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Editorial: Sanders’ out; Biden’s problems

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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced that he was dropping out of the race for the Democrat nomination for president. Apparently his message of turning America into a socialist state didn’t fly even within the Democrat Party. His departure makes former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive Democrat to face President Donald Trump in November. But…

Editorial: Order to reopen abortion clinics draws lawsuit

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Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Christian communities and leaders filed a amicus brief  in federal district court last Monday that supports the Oklahoma governor’s executive order that suspends all elective surgeries, including elective abortions, until April 30 to help reduce the spread of COVID-19. Gov. Kevin Stitt’s order exempts non-elective abortions, but some abortionists in…

Editorial: Are we tilting toward socialism?

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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: A warning by David Wilkerson

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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…