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America cannot trust the Communist leaders of China

October 22, 2020 U.S. Rep. Tom Cole

No country has been spared from the repercussions of China’s coronavirus missteps and cover-up that accelerated the current global pandemic. However, the coronavirus crisis is not the first time the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has demonstrated it is an untrustworthy competitor. For over four decades, the U.S. diplomatic strategy regarding China was based on the…

God loves the number 7 and He loves No. 7 soccer player

October 22, 2020 Walker Moore

God has a fondness for numbers. He invented them; there was a time when numbers didn’t exist. I can’t tell you exactly what life was like before numbers were invented, but I imagine it was confusing when the hostesses asked, “How many are in your party?” and all you could do was shrug your shoulders…

Here are some of the lies Biden told during the debate

October 15, 2020 Charles Biggs

Joe Biden lied to America in first debate with a straight face. By at least one count, Biden told 33 outright lies. He exaggerated, misled the audience and was simply wrong more than a dozen times. Here are examples. Biden: “I’m not opposed to the Justice.” The Truth: Biden put out a statement in opposition…

When you take a family photo, is your Father in the picture?

October 15, 2020 Walker Moore

One day a father was summoned to the office of the principal of his daughter’s school. Sitting across the desk from the principal, the father asked, “What’s the matter?” The principal pulled out a drawing his daughter had made of her family. She slid it across the desk and asked, “What’s missing?” It didn’t take…

Youngsters are ready and anxious to learn our life lessons

October 8, 2020 Walker Moore

It was the day before Titus the Honorable’s seventh birthday. Since the coronavirus has limited our ability to go on adventures, I thought I should find one that wouldn’t involve much risk. Our adventures always contain two things: something challenging and a lesson to be learned. Titus was born with an old soul. He likes…

We had some fun in the sun in Treasure Island, Florida

October 1, 2020 Charles Biggs

On July 10, Susan and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary. Sort of. We were both recovering from mild cases of the Chinese coronavirus. We had scheduled a long weekend trip to Florida to celebrate our anniversary but we had to cancel because of the pandemic. We then scheduled a short trip to Branson and…

I will get nervous in front of the Keepers of the Kingdom

October 1, 2020 Walker Moore

I am nervous. In a few weeks, I will have the privilege of returning to the church in which I grew up. I have only been back a couple of times in the last 40 years. After I graduated from high school, my parents moved back to the family farm some 60 miles away, and…

Tulsa’s Christmas Parade changes due to the coronavirus

September 24, 2020 Charles Biggs

As of this month, the Tulsa Christmas Parade is supposed to be a normal, traditional parade. A backup plan is being formed in light of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. Cases are decreasing but in case of a new outbreak or more government control, the parade could become a “drive through” parade. The date is December…

Do your kids go to Jeopardy to find answers? Or the Bible?

September 24, 2020 Walker Moore

As they were growing up, my children thought I should be a contestant on the television show Jeopardy! It is easy to sit on your couch and answer the questions, but being live in front of a live audience is only for the smart and brave of heart. I only qualify in one area. During…

I don’t want to get used to the ‘new normal’ in America

September 17, 2020 Charles Biggs

In 1970, three buses left the Skelly Building (now Boulder Towers) on an early Saturday morning filled with Skelly employees plus me and one of my brothers. For $25, we got a ride to and from The University of Oklahoma in Norman and a ticket to an OU football game including a sack lunch. I…