He suggested that Mormons who do missionary work in wartime are cowards who lack honor and integrity.
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The Alabama Senate Race Is Still Up for Grabs
It’s difficult for pollsters in this state to gauge turnout in a special election.
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Is Doug Jones Doomed?
You may recall that in the aftermath of Bob Dylan’s controversial experimentation with gospel music, there was a brief period of time when some gospel acts enjoyed some success among “secular” audiences. One such act was a group known as the Clark Sisters, who had a fairly popular tune called “Expect Your Miracle”: I’m looking […]
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Deaf to the Truth, Blind to the Facts: Those Divorced from Reality Don’t Care About Michael Flynn
It’s almost as though it didn’t happen. Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the Michael Flynn affair is the harsh reality that a significant portion of this country simply does not care about Flynn’s acknowledged amorality and Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. They’re addicted to “news” outlets that are downplaying or denigrating the […]
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Too Many Alabamans Think Doug Jones Is Unqualified
40 percent think the Democrat doesn’t have enough experience to serve in the Senate.
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Should Doug Jones Compromise His Positions in Order to Win?
He is presenting the people of Alabama with what Martin Luther King, Jr. once called ‘creative tension.’
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Moore’s the Pity: The Moral Horror of Alabama’s GOP Senate Nominee
C’mon. Despite the revelations of this past week, despite the polls showing his Democratic opponent ahead (remember those polls last November showing Hillary Clinton ahead of Donald Trump?), you might as well start calling him Senator Moore right now. It seemingly still has not dawned upon rational and logical Americans just how deep the rabbit […]
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Doug Jones Could Win in Alabama
It’s not just because his opponent is awful; Jones is running a great campaign.
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Where I Agree With Mo Brooks
Senate seats are valuable. Policy matters. But Rep. Mo Brooks is still wrong to stick with Roy Moore.
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Sour Home Alabama: Roy Moore Remains the Odds-on Favorite to Be the State’s Next Senator
It doesn’t matter how many women come forward. It doesn’t matter how many Republicans say he should pull out of the race. It doesn’t matter how horrified the country as a whole is over the allegations. Roy Moore will not drop out of the special US Senate election scheduled to take place on December 12 […]
