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Editorial: Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion: A bad deal getting worse

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A key plank of Obamacare (the federal “Affordable Care Act”) allowed states to expand Medicaid programs to include able-bodied adults and not just the medically needy. When expansion was narrowly approved by a public vote in Oklahoma in 2020, everyone knew it would require the diversion of millions of dollars annually in state tax money….

Editorial: Presidential Message on Holy Week 2025

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This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living Son of God who conquered death, freed us from sin, and unlocked the gates of Heaven for all of humanity. Beginning with Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday and…

Letter: Easter, one cross – one love!

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He carried his cross up to Calvary, embraced it. Already flogged by the Romans, he allowed himself to be nailed, hung on this cross. His loved ones fled, abandoned him in the hour of trial, the enemies mocked where he bleeding, suffering looked down on them and said “Father, forgive them!”. What is this, how…

Editorial: The tariff battles have begun, how should we respond?

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The tariff battles are on. Storm clouds seem to hover over the global economy. There is great wailing and gnashing of teeth. The left-leaning Big Media are stoking the flames of fear by saying a recession is imminent, and short-term investors are selling shares in the stock market. As usual, the Big Media has it…

Letter: Leftist Situational Ethics

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Generally speaking, conservative individuals base their lives off a standard of rules which stay the same and don’t change.  Where as Liberals tend to base their lives off the concept known as “Situational Ethics,” which are subject to change at any time for Any Reason.  Even more Bizarre is the Fact that the everchanging laws…

Editorial: Oklahoma’s Medicaid expansion: a bad deal getting worse

Tulsa Beacon

A key plank of Obamacare (the federal “Affordable Care Act”) allowed states to expand Medicaid programs to include able-bodied adults and not just the medically needy. When expansion was narrowly approved by a public vote in Oklahoma in 2020, everyone knew it would require the diversion of millions of dollars annually in state tax money….

Editorial: ENDORSEMENTS

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TPS District 3 School Board No endorsement However, of the two Dorie Simmons is the more moderate candidate. Tulsa Tech School Board Office No. 2 Both candidates are Republicans – Kibbe has the educational background, but Blackburn has a business background. The Tulsa Beacon would suggest Blackburn just to bring some common sense into education. OK…

Editorial: A Call to pray for persecuted Christians

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Throughout history, Christians have endlessly endured persecution for their faith. As Jesus Christ taught us, there is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for another—a sacrificial love exemplified in His ultimate sacrifice for the Church. Sadly, this spirit of sacrifice remains a painful reality for many Christians today, who continue to be…

Editorial: Oklahoma’s reading crisis must be addressed

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It’s been said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results.” This describes the failures in reading proficiency by Oklahoma students, despite billions of dollars of increased spending on public education in Oklahoma. The Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University revealed that from 2013 to 2024 Oklahoma’s per-pupil spending increased 47 percent…