“And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?” – John Milton, Areopagitica…
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Election of Doug Jones as Alabama’s New U.S. Senator Certified in Montgomery
By Glynn Wilson – The election of Birmingham attorney Doug Jones as the next U.S. Senator from Alabama was certified in Montgomery Thursday at 1:10 p.m. by unanimous vote of the State Canvassing Board in spite of a last minute lawsuit to try to stop it by Roy Moore. The board, consisting of Gov. Kay…
Former President Barack Obama Tops Most Admired American List
By Glynn Wilson – Former President Barack Obama tops President Donald Trump as America’s “most admired man” for 2017, the 10th consecutive year Mr. Obama has received the accolade, according to public opinion polls from Gallup. The annual survey done every year save one since 1946 asks people to name their most admired man and…
Trump is Running a Criminal Enterprise Out of the White House
By Glynn Wilson – It has been clear for some time now that President Donald J. Trump is running a criminal enterprise out of the White House. Finally, a credible source said it out loud on TV. During a segment an MSNBC on Tuesday, Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said President Trump is…
Doug Jones Not Waiting on Roy Moore to Concede U.S. Senate Election
A Majority of Americans Think Trump Should Resign Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
Doug Jones Wins Historic Senate Election Over Defiant Judge Roy Moore
By Glynn Wilson – BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Doug Jones and his supporters in Alabama pulled off a historic election victory Dec. 12 that sent reverberations around the political world in a reprimand to President Donald J. Trump, a repudiation of Roy Moore’s style of racist-religious politics, and a major blow to Steve Bannon of Breitbart…
Roy Moore Runs to Seat Protestant Pope in Senate: Special Election Dec. 12
By David Underhill – Associate Editor – MOBILE, Ala – It was a miracle that no lightning bolt struck Judge Roy Moore dead in the pulpit of the Baptist church where he spoke recently on the fringes of Mobile. He was already flagrantly apostate by using the sanctuary to magnify the message of his run…
One More Day: Doug Jones Opens 10 Point Lead Over Roy Moore
Trump Campaigns for Roy Moore in Pensacola?
By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. – Five days before a crucial special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, President Donald J. Trump came to Pensacola, Florida, to try to turn out the vote for accused teen sex predator and former judge Roy Moore in his race with Birmingham attorney Doug Jones. But…
Jason Isbell, St. Paul and the Broken Bones to Support U.S. Senate Candidate Doug Jones at Huntsville, Birmingham Concerts Saturday, Dec. 9
BREAKING NEWS: Grammy-winner Jason Isbell and St. Paul and the Broken Bones will perform FREE get out the vote concerts in support of Doug Jones on Saturday, Dec. 9, three days before the vote in Alabama’s special U.S. Senate election on Tuesday, Dec. 12. Jones, the Democrat, is in a neck and neck race with…
One Week to Go: Doug Jones Takes Off the Gloves and Comes After Roy Moore in U.S. Senate Campaign
Meanwhile Breitbart ‘Fake’ News Millionaire Steve Bannon Joins Roy Moore at Tea Party Rally in Fairhope – Editor’s Note: We wanted to present both of these events with seven days to go in the campaign side-by-side, just in case there are readers out there who are still undecided and want to compare and contrast these…
When It Was Done Right: Justice Hugo Black, Religion and Alabama
By Roger Newman – Exclusive to the New American Journal – âAlabama has a history of great senators,â said the greatest of them all. Not even Lister Hillâs exceptional accomplishments in expanding hospital care, medical research, libraries and education, or John J. Sparkmanâs in housing and establishing rocketry in the state, could compare to those…
Trump is Running Scared: Doug Jones Could Be Key Vote on Senate Judiciary Committee in His Impeachment Trial
A Message for Friends in Alabama From Rowland Scherman
Vote for Doug JonesLetter to the Editor By Rowland Scherman – CAPE COD, Ma. — Somehow, strangely enough, the fate of the entire planet Earth has boiled down to whether the people of the beautiful state of Alabama will vote for a legitimate senate candidate, or a candidate chosen by the most dangerous United States…
A Sunday School Lesson From Hugo Black to Judge Roy Moore
Ten Days to Go: Doug Jones Pulls Ahead of Roy Moore in U.S. Senate Race
Editor’s Note: New American Journal editor and publisher Glynn Wilson is an expert at analyzing public opinion data having studied survey research at the University of Alabama as an undergrad in the early 1980s and a grad student in the mid-1990s. He has covered public opinion and politics as a specialty for newspapers, wire services…