Opinion

Letter: David said he will be waiting for John at Heaven’s Gate

April 2, 2020 John T. Catrett, III

David Weir You would have liked David! I first met David and his lovely wife, Lisa, in the fall of the 1980’s. We met at Church one Sunday morning. They were married in the early summer of that year, and the glow of newly wed bliss still radiated from their countenance. The couple had met…

Letter: A warning by David Wilkerson

April 2, 2020 John K. Harris

The Rev. David Wilkerson, who died in a traffic accident in the Dallas area on April 27, 2011, founded Times Square Church in New York City. Perhaps you’re familiar with his most famous book, The Cross and the Switchblade (1963). In 1998, I read Wilkerson’s (then) new book: America’s Last Call: On the Brink of…

Editorial: Lessons arise from a pandemic

March 26, 2020

When trouble hits, Tulsans line up to help. Who knows if America is taking the proper steps to combat this virus? History will tell us if we overreacted or if we didn’t do as much as we could. With the prospect of quarantines, home food supplies are a question mark. But in Tulsa, there are…

Editorial: Trump criticized by the media

March 26, 2020

If President Trump found a cure for cancer, the talking heads at MSNBC and CNN would accuse him of not telling people 10 years ago. When President Trump announced America’s plans to battle the coronavirus on March 13, CNN’s spotlight was on the lack of millions of test kits instead of Trump’s marshalling of public…

Editorial: Don’t fund Planned Parenthood

March 26, 2020

Democrats in Congress don’t see the coronavirus as a threat so much as an opportunity for pork. Speaker Nancy Pelosi lied about the original package to fight the virus. That package had funding for Planned Parenthood. How does federal funding for abortion stop a deadly virus? And the Democrats in the Senate are even worse….

Letter: A word from God

March 26, 2020 Manuel Ybarra, Jr.

America, and the world, is presently shaken by a tiny virus, so tiny that it is invisible to man’s naked eye. Fear of contracting an infection from such a small living creature, and facing sickness, and possibly death, is shaking mighty man around the world! It is quite possible that God, the creator of Earth…

Editorial: CAIR and boycotting Israel

March 19, 2020

The Oklahoma Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) wants to defeat a House Bill 3967, which is a gesture of support from Oklahoma to the Nation Israel. According to a CAIR press release, “HB3967, if enacted, would force businesses or individuals contracting with the state to certify that they will not engage in…

Editorial: Democrats losing judicial edge

March 19, 2020

For years, the Left has imposed unpopular policies on the American public not through the legislative process but with progressive judges who chose to make law rather than just interpret it. Now the tide is turning because President Donald Trump is appointing federal judges – including the U.S. Supreme Court – who take a literal…

Editorial: CNN is sued again for libel

March 19, 2020

It’s is nearly impossible for an elected official to win a libel or slander suit. There is some sense to making it difficult. America promotes free speech and political situations sometimes get a bit heated and sometimes there are personal attacks. But President Trump has been lambasted by the so-call mainstream media more than any…

Editorial: Vote for Dr. Jerry Griffin April 7

March 12, 2020

The direction of the Tulsa School Board needs to change for the sake of our children. The person to begin that transformation is Dr. Jerry Griffin. Griffin is a candidate for the Tulsa School Board in District 6. Here are his credentials: He has a Doctor of Educational Leadership from The University of Tulsa. He…