Opinion

Letter: ‘Equality Act’ creates new rights

May 30, 2019 Duane Collins

Recently, the U.S. House voted 236-173 to pass Nancy Pelosi’s Equality Act. Every Democrat and eight Republicans voted in favor of this bill. Nancy Pelosi posted this message on Twitter: “This is not about tolerance. This is about respect for our LGBTQ communities, this is about taking pride.” In a nutshell, the Equality Act (HR…

Editorial: Gambling claims 2 more victims

May 23, 2019

A famous Oklahoma college football player is in federal prison because of his gambling problem. Blake Ferguson was convicted of fraud as an employee of Firstar Bank where he was a senior vice president. He stole almost $700,000 to pay off gambling debts and was sentenced to two years and seven months in federal prison….

Editorial: Liberals want to empty prisons

May 23, 2019

Liberals think that well-intentioned programs are good even if they don’t work and unintended consequences. One of the latest causes is “criminal justice reform.” Progressives argue that Oklahoma locks up too many people (especially women), that the prison system costs too much and that it is cheaper to rehabilitate than to incarcerate. They are close…

Editorial: OU president Gallogly retires

May 23, 2019

Jim Gallogly surprised everyone by announcing his retirement as president of The University of Oklahoma shortly after spring commencement. Gallogly was under fire because of his conservative fiscal views and his apparent unwillingness to toe the line with some ultra-liberal professors and staffers at OU. Add to that the allegations of sexual harassment against former…

Letter: Crazed pro-abortion advocates

May 23, 2019 Duane Collins

Georgia’s Republican Governor recently signed into law a bill that bans an abortion if the baby’s heartbeat is detectable. And now several other states are pursuing similar legislation. This bill has driven pro-abortion advocates crazy, because it exposes the lies they’ve been telling the American people for the past fifty years . . . Lies…

Letter: A warning to the politicians

May 23, 2019 Manuel Ybarra, Jr.

The God of this World is Satan, the Great Deceiver. He has blinded Americans into believing killing unborn humans is a woman’s right, but God forbids killing innocent humans made after His image. We have done a terrible job in America by not following God and the Word of God. He told us we are…

Editorial: Equality report is not a big deal

May 16, 2019

The City of Tulsa has a better score than last year on the 2019 Equality Indicators report. Big deal. This report really means nothing. It is an effort by liberal officials – mostly registered Republicans – to make the public think that something is being done to make Tulsa’s minority populations feel at ease. The…

Editorial: Facts about the Russian probe

May 16, 2019

Here’s what we know as facts in the wake of the Russian collusion special counsel report. Did Donald Trump or anybody in his campaign conspire with the Russian government? No. Did President Trump obstruct justice? No. A president can fire a special counsel at any time but Trump didn’t do so. Trump didn’t exert executive…

Editorial: Trump vs. the chamber of commerce

May 16, 2019

The relationship between President Trump and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is a train wreck. That was reinforced by an article by Brody Mullins and Alex Leary for the Wall Street Journal. The chamber is the biggest lobbying group in Washington, D.C., and a big part of the “swamp” that Trump is working to drain….

Letter: 9 million have unmet mental health needs

May 16, 2019 Jeanne Wypyski

In America today, approximately 45-47 million, or 1 out of 5 Americans, is suffering with a mental health issue; and approximately 1 in 25 adults is currently experiencing a serious mental illness that substantially interferes with one or more major life activities. Sadly, the rate of suicide is at a 30-year high. While more individuals…