Opinion

Letter: Only prayer can change Pelosi

January 17, 2019 Manuel Ybarra, Jr.

Only intervention from God can stop the moral decline of America. The hoopla about the historical significance of the election of Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House will pass, but there will be consequences, unless there is a change of heart. Nancy Pelosi, “America’s most powerful woman” is accountable to God, like everybody else. …

Letter: Mitt Romney is double-minded

January 17, 2019 Duane Collins

Mitt Romney was sworn into the Senate in January . . . but before he could even be seated . . . he began his attacks on President Trump. Romney wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post saying, “Trump has not risen to the mantle of the presidency.” Then, in an interview with CNN, Romney…

Editorial: Blame the Senate Democrats

January 10, 2019

The partial shutdown of the government that began in January should be blamed on Democrats in the U.S. Senate. President Trump, responding to the will of the people in the 2016 election, promised a secure border and part of that is a wall along our border with Mexico. The continuing resolution passed before Christmas included…

Editorial: Never enough cash for the OEA

January 10, 2019

The Oklahoma Education Association, a wing of the National Education Association, deserves credit for getting public education in such a mess in Oklahoma. Last year, the OEA promoted a walkout/strike to raise teacher salaries after the Republican-led Legislature voted in salary increases for public teachers. No amount of tax increases is enough in the eyes…

Editorial: Boy Scouts facing bankruptcy

January 10, 2019

The Boy Scouts of America are pondering bankruptcy because of legal problems but those are the surface causes. In the 1970s, the Boy Scouts had more than five million members and now they have more than two million. What happened to cause this organization, founded on honor and character, to teeter on collapse? Strike one…

Letter: Prayer and fasting for America

January 10, 2019 The Rev. George Campbell, Jr.

“If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NIV Version) This verse is an If/Then contract. If the conditions that…

Letter: Americans want to build a wall

January 10, 2019 Duane Collins

The Associated Press announced that the U.S. State Department has pledged $10.6 billion in aid for Central America and southern Mexico. This announcement came at about the same time President Trump was hearing that Congress was not going to provide the $5 billion he requested for the Border Wall. Donald Trump was elected president because…

Editorial: 2019: A chance for a fresh start

January 3, 2019

What will happen in 2019? It’s hard to predict the future but there are some positive and negative trends that have emerged. On a national level, the progress made by President Donald Trump will hit a brick wall with the Democrat control of the House of Representatives. Their obstruction of his policies has already begun….

Editorial: Trying to slow down abortions

January 3, 2019

Abortionists, abortion clinics and leftists don’t want pregnant women to have time to reconsider a decision to murder their unborn babies. The Center for Reproductive rights in New York City has represented Tulsa Women’s Reproductive Clinic in an effort to overturn a state law that mandates that women seeking to kill their unborn babies wait…

Editorial: Trump vs. Obama school lunch

January 3, 2019

In totalitarian governments, high-ranking officials try to control every aspect of peoples’ lives. That was the case for eight years in America when ex-President Obama and his wife Michelle tried to mandate changes in the diets of school children. Through presidential mandates, the Obamas forced public schools to offer the food they chose. Any variance…