Editorials

Editorial: GOP won’t stop legalized abortion

February 28, 2019

Not too long ago, efforts to stop abortion were stopped in the Legislature by Democrat committee chairmen in the Oklahoma Senate. That was back when the Democrats controlled both houses of the Legislature. Now, self-labeled “pro-life” Republican leaders are rejecting legislature to get abolish abortion as the GOP controls both the House and the Senate….

Editorial: America is drowning in its debt

February 28, 2019

Why is no one upset that the national debt is $22 trillion? That’s $22,000,000,000,000.00. Given a population of 325,000,000, that means every American owes $67,692 as part of the debt. So, a household of four would owe $270,769. Millennials (ages 26-36), the ones who will pay off that debt, have an average personal debt of…

Editorial: A key to attracting new business

February 28, 2019

Thousands of people and businesses are leaving New York State and relocating to Florida. Likewise, tens of thousands of businesses and residents are exiting California for Texas. Why? The answer is simple. People and businesses are tired of the confiscatory tax rates in New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois and several other “progressive” states and are…

Editorial: Protect constitutional gun rights

February 21, 2019

Why did the Founders of America embed the right to bear arms in the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? They understood the threat that came from a centralized federal government that could easily suppress an unarmed populace. The Second Amendment is the teeth that insures adherence to the First Amendment rights of free speech,…

Editorial: ‘Bring on the Clowns’ – radical Democrats to run for president

February 21, 2019

If you’re a Democrat, the circus is about to come to town. In 2016, at least 17 Republicans ran for president following eight years of the Obama Regime. The Democrats made sure that only two candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, would have serious consideration. For 2020, it looks like the Democrat Party will have…

Editorial: Americans sanction infanticide

February 14, 2019

Infanticide. The definition of infanticide is the killing of a child. By definition, children are innocent and not deserving of death. But more and more politicians (mostly liberal Democrats) and Americans are proposing laws that make it legal to abort any child – born or unborn. The liberal lawmakers in New York State were all…

Editorial: Sen. Warren has to apologize

February 14, 2019

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is not slow to lie in order to advance her career. Raised in Oklahoma, Warren recently announced that she had taken a DNA test that showed she had “Cherokee heritage.” She doesn’t. The amount of DNA in her results is negligible. But Warren is running for the Democrat nomination for president…

Editorial: More tax to benefit Downtown

February 14, 2019

Mayor G.T. Bynum and the Tulsa City Council can raise taxes or fees without any measurable response from the public. A recent example is the raising of the hotel tax by 3 percent for hotels with more than 110 rooms. There seems to be two criteria for these tax increases: they have to be approved…

Editorial: Stitt fulfills campaign promises

February 7, 2019

Gov. Kevin Stitt hit the ground running in his first month in office and like President Trump, Stitt seems committed to keeping his campaign promises. Stitt has ordered the state plane used by former governors to be sold. That will save a cool million a year. If he needs to go somewhere, there are military…

Editorial: Coach Haith’s character lessons

February 7, 2019

Tulsa basketball coach Frank Haith builds character in the young men he coaches. And he does it by word and by example. In January, TU hosted their annual Coaches vs. Cancer game. Coaches wore sneakers for the fight against cancer. Many schools, including Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, take part in this noble cause. Without much…