Opinion

Editorial: Are we tilting toward socialism?

April 9, 2020

Is the government’s $2.2 trillion bailout for the coronavirus another giant step toward socialism? One clue could be that Sen. Bernie Sanders, an avowed “Socialist Democrat,” voted for it. Everybody seems to think it’s a good idea – even most fiscal conservatives. The government shut down vast amounts of the nation’s economy and caused massive…

Editorial: Freedom of speech in Oregon?

April 9, 2020

The elected officials of Grants Pass, Oregon, have ordered their police to shut up Christians who speak on street corners, who hand out tracts and especially those who hold up signs against abortion. This has been going on for more than two years. The Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) filed two lawsuits against the City of…

Editorial: The law and Planned Parenthood

April 9, 2020

During the coronavirus pandemic, most of the country – including Oklahoma – is issuing orders that elective surgery be postponed so that hospital beds and medical resources can be devoted to victims of the virus. U.S. District Judge Charles Goodwin has issued a temporary restraining order to pave the way for Oklahoma abortion clinics to…

Editorial: Disasters challenged America

April 2, 2020

For several weeks following the cowardly September 11 attack on the United States, the churches of America were full of people worried that we were going to war and unsettled on their future. At the end of 1999, millions of Americans were convinced that all of our computers would be rendered useless and our society…

Editorial: Shady report of insider trading

April 2, 2020

The New York Times, which looks to take full advantage of any crisis, has accused U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, of selling stock in front of the coronavirus pandemic using insider information. Inhofe flatly denies the allegation. “The New York Times allegations are completely baseless and 100 percent false,” Inhofe said. “I was not at…

Editorial: Saudi Arabia, Russia and oil

April 2, 2020

Oil is selling cheap and it is hurting the State of Oklahoma. Russia and Saudi Arabia are in a “gas war.” Their weapon of choice is to dump crude oil on the world market. This is why gas prices are so cheap in America. It’s good for the consumer. It’s a blow to the energy…

Letter: David said he will be waiting for John at Heaven’s Gate

April 2, 2020 John T. Catrett, III

David Weir You would have liked David! I first met David and his lovely wife, Lisa, in the fall of the 1980’s. We met at Church one Sunday morning. They were married in the early summer of that year, and the glow of newly wed bliss still radiated from their countenance. The couple had met…

Letter: A warning by David Wilkerson

April 2, 2020 John K. Harris

The Rev. David Wilkerson, who died in a traffic accident in the Dallas area on April 27, 2011, founded Times Square Church in New York City. Perhaps you’re familiar with his most famous book, The Cross and the Switchblade (1963). In 1998, I read Wilkerson’s (then) new book: America’s Last Call: On the Brink of…

Editorial: Lessons arise from a pandemic

March 26, 2020

When trouble hits, Tulsans line up to help. Who knows if America is taking the proper steps to combat this virus? History will tell us if we overreacted or if we didn’t do as much as we could. With the prospect of quarantines, home food supplies are a question mark. But in Tulsa, there are…

Editorial: Trump criticized by the media

March 26, 2020

If President Trump found a cure for cancer, the talking heads at MSNBC and CNN would accuse him of not telling people 10 years ago. When President Trump announced America’s plans to battle the coronavirus on March 13, CNN’s spotlight was on the lack of millions of test kits instead of Trump’s marshalling of public…