Opinion

Letter: Thank God for resurrection

June 24, 2021 Cliff R. Hjelm

I just read of a lady passing at age 73 with celebration life services on June 12 in the sanctuary of Boston Avenue Methodist Church. She was inurned in the Columbarium at the church. A vault with niches for urns contains the ashes of cremated bodies. Many Methodist churches including Asbury Methodist are leaving the…

Editorial: Skyrocketing marijuana sales

June 17, 2021

Those who advocated for the legalization of medical marijuana were correct when they predicted a windfall in state taxes for the sale of pot. If they knew that the proliferation of the sale marijuana would be this large, they were not disclosing that. Oklahoma essentially has legalized recreational marijuana. It is very easy to get…

Editorial: What is the truth about UFOs?

June 17, 2021

Now that the U.S. Military is finally admitting and showing proof of unidentified flying objects (UFOs), the question is where did they come from and what it their purpose. An unclassified report on UFOs is headed to Congress this month. The director of national intelligence and secretary of defense were instructed to investigate “Unidentified aerial…

Editorial: Free speech and transgenderism

June 17, 2021

Public school teachers all over the nation are being told to abandon their Christian principles and traditional moral values and to bow to students who think they can change their sex. Teacher Tanner Cross, an elementary teacher in Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia, went before the local school board to formally object to two…

Editorial: Democrats are never satisfied

June 10, 2021

No amount of an increase in public education funding will satisfy most Democrats in the Oklahoma Legislature. Not only do they want more and more and more for public schools but they scream when any help in the form of tax breaks or scholarships is directed toward private schools, Christian schools, charter schools and even…

Editorial: Here comes galloping inflation

June 10, 2021

Is America’s economy about to experience the Jimmy Carter inflation of the 1970s under the 2021 policies of President Joe Biden? It’s trending that way. Restaurants, groceries and gas stations are showing definite inflationary trends. Fox Business News reported that one restaurant owner said prices are up about 185% for brisket, 70% for chicken breast,…

Editorial: Kudos to Tulsa law enforcement

June 10, 2021

Law enforcement in Tulsa did another good job of keeping the city safe during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. The elements for trouble were there but local police, county officers plus state and federal officials made it safe for not only Tulsa residents but for those visiting the city, including a visit from President Joe…

Letter: Bynum’s apology is an open invitation to more lawsuits

June 10, 2021 Duane Collins

Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum apologized on June 1, 2021, for the city’s role in the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot, which has now been renamed The Tulsa Race Massacre. The 43-year-old mayor, George Theron Bynum IV, in addressing the 100-year-old incident on Facebook said, “As the Mayor of Tulsa, I apologize for the city government’s failure…

Letter: Where is Tulsa on the race issue?

June 10, 2021 Cliff R. Hjelm

In Tulsa, where do we stand today? Few seem to have a clue with our BLM organizations and our 100th year anniversary of the 1921 Race Riot that was started by a black guy and ended in less that 16 hours by Oklahoma’s then-white National Guard. The most classis story of slavery is the story…

Letter: US to be judged for abortions

June 10, 2021 Manuel Ybarra, Jr.

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of America, in the Roe v. Wade case, by a vote of 7-2, opened the gates to the Court’s greatest crime against God and humanity. And the gate is still wide open to this heinous crime. That murderous decision, by those ungodly judges, was made over 48 years…