Opinion

Editorial: GOP leaders stymie moral laws

May 2, 2019

What is the biggest obstacle to conservative legislation in the Oklahoma Legislature? It’s Republican leadership. State Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, has been unofficially blacklisted by GOP leaders, who control all the committee chairmanships and can manipulate what bills are heard and what bills are passed. Silk’s crime was wanting to stop abortion in Oklahoma….

Editorial: Phony town halls to boost taxes

May 2, 2019

Tulsa’s elected officials are gearing up for a gigantic sales tax increase in November. Powerful business people and the chamber overlords are employing the liberal daily newspaper and local TV stations to sell the public on the idea that we need to raise tens of millions of dollars in sales tax to pay for their…

Editorial: Anti-Christian in San Antonio?

May 2, 2019

Christian businessmen who follow the principles in the Bible have a target on their backs. And the attacks are growing and intensifying. A few years ago, Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A restaurants said he believed that marriage should be between one man and one woman – just as described in the Bible. That doesn’t…

Letter: Danger is brewing for Israel

May 2, 2019 Duane Collins

According to World Israel News, Palestinian Foreign Minister Maliki says the Palestinian Authority (PA) will meet with Israel to discuss a “two-state” solution, but only if Russia hosts the meeting. Maliki says the PA is not comfortable with the strong relationship between the United States and Israel. After President Trump declared Jerusalem to be the…

Letter: Book shows Trump spirituality

May 2, 2019 Catherine White

…Edward V. Harris wrote that Mr. “Trump has no Christian principles.” Apparently Mr. Harris is convinced that this true but it is necessary to challenge that belief. Recently, I read a book, The Faith of Donald J. Trump: A Spiritual Biography – written by David Phillip Brody and Walter Scott Lamb. The book contains two…

Editorial: Bernie Sanders’ Medicare scam

April 25, 2019

Socialist Bernie Sanders and most of the Democrats who are running for president are promising “Medicare for everyone” as a cornerstone of their reshaping of America. Sanders is literally telling voters that he will give them free health care. That’s a big, fat lie. First, extending Medicare to everyone would bankrupt America. In that regard,…

Editorial: Homosexual mayor versus Pence

April 25, 2019

Democrat presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg thinks he is a homosexual because God made him that way and he has no choice in the matter. Buttigieg is mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and a self-described “devout Episcopalian.” He has strongly criticized Vice President Mike Pence, who is not a homosexual and who believes that the Bible…

Editorial: U.S. border crisis getting worse

April 25, 2019

America has a border crisis and it’s not just poor people from Central and South America who are coming here illegally. Thousands of illegal aliens are coming across our southern boarder, according to Rio Grande Valley Sector Chief Patrol Agent Rodolfo Karisch in testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing earlier this month. “Much…

Letter: Wrongheaded Baylor protest

April 25, 2019 Duane Collins

Students at Baylor University signed a petition to stop Matt Walsh from giving a speech on campus. Mr. Walsh is a Christian, conservative commentator on social media and his speech was titled: “The War On Reality: Why The Left Has Set Out To Redefine Life, Gender And Marriage.” Baylor University has a population of 16,787…

Editorial: Find Jesus Christ this Easter

April 18, 2019

Christianity is under assault in America. The moral standards delivered in the Old and New Testaments are being largely ignored by more and more people. Respect for law and order is dwindling. The institution of marriage is being defiled. People waste their lives on gambling, alcohol and illegal drugs. Prisons are filled and overflowing with…