The people's voice of reason
The people's voice of reason
Sorted by date Results 727 - 751 of 1189
On Tuesday, NASA updated reporters on the ongoing Boeing Starliner situation. NASA said that they are looking at both sending stranded NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back on the troubled Boeing Starliner as originally planned or sending them back with the crew of the Space X Dragon Crew9 mission. The Crew9 mission which was scheduled for August has been pushed back to September 24 to give NASA, Boeing, and SpaceX more time to prepare for mission possibilities. Crew9 was to...
On Thursday, August 8 the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham will hold their Annual Memorial Mass and Reception to honor the life of Father James E. Coyle. The 103rd Memorial Mass is held each year at the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Birmingham, Alabama. The 103rd Memorial Mass will take place at 10:00 AM CST, and will be celebrated by Bishop Steven J. Raica. A reception will follow in the Cathedral Life Center. Father Coyle was murdered in broad daylight in Birmingham by a Ku Klux Klan member on...
August 9, 2024 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) penned an op-ed in the Daily Caller about the importance of protecting veterans and taxpayers from mismanagement at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA has recently notified Congress that it is experiencing a $15 billion budget shortfall. "Why did the VA wait until the last minute to alert Congress to the shortfalls?," Tuberville wrote. "Did the VA know about the potential budget issues months ago - while Congress was drafting...
August 9, 2024 - a federal appeals court blocked President Joseph R. Biden's (D) latest student debt relief plan. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 3-0 ruling extends the pause in the program that it ordered last month. This updated ruling blocks Biden's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan until the court resolves the lawsuit. That could take months. The Court called the plan a "vast assertion of newfound power" and said that the Biden administration failed to show that there was any...
I’ve often commented on our Baptist system whereby young ministers are sent to the pulpit immediately after announcing their call to divine service. Thus, some of us began to preach at 15 or 16 years old. And I have friends who began to pastor churches by age 18. Having young pastors might become more common since research shows a shortage of pastors. I’m yet searching for answers to this trend. A denominational official told me lately that he thought churches don’t encourage commitment to vo...
On Saturday, reporters asked President Joseph R. Biden (D) what is his message to Iran was. His one-word response was: "Don't." This comes with the world increasingly on the edge of what could be the start of a major Middle East war. Arguably Iran started this war back in October when it authorized and paid for a massive unprovoked attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, killing many Israelis, and a number of American citizens, in their homes. Israel's response against Hamas and their...
On Friday, Congressman Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) said that the Biden-Harris administration's border policy has been a "disaster." "You may have seen the ridiculous argument the Biden Administration and some in the media have attempted to make that Vice President Kamala Harris was never named the "Border Czar," Rep. Moore said. "When you have more than 10 million illegal border crossings on your record, it makes sense why you would argue that border security isn't your job. No matter the formali...
A poorer than expected July jobs report sent stocks lower last week as investors fears of a spring recession increased. Alabama went opposite the national trend and total unemployment dropped from 2.9 percent in June to 2.8 percent in July. There was no noticeable improvement however in Alabama's labor force participation rate. It held steady in July. Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that Alabama's labor force participation rate for July remains at 57.5...
August 16, 2024 Bessemer, AL – Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-AL07) toured the newly completed UAB Medical West Hospital. Rep. Sewell was joined by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Rural Development Dr. Basil Gooden, USDA State Director for Rural Development Nivory Gordon, and UAB Medical West CEO Keith Pennington. The newly completed UAB Medical West Hospital in Bessemer, Alabama was made possible in part by a $360 million USDA Community Facilities Direct Loan that R...
On Friday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) penned an op-ed in National Review in which he denounced Minnesota Governor Tim Walz – the presumptive Democratic nominee for Vice President as having a radical vision for Alabama. Tuberville said that no amount of media spinning for the Democrats can cover up Walz's record as a dyed-in-the-wool leftist. Tuberville highlighted Governor Walz's inexplicable inaction when leftist rioters attacked the city of Minneapolis in the wake of the G...
“The National Congregations Study of Expressive Worship,” in cooperation with Duke University, published some interesting research findings about American worship. In summary, worship has become more expressive in recent years. Those who raise their hands in the worship of God (churches, synagogues and mosques) are numbered in more than 62 percent of our congregations, up from around 25 percent in 1998. I can’t remember people raising their hands in my boyhood church, or in most of the churc...
Last week, tired of the stalemate that has become the Russia-Ukraine War, President Volodymyr Zelensky did a strategic end around that that Russians were unprepared for and invaded the Kursk region of Russia itself. The ill prepared Russian troops they encountered there were largely new conscripts serving their mandatory year of military service and surrendered en masse. Ukraine has occupied 386 square miles of Russia – the first time a foreign power has invaded Russia itself since the German Ar...
August 18, 2024 - On Friday, U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) said that Vice President Kamala Harris's economics plans shows that she is telling American people that "she's a communist." Last week Vice President Kamala Harris (D) – the presumptive Democratic nominee for President of the United States unveiled her economic plan – imposing price controls on food, energy, and other consumer goods – while subsidizing down payments for first time home buyers. Senator Tuberville denou...
The Democratic National Convention begins today Democrats from across the nation are in Chicago today to begin their national convention and formally nominate Vice President Kamala D. Harris and Tim Waltz as their 2024 presidential ticket. President Joseph R. Biden (D) will speak tonight to formally hand off the torch to Harris. Biden had been the presumptive nominee just four weeks ago; but was forced to withdraw by powerful Democratic elites, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
August 19, 2024 - (Dallas County, Alabama) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) announced temporary restraining orders (TRO) have been obtained against five illegal gambling facilities in Selma. "These facilities are operating with complete disregard to Alabama law," said AG Marshall. Monday's raids were in conjunction with the Dallas County Sheriff's office and the Dallas County District Attorney's office. "I applaud Dallas County Sheriff Granthum's dedication to combat this blight, a...
Late on Monday night, a teary-eyed President Joseph R. Biden (D) spoke to the Democratic National Convention just four weeks after former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and other Democratic elites forced Biden to end his bid for a second term in the White House. Democrats chose to replace their nominee not just because Biden – age 81 – is suffering from cognitive decline, but also because of the scandals swirling around the President and his family. Earlier in that day, Hou...
On Monay, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) announced that she has set the time frame for the execution of Carey Grayson. This will be just the second time that the state has used nitrogen hypoxia to execute a condemned man. Grayson's execution is set to occur beginning 12:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 21, 2024 and expiring Friday, November 22. The governor has sent a letter to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm, as well as the Supreme Court's order informing them of her...
Alabamian Shomari Figures will address the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night (August 22, 2024). Shomari is the Democratic nominee in Alabama's Second Congressional District. CD2 was recently redrawn by the federal courts in order to make the district more winnable for a Black person. Figures left his position with the U.S. Justice Department, where he was chief of staff for Attorney General Merrick Garland, in Washington D.C. to return home and run for Congress. "Alabama is...
On Friday afternoon, former Congressman Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald J. Trump (R). On Friday night, Kennedy joined Trump at a rally in Arizona where Trump said that Kennedy's support will have a "huge" impact on the campaign. "We are both in this to do what's right for the country," Trump said. "He is a phenomenal person, a phenomenal man who loves the people of this country." "I think he's going to have a huge...
I talked with her lately and she told me, good-naturedly, about her “divided” family. “I’m Episcopalian, and I married a Pentecostal,” she said. There’s nothing wrong with this. I’ve known several “divided” families who made it work. I think the main thing to consider is the children, whether they’re in dad’s church or mom’s church. The most unique blend I ever knew was when Aaron and Sarah showed up at our Baptist church. They made a point to ask me if they were welcomed. Then Aaron explained,...
Southeastern Conference football cranks up the 2024 season starting this weekend - August 31. The Alabama Gazette panelists ranked the SEC and found Georgia to be the class of the SEC. 4 of the 5 panelists picked Georgia to finish the regular season in first place in the SEC. Luisa Reyes was the lone vote picking Alabama. Texas was second, followed by Alabama. Historically that would be a disappointing year for Tide fans, but with the 12 team playoff format this year, third place will get you a...
On Saturday, NASA announced that it was concerned enough with the problems on the Alabama made Boeing Starliner that when it leaves the International Space Station (ISS) NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore will not be on board. Instead Butch and Suni will wait for SpaceX to send up one of their Dragon spaceships. Butch and Suni will join that crew and remain at the ISS until their return in February. The two astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on June 6, expecting...
On Monday, longtime TV and radio sports journalist John Longshore spoke to the Montgomery Kiwanis Club about the upcoming college football season. Longshore predicted that after 2026 there would be another round of conference realignment and that the SEC would not take Clemson and Florida State because Florida and South Carolina like being the only SEC teams in their respective states. Longshore said that the SEC's long-term expansion interests are in Notre Dame and North Carolina. Longshore...
The Alabama Gazette panel unanimously voted to pick Alabama and Auburn to win their SEC openers. The Tigers will be hosting Alabama A&M on Saturday; while Alabama will host Western Kentucky. The SEC game of the week is Georgia hosting Clemson. The panelists all predicted that Georgia would win; though Luisa Reyes said that she would not be surprised if Clemson wins. The panelists are all predicting that Notre Dame will defeat Texas A&M at College Station. All the panelists also agreed that...
On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris (D) was interviewed by reporters on CNN. Congressman Gary Palmer (D-Hoover) was skeptical of her performance. "Last night's CNN interview with Vice President Harris raised even more questions in the minds of the American people about her fitness to serve as President," said Rep. Palmer. "The only true statement made during the interview was that her values have not changed. This was her way of saying to her base that, regardless of her current moderate...
