Opinion

Editorial: Fixing the USA on July Fourth

July 2, 2020

America is under assault. Americans within our country actually want to erase the U.S. Constitution and change our form of government into a totalitarian system. Capitalism is called “evil” while socialism is creeping into our everyday lives. Traditional morality is laughed at. “Miracle” drugs give license to all kinds of sexuality immorality without consequence. Christianity…

Editorial: Gundy and freedom of speech

July 2, 2020

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy is not a racist. As a college football coach for decades, it would have been impossible for Gundy to hide prejudice if he had even one ounce of it. Now, the liberal media is feeding the frenzy that Gundy is a “racist” because he wore a T-shirt with initials…

Editorial: G.T. Bynum is not a Republican

July 2, 2020

Why is Mayor G.T. Bynum in the Republican Party? When President Donald Trump came to Tulsa on June 20, Bynum met him at the airport and then refused to join his campaign rally Downtown. It was a great honor for Tulsa when Trump, also a Republican, chose Tulsa to restart his 2020 re-election campaign. Tulsa…

Letter: Thousands of Trump supporters were stopped at the rally gates

July 2, 2020 Tim Hendricks

Saturday afternoon, my wife and i decided to go see how many Trump supporters who did have tickets to attend the rally would be outside the supporting President Trump. Because of overwhelming tight security, no supporters where allowed in the fenced area surrounding the BOK Center. In normal times, as seen in previous rallies, thousands…

Letter: Racial discrimination

July 2, 2020 Katrina S. Conrad-Legler

The Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (OCDLA), as the state’s premier organization defending the rights of accused persons, joins in the call to make the ideals of the “Black Lives Matter” movement a reality in our criminal justice system, from the moment of first contact with law enforcement. Racial profiling techniques such as “driving while…

Letter: Modern day ‘post turtles’

July 2, 2020 Glenn Jacobs

I am assuming you all know about “post turtles.” They don’t know how they got on top of fence posts. They didn’t get there by themselves, and they don’t know how to get down without getting hurt. With all due respect, you are “post turtles.” Furthermore, the crazies who have commandeered six blocks of Seattle…

Letter: Shocking Supreme Court

July 2, 2020 Andrew Dennehy

Does anybody find it shocking that the American people voted for a Republican president who then placed justices on our Supreme Court and yet the “so-called conservatives” have now declared that both homosexuals and transgenders are protected under the term “sex” in LBJ’s Civil Rights Act of 1964? The notion that six people can retroactively…

Letter: Christians and politics

July 2, 2020 Catherine White

We live in a time of acute political polarization, exacerbated every election cycle by a 24-hour barrage of candidate advertisements reflecting two opposing worldviews, a myriad of issues and advice on recommendations on ways to vote. Unfortunately, the toxic tone and extremely partisan nature of our political system discourages many Christians – and citizen voters…

Editorial: Tulsa Beacon Endorsements for the upcoming June 30 Primary

June 25, 2020

Tulsa Board of Education, District 6 Ruth Ann Fate is a dyed-in-the-wool progressive who should not be on a school board. Dr. Jerry Griffin is a college professor with a background in law enforcement. The Tulsa Beacon endorses Dr. Jerry Griffin Tulsa County Court Clerk Tulsa County Court Clerk Don Newberry has the perfect background…

Editorial: An apology for the American flag?

June 18, 2020

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he “will never agree with anyone disrespecting the flag of the United States” and then apologized for his statement. In an interview with Yahoo Finance on June 3, Brees also told ESPN he stands with his teammates fighting for “racial equality and justice” but also with the nation’s…