Opinion

Editorial: Do-nothing Dems hate Trump

June 27, 2019

Congressional Democrats, Democrats running for president, never-Trumpers, the liberal news media and Establishment Republicans all have one goal: overturn the 2016 election of President Donald Trump. They were shocked when American voters rejected the liberal agenda of leftist Democrats and Hillary Clinton – perhaps the worst candidate in presidential history. Even before Trump’s inauguration, operatives…

Editorial: Assault on Christian ministries

June 27, 2019

Christian ministries are under attack in California. According to the Pacific Justice Institute, on January 18, 2019, a raid was conducted of River View Christian Academy (RVCA), in rural Northern California. The raid, which terrified students and staff, consisted of 16 armed law enforcement officials from the California Highway Patrol (CHP), 2 canine units, and…

Editorial: Racial namecalling doesn’t help

June 27, 2019

What is racism? The dialogue in the United States is so low now that the accusation of racism is tossed about incessantly. A conservative is instantly called a racist if he or she disagrees with progressive ideology. The issue is may not have anything to do with race but liberals wield it like a sword…

Editorial: Councilors support homosexuality

June 20, 2019

At least five city councilors – Lori Decter Wright, Kara Joy McKee, Crista Patrick, Ben Kimbro and Cass Fahler – fully support the Homosexual Agenda. They are so supportive of homosexuality that they marched in the recent “Gay Pride Parade” in Downtown Tulsa. Councilor Jeannie Cue didn’t march but sent a representative. Mayor G.T. Bynum…

Editorial: Democrats may wind up in prison

June 20, 2019

In a private meeting of Congressional Democrat, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the reason she does not want to impeach President Trump is because she wants him to go to jail instead. What? “I don’t want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison,” the House Speaker said, according to Politico. The…

Editorial: OETA pushes homosexuality

June 20, 2019

Here’s just one more reason why public funding should not go to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA). OETA, which probably would go under without huge state subsidies, is running a series of homosexual friendly films in June to “celebrate Pride Month.” What? On June 11, OETA aired a documentary about the Stonewall Inn riots…

Editorial: Questioning the flooding policies

June 13, 2019

Tulsa area residents who got flooded in the recent storms are questioning the policies of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers concerning the timing and the rates of release of water from the Keystone Dam. Why, they ask, didn’t the Corps order more water released when heavy rains were forecast? If Keystone Lake had been…

Editorial: Mexican tariffs are the right move

June 13, 2019

President Andres Manuel López Obrador was mad that President Trump was threatening to impose a set of tariffs on Mexican goods because of that country’s lack of cooperation in stopping the illegal immigration crisis at our southern border. The threat worked. President Trump’s decisiveness caused that leftist leader to finally do something to end this…

Editorial: Weekend gun violence in Chicago

June 13, 2019

Why would anyone want to live in Chicago? Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation and yet the first weekend in June was a bloody testimony to the fact that when guns are outlawed, only criminals will have guns. Shortly after Chicago officials bragged about an ever-so-slight decrease in violent crime,…

Letter: ‘If My people…’ still applies

June 13, 2019 The Rev. George Campbell, Jr.

Remember: “If My people…”? This is from memory, not from research. In the 1970’s, intercession for America started a campaign of “If My people” based on 2 Chronicles 7:14. We would acknowledge our need for God to save us from problems plaguing our country. Many churches strongly supported the effort. Some Christian organizations also joined…