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The Bama Standard: Contributor for CNN, FOX News, etc. Larry Alex Taunton- A Day with Gene Stallings

In a welcomed change of pace, Larry was asked to join The Bama Standard podcast featuring Alabama beat writer Stephen M. Smith; former Alabama football stars Marvin Constant & Bo Scarborough; comedian Steve Brown; and host Justin Riley to discuss his visit to the Texas ranch of legendary Coach Gene Stallings. Trust us when we say Larry was happy to talk about one of his favorite hobbies—football!

By larry, 4 years ago March 7, 2022

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Christian scholar says Twitter refused to promote his article linking Marxism to riots

Twitter is refusing to promote an article by Christian author Larry Alex Taunton in which he attempts to provide a “Christian response” to the civil unrest across the United States and argues that violent riots are planned Marxist political tools. Read Full Article on The Christian Post Larry Alex Taunton Read more

By larry, 6 years ago July 28, 2020

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How the Radicalization of Colin Kaepernick Explains the Current American Crisis

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick has become the face of a movement that has filled our streets with protests and riots. He is not the voice, mind you, just the face. His handlers keep his image before the public through lucrative Nike endorsements but keep his public commentary to a Read more

By larry, 6 years ago June 10, 2020

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Outrage Culture Turns on Coach Mike Leach | Larry in The American Spectator

Mississippi State University head football coach Mike Leach is a renowned eccentric and smart aleck. His press conferences are often stand-up comedy events where the coach muses humorously on mascots, rival coaches and conferences, history, and whatever else that comes into his wandering mind: Read Full Article on The American Read more

By larry, 6 years ago April 14, 2020

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The Coronavirus Hasn’t Shut Down ‘Cancel Culture’ Idiocy | Larry in The New York Post

We all know how it goes. Someone posts something on social media. PC mobs deliberately misinterpret the meaning. Evil intention is attributed where none exists. The poster is “canceled” — and often forced to pay a real-life price. The coronavirus hasn’t put a stop to this — if anything, the Read more

By larry, 6 years ago April 14, 2020

Christopher, Zachary, and me at Notre Dame Stadium in front of “Touchdown Jesus.”

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Seeing America One College Football Stadium at a Time

The Taunton Men love college football. A couple of years ago, we started an annual tradition: we would travel to one of the sport’s iconic stadiums to see one of the “blue bloods” play in what we hope will be a good game against a team other than Alabama. By Read more

By larry, 7 years ago December 4, 2019

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Baseball, Not Basketball, Is America’s Greatest Sports Ambassador

As the World Series approached a finale, I was in Panama City — the one with the canal, not the popular spring break destination of the same name in the Florida panhandle. With every television in every sports bar or lobby here tuned to the World Series, baseball’s power to Read more

By larry, 7 years ago November 1, 2019

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The truth about China that LeBron and the NBA don’t understand (or don’t want to understand)

In 2017, I literally went around the world in 80 days as part of a series I was writing on how the world stacked up against America. Like Phileas Fogg, minus the hot air balloon, I visited every continent but Antarctica. I explored the Amazon rainforest with a naturalist in Read more

By larry, 7 years ago October 20, 2019

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The Top Ten

We love college football. We are from the South and that means we simply cannot help it. Sweet tea, BBQ, and football are all in our DNA. This is the best playoff field since the beginning of the playoff system. For the last three years all of the talk going into the season Read more

By larry, 7 years ago October 2, 2019

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The New York Post Editorial Board reacts to Larry’s latest column in The American Spectator

“Tom Brady is unquestionably a great quarterback and among the greatest of all time,” admits Larry Alex Taunton at The American Spectator. “So when I say that he is overrated I don’t mean that he is not good or that he is average. No, he is, as I have said, Read more

By larry, 7 years ago October 2, 2019