Opinion

Editorial: Uncertainty over prisoner release

November 14, 2019

What will happen now that Oklahoma has released more than 500 convicts with the largest one-day commutation in U.S. history? Time will tell. The best outcome would be for these criminals to embrace their newfound freedom, clean up their lives and become productive citizens. Christian organizations, some employers and some of their families stand ready…

Editorial: Dangerous school curriculums

November 14, 2019

Families should keep a careful watch of what their children are being taught in school. In New Jersey, a public school is teaching from a pornographic illustrated book. The autobiographical comic book, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, includes illustrations of homosexual sex and full male and female nudity. And it shouldn’t surprise anyone that the…

Letter: Media ignored Obama’s mistake

November 14, 2019 Duane Collins

On October 27, President Trump announced that U.S. Special Operation Forces executed a daring night raid on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s headquarters in northwest Syria, and the 48-year-old ISIS leader was killed. This was good news for the whole world. But the news media has been silent about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi being released from…

Editorial: Higher taxes in Tulsa coming

November 7, 2019

On November 12, the good people of Tulsa will rubberstamp another tax increase – almost two-thirds of a billion dollars – without any serious debates on the merits of the proposals or how to have accountability over those who spend the money. Why are Tulsans voting for higher taxes every time? The first answer is…

Editorial: ‘Impeachment’ is a ‘lynching’

November 7, 2019

The “impeachment inquiry” approved by Congressional Democrats in the House of Representatives is a modern day lynching. The meetings are secretive. Transcripts are hidden from the public and even from Republican members of these secret committees. Lawyers from the Justice Department were barred. Republicans were not allowed to call witnesses. There was never a vote…

Editorial: Church attendance is declining

November 7, 2019

A new Pew Survey (October 17, 2019) reports a decline of Christianity in the United States and the rise of the “nones” – those who have no religious affiliation. According to the report, “65% of American adults describe themselves as Christians when asked about their religion, down 12 percentage points over the past decade. Meanwhile,…

Letter: Collaboration versus resistance

November 7, 2019 Duane Collins

The U.S. Labor Department recently reported the unemployment rate in the United States has dropped to a 50-year low of 3.5%. More than 6.1 million new jobs have been created (created not saved) since President Trump took office in January 2017. In addition, the stock market (Dow Jones Industrial Average) has grown from 18,142 on…

Letter: An Open Letter to President Trump:

November 7, 2019 Duane Collins

On October 22nd, CBN News reported U.S. tax dollars are being used to purchase aborted baby body parts, and experiments are being conducted by our government, merging those baby body parts with mice. The report says last year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded 200 similar studies across 50 different institutions, mostly universities, in…

Editorial: Trump seeks to protect our troops

October 31, 2019

One of the most serious decisions by a president is to send our troops overseas in harm’s way. President Donald Trump said when he ran for office that he was going to stop the endless undeclared wars that were fostered by former presidents. Trump was correct in withdrawing our forces from Syria. Syria is a…

Editorial: Kamala Harris and Chi-Coms

October 31, 2019

What does U.S Sen. Kamala Harris have in common with the leaders of Communist China? A lot, but specifically, Harris, the ultra-liberal Democrat from California who is running for president, doesn’t believe in freedom of speech even though it is imbedded in the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution. During the October 15 Democrat…