Opinion

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…

Editorial: Critics couldn’t stop Unplanned

May 9, 2019

A lot of time, effort and expense went into trying to stop the success of the movie Unplanned. The schemes didn’t work. The movie chronicles the story of a woman who had worked at Planned Parenthood abortion clinic for years until she witnessed an actual abortion. That changed her life and the movie tells this…

Editorial: Democrat hopefuls’ proposals

May 9, 2019

Here are some of the plans of the mainstream candidates running for the Socialist Democrat nomination for president. Forgive all student debt. Make tuition free for all state-supported colleges and universities. Give poor people a monthly allowance. Place a 2 percent wealth tax on anyone worth more than $10 million. Let 16-year-olds vote. Impeach President…

Editorial: GOP saved the retirement funds

May 9, 2019

If you are a retired public school teacher, you should thank the Republicans in the Legislature for making sure you retirement check is there every month. In 2009, after 100 years of Democrat leadership, the teacher retirement fund had 49.8 percent of the amount of money needed to pay every teacher who was eligible to…

Letter: LBGTQ status is only a perception

May 9, 2019 Duane Collins

The Supreme Court announced they will hear three cases determining whether federal law protects lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals (LGBTQ) from discrimination in the workplace. The court said it would review all three cases, but ordered that two of the cases be combined into one argument. This is a big deal in more…