Opinion

Letter: In any case, killing a baby is murder

March 14, 2019 Ray Landreville

No matter how phrased, killing a child is murder. Whether you are pro-abortion or anti-abortion, to kill a newly born child is murder. Most everyone recognizes that postpartum the child is living human being and makes us wonder who has this authority and how far does it extend. In all honesty, we know human life…

Letter: Shame on Democrat senators

March 7, 2019 Duane Collins

(Recently), Senate Democrats blocked passage of a Republican bill to provide medical care to infants who survive a failed abortion. The final Senate vote was 53-44 . . . just seven votes short of the 60 needed to pass. Three Democrats voted “YES” in favor of the bill; Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia; Doug Jones, D-Alabama;…

Letter: Reject unAmerican idealogies

March 7, 2019 Catherine White

In the 2018 midterm elections, 90 Muslims were on the ballots across the United States and nearly all were Democrats. There are now three members of Congress who are practicing Muslims. There are a host of Muslims holding office in states and communities. Two are Muslim women – Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib…

Editorial: Obstetrics RN: logical reasons why abortion is murder

March 7, 2019

Here is part of an essay from Cynthia, DNP (Doctor of nursing practice), ACNS-BC, who is a registered nurse with 28 years of experience working in obstetrics and eight years with medical surgical and hospice nursing. For 17 years, she has taught nursing. The story came from thetorchblog.net. In her field, she has worked decades…

Editorial: Gambling damages Oklahomans

March 7, 2019

The big myth about gambling in Oklahoma is that it enhances “economic development.” Any gains for local economies are heavily offset by the personal tragedies created by the Oklahoma Lottery, the states 135-plus casinos and gambling on the Internet. The proliferation of gambling wrecks marriages and destroys careers. It costs hard-working people their savings, their…

Editorial: Freedom of speech wins in Wash.

March 7, 2019

Freedom of speech is still alive in America. At least it is in Keenewick, Washington, where a Benton County District judge dismissed charges against a Christian evangelist who preaches outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Eric Schonbachler travels around his state, preaching in front of abortion clinics. He carries a sign with a photo of a…

Editorial: Sex-change study stopped in UK

March 7, 2019

A growing number of people who have “sex changes” have huge regrets about that decision but a judge in England is blocking attempts to study why transgenderism is wrecking so many lives. A United Kingdom judge ruled in favor of a university that blocked a psychotherapist’s proposal to research why so many of his transgender…

Editorial: GOP won’t stop legalized abortion

February 28, 2019

Not too long ago, efforts to stop abortion were stopped in the Legislature by Democrat committee chairmen in the Oklahoma Senate. That was back when the Democrats controlled both houses of the Legislature. Now, self-labeled “pro-life” Republican leaders are rejecting legislature to get abolish abortion as the GOP controls both the House and the Senate….

Editorial: America is drowning in its debt

February 28, 2019

Why is no one upset that the national debt is $22 trillion? That’s $22,000,000,000,000.00. Given a population of 325,000,000, that means every American owes $67,692 as part of the debt. So, a household of four would owe $270,769. Millennials (ages 26-36), the ones who will pay off that debt, have an average personal debt of…

Editorial: A key to attracting new business

February 28, 2019

Thousands of people and businesses are leaving New York State and relocating to Florida. Likewise, tens of thousands of businesses and residents are exiting California for Texas. Why? The answer is simple. People and businesses are tired of the confiscatory tax rates in New York, California, Connecticut, Illinois and several other “progressive” states and are…