Opinion

Letter: The people have the power

November 12, 2020 Peggy Burgess

Twitter, Facebook, and Twitter only have power because ordinary people give them power. Stop using these platforms. Use PARLER instead of Twitter. Try DUCKDUCKGO instead of Google. Look for alternatives to Facebook. No customers: no power. You are the commodity being sold by these tech giants. Take their access to you away and their customers…

Editorial: Distance learning causes problems

November 5, 2020

Distance learning is not as effective as instruction in the classroom, especially for elementary students. Many public schools, including Tulsa Public Schools, have instituted distance learning rather than have students show up at school buildings. This has posed many problems. Students are not as accountable when they are someplace else. Low-income students don’t get the…

Editorial: Conservatism and universities

November 5, 2020

What would it be like if a conservative were president of a state college or university in Oklahoma? Burns Hargis is retiring as president of Oklahoma State University at the end of the spring semester. Hargis, a Republican, had some significant accomplishments at OSU, particularly with fundraising and new buildings. Hargis is kind of conservative…

Letter: Mayor Bynum doesn’t control the hospitals

November 5, 2020 Duane Collins

(To Mayor G.T. Bynum) On October 19, you voiced your concern about the possibility of Covid-19 patients overcrowding Tulsa hospitals. You said you were giving some thought to “action that you could take” to make sure Tulsans were taken care of. Mr. Mayor, I don’t believe you have the authority to tell Tulsa hospitals who…

Letter: Communist influence

November 5, 2020 Manuel Ybarra, Jr.

As an 84-year old man it is hard to comprehend how America has changed so much in a few decades. Especially, of how they now perceive, the precious rights and liberties granted us by our founding fathers, when they drew the greatest Constitution in the World. Now in this election, we face the possibility that…

Letter: Racial conflicts

November 5, 2020 Andrew Dennehy

It’s as if “liberal progressives” are “closet separatists” who dig us and smear racial strife while hypocritically preaching against it. Rather than allowing racism to simply die out over time perhaps, they envision the world being run in the format of an “equality based theme park” where every racial ethnicity and sexual perversion is pumped…

Editorial: America needs President Trump

October 29, 2020

America needs to re-elect President Donald J. Trump and here’s why. First, he has done a good job of draining the “Swamp.“ Despite an attempted coup by the Democrats, he resurrected our economy, he restored respect for America abroad with trade deals and he has worked tirelessly to guide us through a deadly pandemic. On…

Editorial: Tulsa Beacon Endorsements

October 29, 2020

Here are the Tulsa Beacon endorsements and recommendations for the November 3 presidential election. U.S. President – Donald Trump President Trump has done a great job. Don’t vote for the Harris-Biden ticket – it would be a disaster for America. The Tulsa Beacon endorses President Trump. Oklahoma Corporation Commission – Republican Todd Hiett U.S. Senator…

Editorial: Vote for conservative councilors

October 22, 2020

There is scant hope for progress in Tulsa’s city government in the next four years. On November 3, voters in Council Districts 5, 6 and 7 will decide who will represent them. There are six candidates and only two seem to be a genuine conservatives. Justin Van Kirk, a conservative Republican, is running against Councilor…

Editorial: Vote against Rep. Kendra Horn

October 22, 2020

President Donald Trump needs State Sen. Stephanie Bice, a Republican, in the U.S. House. Sen. Bice is facing U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Oklahoma, on November 3 in U.S. Representative District 5. This is a crucial decision for Oklahoma and America. Horn pulled off an upset victory two years ago by disguising her true views. She…