Roy Moore’s faithful don’t own God, scriptures, or faith

As allegations of sexual misconduct towards teenagers in Roy Moore's past hang like a toxic stench over his U.S. Senate campaign, we incessantly hear was how his God-fearing supporters aren't going to let folks who ain't from 'round here tell them what to do. Not those heathens, those outsiders from The Washington Post , The New York Times , CNN and other national news outlets who were suddenly visiting our state and GPSing themselves everywhere from Birmingham to Gadsden to wherever Moore popped up--looking for dirt on the former judge.

Sen. Franken should take a long walk along the shores of frozen Lake Wobegon

Then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 15, 2006. Then-comedian Al Franken and sports commentator Leeann Tweeden perform a comic skit for service members during the USO Sergeant Major of the Army's 2006 Hope and Freedom Tour in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Dec. 15, 2006.

COLUMN: Nat’l GOP: Thank Virginia Voters for wake-up call

DEMOCRATS across the nation, ecstatic at their party's landslide win in the recent Virginia election, are eagerly thanking the state's voters for thoroughly repudiating Trumpism. Virginia voters spoke loud and clear in giving the largest Democratic margin of victory in a gubernatorial campaign here since 1985.

McGovern: Ex-SJC chiefs rap Moore for violating gay marriage ruling

So when former Alabama Chief Justice and current Senate candidate Roy Moore instructed judges in his state to defy federal court orders on same-sex marriage, it was a jarring blow to a fundamental tenet of democracy. That was the position taken by former Bay State chief justices Roderick Ireland and Margaret Marshall, who last night celebrated the Supreme Judicial Court's 325th anniversary.

Ed Rogers: Republicans better avoid ‘lock-her-up’ trap, focus on real governance

The Washington Post reported Monday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate "a host of Republican concerns." As a Republican, I hope Sessions doesn't have to do this.

How Roy Moore and Alabama can work wonders for women

In light of sexual impropriety accusations, GOP leaders deserve credit for going against partisan interests, but not too much: Our view There is something truly remarkable about the insistence of Republican leaders that Roy Moore end his bid for a Senate seat from Alabama. Absent these entreaties, Moore, a former state Supreme Court justice accused by five women of sexual impropriety - including sexual assaulting 16-year-old Beverly Nelson and molesting 14-year-old Leigh Corfman - would likely still be the front-runner.

America’s crash course in the nonapology for abuse: Watch for those ‘ifs’

With so many women coming forward to tell their stories of sexual abuse and harassment, America is getting a course in Apology 101. Lesson 1: the moment an "if" enters an apology - when the offending person is sorry "if" the offensive thing they did offended anyone - it becomes a nonapology.

Reps. Jordan and Gaetz: Special counsel needed as questions mount on…

Why in 2016 did FBI Director Comey begin drafting an exoneration letter for Secretary Clinton, whom he called " grossly negligent " in an early draft of the letter, before completing the investigation? Before interviewing several witnesses? And before interviewing Secretary Clinton? Why in 2016 did James Comey and the Justice Department give Cheryl Mills, Secretary Clinton's Chief of Staff, an immunity agreement for turning over her laptop computer? Typically, the Department would issue a subpoena or get a warrant and seize it.

How Hillary Clinton’s 2020 hopes were ruined by Donna Brazile

The explosive book by the former head of the Democratic National Committee is rocking the political world with its tales of Hillary Clinton's brazen corruption and tawdry deceits. To add extra punch to her insider's account, Brazile is telling interviewers that Clinton's 2016 campaign was "sterile" and a "cult," and mocking it as sexless and joyless.

Editorial: Gun Carnage in the Nation, Groundhog Day in the Capitol

This year, the Connecticut Democrat, sounding even more desperate, tried political candor: "I wish it didn't feel like Groundhog Day - but one day it won't," Mr. Murphy insisted after the Las Vegas gun rampage left 58 dead and many more wounded last month. "There's no great social change movement in this country that didn't have failures before it had success," he said of his perennial proposal, perennially rejected, for tighter background checks on gun buyers.