaster we helped kick off by arming rebels […]

  CNN’s media analyst was taken to the woodshed Sunday by a conservative radio host in North Alabama who said our state doesn’t trust the national media because they have consistently called us “stupid” and “racist.” “People don’t trust you guys and the reason they don’t trust you is because you are constantly telling them […]

    Democrat Doug Jones has a path to victory against Republican Roy Moore on Tuesday in Alabama’s special election for the Senate — the same one Democrat Robert Vance nearly rode to victory against him five years ago. All but forgotten now, Moore’s 2012 race for chief justice of Alabama Supreme Court stumbled across […]

  Politics has never been my thing, but as a life-long conservative and someone who has served my country for over three decades, I care deeply about Alabama, and the mess we’re in right now. Discouraged by my choices for who we send to represent us and our values to Washington, I felt I had […]

Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon and U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, will join Judge Roy Moore for a rally in Midland City on Monday night, according to the campaign. The details: — Where: Jordan’s Activity Barn, 10135 County Road 59 South, Midland City, Alabama 36350 — When: 6 p.m.

  Nestled between knee-high grass and mobile homes, a cell tower in this small community in Cullman County will soon demonstrate cutting-edge technology. It is here that AT&T will run fiber-optic cable and then beam internet signals to nearby homes with antennas installed on their rooftops, a service known as fixed wireless. This rural area in […]

    I am probably too exercised over the never-Trump faction, because in the end, it’s doubtful it is strong enough numerically to make a significant impact on our electoral politics, but it still bothers me to witness intramural conservative battles. I have no quarrel with those who once self-identified as never-Trumpers but now appraise his […]

    Despite a concerted effort by the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries (WFF) Division’s Hunter Safety Program, Alabama deer hunters are still falling out of treestands in disturbing numbers. Plus, there has been one firearms fatality where the cardinal rule of unloading your firearm before exiting your deer stand was not followed. Seven Alabama […]

  An average of six of the most recent polls indicates that Roy Moore has a slim lead over Doug Jones in the race to become Alabama’s next senator, with an average of 48.3 percent of likely voters saying they will vote for Moore and 45.6 percent saying they will vote for Jones. Why it […]

A conservative writer for the Washington Post asked this week what many in our movement nationally have been pondering while watching Alabama creep ever closer to sending Roy Moore to the U.S. Senate: “What’s the matter with Alabama?” Examining a recent poll, columnist Jennifer Rubin bemoaned that Moore received nearly 60-percent of the female vote, […]

    Why did Gen. Mike Flynn lie to the FBI about his December 2016 conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak? Why did he not tell the FBI the truth? As national security adviser to the president-elect, Flynn had called the ambassador. Message: Tell President Putin not to overreact to President Obama’s expulsion of 35 […]

  The Talladega-Sylacauga Micropolitan Statistical Area was rated the best place in the U.S. for manufacturing jobs in a detailed analysis by SmartAsset, a financial technology company that studied data on nearly 500 cities. SmartAsset singled out the high concentration of well-paying manufacturing jobs in Talladega-Sylacauga area in its analysis. Here’s what the firm says […]

  Sen. Luther Strange addressed his fellow senators for the final time Thursday. “After nearly a year in this chamber, I am both its newest member and the next to depart. As such, I have both the optimisim of a young student and the battle scars of a man in the arena.”  Strange offered this praise […]

    A report released this week by VOICES For Alabama’s Children demonstrates that increased participation in Alabama’s Pre-K programs has contributed to significantly improved education outcomes in recent years. Why this matters: Alabama has been ranked as low as 42 in education nationally, an unfortunate statistic commonly repeated during local and state-wide election seasons. […]

After being outed for false advertising by Secretary of State John Merrill, the Montgomery Advertiser, and the Roy Moore for US Senate Campaign, Alabama television stations are pulling from rotation misleading ads paid for by the Highway 31 political action committee. As of Thursday morning, two stations have pulled the ad, and others are expected to […]

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