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Letter: Let’s all pray for Nancy Pelosi

Tulsa Beacon

At the end of November 2019, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 28,051 (up 11% from November 2018).  The S&P 500 closed at 3,141 (up 15% from November 2018).  Black Friday retail sales reached $7.4 billion and Cyber Monday online sales reached $9.4 billion, breaking all previous records.  Wages and salaries were up 3.1%…

Letter: Check on the elderly this Christmas

Tulsa Beacon

During the holiday season, many will struggle with increased feelings of loneliness – especially seniors, who spend more time alone than the average adult. According to Meals on Wheels America, one in four U.S. seniors live alone. Isolation can cause detrimental health issues, including heightened risk of heart disease, dementia and premature death. The holidays…

Letter: Donkey or ‘kangaroo’ party symbol?

Tulsa Beacon

A question – What ever happened to the Demo Donkey symbol for the Democrat Party? It looks like a kangaroo needs to be the new party symbol. That matches the “kangaroo court hearings” they held to impeach President Trump. Trump was looking into an agreement that Nancy Pelosi and her gang wanted in the Middle…

Editorial: Why are so many schools failing?

Tulsa Beacon

According to the latest education “report card,” academic achievement is stagnant. It’s actually worse than that. Children in public schools in Oklahoma – and more specifically in the Tulsa School District – are not learning as they should. Why? In the past two years, Oklahoma voters have elected so-called “pro-education” legislators who have pushed for…

Editorial: Keep the National Guard home

Tulsa Beacon

Until recently, the Oklahoma National Guard was not deployed overseas in combat zones. During the Vietnam War, the Guard was stationed only stateside. Sen. Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, has filed legislation to ensure men and women serving in the Oklahoma National Guard are only deployed as directed by the U.S. Constitution. Known as the “Defend…

Editorial: Free college tuition is a scheme

Tulsa Beacon

Democrats want free college tuition for everyone. Apart from this enormous cost, there is a sinister hidden agenda in these appeals to government funded higher education. Free speech is being denied at varying levels at most colleges and universities. Liberal professor foster progressive thought and discourage or even ban conservatism. Democrats want impressionable high school…

Letter: Island of Peace during the holidays

Tulsa Beacon

As it inevitably does year after year, the holiday season has rolled around to us again.  This year a good friend of mine is experiencing his first “empty” Christmas.  His children either live too far away or are too busy with their own plans and lives to offer him comfort.  He faces this emptiness alone….

Editorial: Democrats show their true colors

Tulsa Beacon

Here’s what we have learned from U.S. House Democrats in their punitive impeachment hearings and the November 20 presidential candidate debate. President Trump is a “threat to democracy” because he wants an investigation of Hunter Biden. Former Vice President Joe Biden should never be investigated under any circumstances. You are innocent until proven guilty –…

Editorial: Disappointed in Chick-fil-A

Tulsa Beacon

Chick-fil-A has buckled under political pressure and will no longer donate to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Salvation. Those are two outstanding nonprofits who do great work for young athletes and for America’s poor. What “crimes” did FCA and the Salvation Army commit? Nothing. No, they were singled out because they are Christian…

Editorial: Inconsequential casino taxation

Tulsa Beacon

Oklahoma’s tribal casinos are proud to announce they paid $138 million to the state as part of their exclusive gambling compact. That’s a lot of money. But it’s a pittance when you see revenue figures for 2018 – $2,300,000,000.00. In other words, the casinos are donating chicken feed when it comes to how much money…