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Letter: Actions and reactions

Tulsa Beacon

Dear Editor: It’s a scientific Fact that every action has a reaction, and unfortunately this law of physics applies to the political realm as well. Liberal Pundits are quick to accuse conservatives of being “Violent Fascists.”  Yet they fail to psychologically Grasp the Fact that much of the anger on the Right is simply a…

Letter: The Fruit of Socialization

Tulsa Beacon

Whenever the subject of home education is raised in a conversation, without exception someone always offers the opinion perceived to be the single objection to render any further dialogue dead in its tracks: “Home schooling is bad, because the children are deprived of socialization with their peers.” Whenever I hear this supposedly sage argument, I…

Editorial: Please Oppose SQ 820

Tulsa Beacon

While my day job has me serving as Chief of Police in Muskogee, I am writing today more as a father and grandfather who is also the product of a family marred by substance abuse. Substance abuse is nothing new.  When my father returned from serving in Vietnam, he turned to alcohol to cope.  Marijuana…

Letter: Tulsa Area Doctors Say Recreational Pot Bad for Oklahoma

Tulsa Beacon

The undersigned share with many other healthcare professionals a deep concern about increasing drug and mental health problems in Oklahoma.  We oppose legalizing recreational marijuana. In our professional experience, and based on the available literature, marijuana has not proven to benefit the body or brain, and proper dosage if any is unknown.  It harms users…

Letter: Global Warming is in God’s Hands

Tulsa Beacon

Merriam-Webster’s definition of a fool – “a person who lacks sense or judgment or to deceive” Psalm 14:1  “The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God’” Proverbs 12:15 “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes (global warming) but he who heeds counsel (God’s Word) is wise In the…

Letter: Just say No to Article V Constitutional Convention

Tulsa Beacon

Dear Editor, The late, great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said an Article V Constitutional Convention of States “is a horrible idea” because, as he had previously said, “Who knows what would come out of that?”  www.thenewamerican.com/justice-scalia-s-warning-of-a-constitutional-convention/ As far back as 1979, Senator Barry Goldwater warned against an Article V Convention as follows: “If we…

Letter: Education is parental responsibility

Tulsa Beacon

I read with interest the article “Stitt makes education a priority at Inauguration,” which appeared in the Tulsa Beacon recently. I appreciate the governor’s passion to improve the public schools in Oklahoma and to attempt to get the schools ranked higher. However, even if he were to lead the way to make Oklahoma number one…

Letter: What God Wants You to Know – Part 2

Tulsa Beacon

God wants you to know that, before Moses’ encounter with God and the Burning Bush, God had already planned to use Moses as the leader to lead his chosen people out of slavery in the land of Egypt.  God told Moses to tell Pharoah, that He (God), had raised him (Pharoah) up, so that God…

Letter: Keep Writing

Tulsa Beacon

Man’s inhumanity to man has no boundaries; When several Germans were tried for War-Crimes; eleven executed; They were referred to as “animals.”  The German Jewish Prosecutor said no, they aren’t animals. Depraved Humanity or just plain human nature has that potential for many… In studying the Holocaust it is well to read “an Eye for…

Editorial: Tulsa Beacon Endorsements

Tulsa Beacon

These are the corrected endorsements: U.S. Senator (unexpired term) The Tulsa Beacon endorses Markwayne Mullin, Kendra Horn is a very liberal Democrat U.S. Senator The Tulsa Beacon endorses James Lankford U.S. House First District The Tulsa Beacon endorses Kevin Hern U.S. House Second District The Tulsa Beacon endorses Josh Brecheen Oklahoma Governor The Tulsa Beacon…