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Letter: Tulsa Area Doctors Say Recreational Pot Bad for Oklahoma

Tulsa Beacon

The undersigned share with many other healthcare professionals a deep concern about increasing drug and mental health problems in Oklahoma.  We oppose legalizing recreational marijuana. In our professional experience, and based on the available literature, marijuana has not proven to benefit the body or brain, and proper dosage if any is unknown.  It harms users…

Letter: Global Warming is in God’s Hands

Tulsa Beacon

Merriam-Webster’s definition of a fool – “a person who lacks sense or judgment or to deceive” Psalm 14:1  “The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God’” Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes (global warming) but he who heeds counsel (God’s Word) is wise In the…

Letter: Just say No to Article V Constitutional Convention

Tulsa Beacon

Dear Editor, The late, great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said an Article V Constitutional Convention of States “is a horrible idea” because, as he had previously said, “Who knows what would come out of that?”  www.thenewamerican.com/justice-scalia-s-warning-of-a-constitutional-convention/ As far back as 1979, Senator Barry Goldwater warned against an Article V Convention as follows: “If we…

Letter: Education is parental responsibility

Tulsa Beacon

I read with interest the article “Stitt makes education a priority at Inauguration,” which appeared in the Tulsa Beacon recently. I appreciate the governor’s passion to improve the public schools in Oklahoma and to attempt to get the schools ranked higher. However, even if he were to lead the way to make Oklahoma number one…

Letter: What God Wants You to Know – Part 2

Tulsa Beacon

God wants you to know that, before Moses’ encounter with God and the Burning Bush, God had already planned to use Moses as the leader to lead his chosen people out of slavery in the land of Egypt.  God told Moses to tell Pharoah, that He (God), had raised him (Pharoah) up, so that God…

Letter: Keep Writing

Tulsa Beacon

Man’s inhumanity to man has no boundaries; When several Germans were tried for War-Crimes; eleven executed; They were referred to as “animals.”  The German Jewish Prosecutor said no, they aren’t animals. Depraved Humanity or just plain human nature has that potential for many… In studying the Holocaust it is well to read “an Eye for…

Editorial: Tulsa Beacon Endorsements

Tulsa Beacon

These are the corrected endorsements: U.S. Senator (unexpired term) The Tulsa Beacon endorses Markwayne Mullin, Kendra Horn is a very liberal Democrat U.S. Senator The Tulsa Beacon endorses James Lankford U.S. House First District The Tulsa Beacon endorses Kevin Hern U.S. House Second District The Tulsa Beacon endorses Josh Brecheen Oklahoma Governor The Tulsa Beacon…

Editorial: A controversial school year starts

Tulsa Beacon

School is back in session and controversy abounds all over the nation. In Oklahoma, Tulsa Public Schools has been sanctioned for teaching Critical Race Theory, which is against state law. CRT is a Marxist philosophy that blames white people for oppressing minorities. In that system, white students are told they are to blame for “inequity”…

Editorial: Democracy for Rep. Liz Cheney

Tulsa Beacon

U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming, got clobbered in her Republican primary on August 16. Why would the good Republicans of Wyoming vote down Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, by a margin of more than 30 points? I t’s because Liz Cheney is a classic Rhino – Republican in name only. Liz…

Editorial: Commonsense for cruise lines

Tulsa Beacon

On September 5, Carnival Cruises will amend its requirement that all passengers be vaccinated before they can sail. Before then, unvaccinated Carnival passengers had to file a request for a vaccine exemption before they could sail. And Carnival will no longer require vaccinated guests staying on board for under 16 nights to be tested for…