Opinion

Editorial: Tulsa Beacon Endorsements

October 8, 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: More lies from the New York Times

October 8, 2020

The New York Times is a Democrat cabal disguised as newspaper. This rag doesn’t even pretend to care about the truth, much less fairness, in coverage of President Trump. The latest volley, in an attempt to elect Joe Biden, is a report on the president’s tax returns. Trump said the story is a pack of…

Letter: The Israeli peace accord was historic

October 8, 2020 Duane Collins

Something very significant took place on September 14, 2020, and it was almost totally ignored by the fake-news media. In fact, Nancy Pelosi said “it was just a publicity stunt by Trump to detract from Covid-19.” On September 14, 2020, President Trump presided over the signing of an historic agreement between Israel, the United Arab…

Editorial: Homosexual ‘hate crime’ law

October 1, 2020

Mayor G.T. Bynum and all nine city councilors think that practicing homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle. Some of the councilors go to church but apparently they don’t read the Bible or they just pick and choose the parts they like. Several of the councilors marched in the “gay pride parade” and most showed up when…

Editorial: Don’t retain Judge Jane Wiseman

October 1, 2020

Judge Jane Wiseman, who is on the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals, will be on the November 3 ballot for a retention vote. In Oklahoma, voters can retain or dismiss judges on the Oklahoma Supreme Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals. Those are the three appellate courts in the state. (District…

Editorial: Vote no on SQ805, yes on SQ814

October 1, 2020

On November 3, Oklahomans need to vote no on State Question 805 and yes on State Question 814. State Question No. 805, if passed would prevent a judge from using a person’s past non-violent felony convictions to hand down a stiffer sentence. It would open doors for prisoners who think their sentences were too harsh…

Editorial: A clear choice in District 79

September 24, 2020

State Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa, is a certified liberal. In the annual report on the Conservative Index by the Oklahoma Constitution newspaper, Provenzano got one conservative vote right and nine conservative votes wrong. She voted correctly on Senate Bill 1714 which would allow home-based bakeries to continue working without forcing them to rent or buy…

Editorial: Environmentalism and wildfires

September 24, 2020

Thoughts and prayers go out to the people of California, Oregon and Washington who have been ravaged by a heat wave and subsequent forest fires. Dozens of lives have been lost and a multitude of homes and businesses burned to the ground. The loss of wildlife is incalculable. Thanks to the brave firefighters who are…

Editorial: Democrats encourage the rioting

September 24, 2020

Some prominent Democrats, still stinging from Hillary Clinton’s loss to President Donald Trump in 2016, are already planning to contest the 2020 presidential outcome. Unless, of course, if Democrat Joe Biden wins. Clinton got more of the popular vote in 2020 but our system relies on the Electoral College, which Trump won decisively. The Atlantic,…

Letter: Chaos in American cities does not really benefit those rioting

September 24, 2020 Jim Douglass

What are the chaotic blue cities thinking as the odd social experiment has justifiably failed. Why attempt to dismantle the historical monuments when hiding from history in no way solves anything? Remember in the 60’s when Dr. King taught America to reach for harmony through peace here when cowardly futile racism was finally ended as…