Editorials

Editorial: OU president Gallogly retires

May 23, 2019

Jim Gallogly surprised everyone by announcing his retirement as president of The University of Oklahoma shortly after spring commencement. Gallogly was under fire because of his conservative fiscal views and his apparent unwillingness to toe the line with some ultra-liberal professors and staffers at OU. Add to that the allegations of sexual harassment against former…

Editorial: Equality report is not a big deal

May 16, 2019

The City of Tulsa has a better score than last year on the 2019 Equality Indicators report. Big deal. This report really means nothing. It is an effort by liberal officials – mostly registered Republicans – to make the public think that something is being done to make Tulsa’s minority populations feel at ease. The…

Editorial: Facts about the Russian probe

May 16, 2019

Here’s what we know as facts in the wake of the Russian collusion special counsel report. Did Donald Trump or anybody in his campaign conspire with the Russian government? No. Did President Trump obstruct justice? No. A president can fire a special counsel at any time but Trump didn’t do so. Trump didn’t exert executive…

Editorial: Trump vs. the chamber of commerce

May 16, 2019

The relationship between President Trump and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a train wreck. That was reinforced by an article by Brody Mullins and Alex Leary for the Wall Street Journal. The chamber is the biggest lobbying group in Washington, D.C., and a big part of the “swamp” that Trump is working to drain….

Editorial: Critics couldn’t stop Unplanned

May 9, 2019

A lot of time, effort and expense went into trying to stop the success of the movie Unplanned. The schemes didn’t work. The movie chronicles the story of a woman who had worked at Planned Parenthood abortion clinic for years until she witnessed an actual abortion. That changed her life and the movie tells this…

Editorial: Democrat hopefuls’ proposals

May 9, 2019

Here are some of the plans of the mainstream candidates running for the Socialist Democrat nomination for president. Forgive all student debt. Make tuition free for all state-supported colleges and universities. Give poor people a monthly allowance. Place a 2 percent wealth tax on anyone worth more than $10 million. Let 16-year-olds vote. Impeach President…

Editorial: GOP saved the retirement funds

May 9, 2019

If you are a retired public school teacher, you should thank the Republicans in the Legislature for making sure you retirement check is there every month. In 2009, after 100 years of Democrat leadership, the teacher retirement fund had 49.8 percent of the amount of money needed to pay every teacher who was eligible to…

Editorial: GOP leaders stymie moral laws

May 2, 2019

What is the biggest obstacle to conservative legislation in the Oklahoma Legislature? It’s Republican leadership. State Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, has been unofficially blacklisted by GOP leaders, who control all the committee chairmanships and can manipulate what bills are heard and what bills are passed. Silk’s crime was wanting to stop abortion in Oklahoma….

Editorial: Phony town halls to boost taxes

May 2, 2019

Tulsa’s elected officials are gearing up for a gigantic sales tax increase in November. Powerful business people and the chamber overlords are employing the liberal daily newspaper and local TV stations to sell the public on the idea that we need to raise tens of millions of dollars in sales tax to pay for their…

Editorial: Anti-Christian in San Antonio?

May 2, 2019

Christian businessmen who follow the principles in the Bible have a target on their backs. And the attacks are growing and intensifying. A few years ago, Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A restaurants said he believed that marriage should be between one man and one woman – just as described in the Bible. That doesn’t…