Editorials

Editorial: Scammers and the coronavirus

May 21, 2020

Crooks ply their trade even when America is faced with a deadly disease. The Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission has reported almost 4,000 fraudulent claims since the coronavirus outbreak in mid-March. Scam artists are filing unemployment claims to try to trick state officials into sending them cash cards. They file claims for workers who still have…

Editorial: Energy industry under assault

May 21, 2020

The energy industry is getting hit from all sides. First, the Oklahoma Legislature recently raised the wellhead taxes on production of oil and natural gas. You tax want you want less of and this onerous tax was already slowing oil and natural operations around the state. Then the coronavirus hit. Much of America was told…

Editorial: Densification and pandemics

May 14, 2020

Densification is the goal of Tulsa’s city planners. What is densification? That’s where the government steps in and slows or stops urban sprawl. Instead of letting people move to single-family homes in the suburbs, they are pressured into living in high-rise apartment buildings in a tight metropolitan setting. This is why city leaders in Tulsa…

Editorial: Pushing abortion in a crisis

May 14, 2020

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (who says she “only reads bills after the pass) tried to slip in money for abortion in the recent stimulus relief bill. That didn’t work because word got out. Planned Parenthood incredibly asked for donations of masks and personal protection equipment during the coronavirus pandemic so they could “safely” kill unborn…

Editorial: Making voter fraud a bit easier

May 14, 2020

Elected Democrats beat their chests and complain about “threats to our Democracy” yet they continue to push for changes that damage the security of our elections. And some judges are right in step with their progressive brethren. The liberal Oklahoma Supreme Court agreed with the even more liberal League of Women Voters (which years ago…

Editorial: America’s faces a meat shortage

May 7, 2020

Where’s the beef? That question could be on the lips of more and more Americans as an alarming number of meat processing plants are closing due to infections of the Chinese coronarvirus. More than 150 of the nation’s largest meat packing plants are located in hotbeds of infection. They represent about one third of the…

Editorial: Leveraging the coronavirus

May 7, 2020

Here is the strategy of the liberal media to defeat President Trump by using the coronavirus to their personal advantage. This includes CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, the Washington Post, the New York Times and most major newspapers throughout the nation. They ignore science to promote the following myths: The coronavirus is going to kill…

Editorial: Don’t raise state property taxes

May 7, 2020

There are some Oklahoma lawmakers who want cities to be able to raise property taxes to pay for general fund items like police and fire salaries and other expenses. This is a bad idea. Proponents say this won’t increase taxes but it surely will. They claim that cities would have to have a vote of…

Editorial: Vote for Don Newberry June 30

April 30, 2020

When times are turbulent, it is important to have public officials who are trustworthy and competent. That’s what we have with Tulsa County Court Clerk Don Newberry. Since Newberry was elected in 2016, he has not only run his office in a professional manner but he has also instituted upgrades and improvements that have proved…

Editorial: Racism and the coronavirus?

April 30, 2020

Minority populations in America are being infected disproportionately by the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. The liberal news media is reporting this as if the government – President Trump in particular – is to blame. What? The mainstream media puts a racial spin on everything and cable pundits on CNN, MSNBC and places like the New York…