Opinion

Letter: Who believes the Green New Deal?

April 11, 2019 Duane Collins

All of the Democrat 2020 presidential candidates said they fully support the Green New Deal proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, introduced the Green New Deal resolution in the Senate last month. But when Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, called for a vote to advance the Green New…

Editorial: President Trump is exonerated

April 4, 2019

It’s official. President Donald Trump did not collude with Russia to steal the 2016 presidential election from Hillary Clinton. The report from independent counsel Robert Mueller is done after more than two years of investigation and tens of millions spent. This was a witch hunt in the first degree. Former FBI officials have confirmed under…

Editorial: President Trump is not a racist

April 4, 2019

Democrat presidential candidates and the liberal news media constantly try to label President Trump as a “racist” and a supporter of white supremacists. It’s not true. According to columnist Steven Cortes of RealClearPolitics.com, here’s how Trump described the neo-Nazis who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August of 2017: “Excuse me, they didn’t put themselves down…

Editorial: Attack on freedom of religion

April 4, 2019

The City of De Pere in Wisconsin wants to classify churches as “places of public accommodation” in order to compel them to adhere to non-discrimination mandates on gender identity and sexual orientation. Thank goodness, the Brown County Circuit Court issued a written decision which harshly criticizes a city’s action. The City of De Pere ordinance…

Editorial: Fiscal sanity for Oklahoma U.

March 28, 2019

When Jim Gallogly became president of The University of Oklahoma, it didn’t take him long to find out that the school had more than a billion dollars in debt. Liberal Democrats blamed a lack of funding for higher education but the truth is the problem on the Norman campus was poor leadership and reckless spending….

Editorial: Bribery on university campuses

March 28, 2019

Bribery is a way of life in most countries of the world. That’s a fact. It’s not supposed to be that way in America because of the rule of law, our Constitution and law enforcement. Yet it does. And it should be no surprise when it involves public institutions of higher education. Federal prosecutors charged…

Editorial: New media misfires – once again

March 28, 2019

The liberal media – in cohoots with Democrats in Congress – in America couldn’t move fast enough to label the primary suspect in the March 15 massacre in New Zealand as a “right-wing conservative extremist.” This labeling is automatic with outlets like CNN, NBC, MSNBC and others. But the truth is revealed in a 74-page…

Editorial: Pushing homosexual legislation

March 21, 2019

Rep. Jason Dunningham, D-Oklahoma City, wants to make it a crime for a licensed counselor to tell a client age 18 or younger that they don’t have to be a homosexual. Dunningham authored House Bill 2456 and thank goodness, it looks like it won’t get serious consideration by the Republican-led Legislature. Other states like California…

Editorial: More cops for dangerous Downtown

March 21, 2019

Crime and the prospect of crime has gotten so bad in Downtown Tulsa that the Police Department is expanding the special task force that is assigned there. Anyone who has attended a baseball game or a concert downtown knows that if you park several blocks from your destination, the possibility of danger lurks in the…

Editorial: Widow’s Bible study is targeted

March 21, 2019

Officials with the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) in Yountville say they evict an 84-year-old widow from California Veterans Home unless she stops teaching a Bible study for fellow residents. Pacific Justice Institute is representing Artis Breau. She and her late husband moved into the Veterans Home nine months ago. Her husband served as…