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Letter: Abortion and sex changes linked

Tulsa Beacon

Not many people comprehend the destruction that abortion has caused our nation. We tend to forget that it involves the killing of innocent children and have reduced it to an ideology, no thanks to the efforts of liberal activists. Why are there so many people on anti-depressants and abusing other drugs today?  Kevin Burke, a…

Editorial: Congratulations to Kyler Murray and No. 4 Oklahoma Sooners

Tulsa Beacon

Congratulations to Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray and The University of Oklahoma football team. As talented and accomplished as Murray is, even he recognizes that some credit is due to his teammates and his coaches for this prestigious award. Former Sooner quarterback Baker Mayfield – now starring for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL –…

Editorial: Conservative fiscal policy and the Oklahoma’s historic windfall

Tulsa Beacon

The State of Oklahoma has had a record amount of revenue in 2018. That is indisputable, even though some liberal pundits think the billion-dollar-plus budget surplus is “fake news.” It’s not. The numbers are there. The money is in the state treasury. Hundreds of millions of dollars are pouring into the state Rainy Day Fund….

Letter: Virtual Charter Academy

Tulsa Beacon

We enrolled our children at Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy 12 years ago (OVCA)! We made the switch to virtual school when our eldest daughter was diagnosed with a lung condition leaving her immunocompromised. OVCA turned out to be the best decision we’ve made for our children’s education. Each of our children have competed nationally in…

Letter: Uplifting Bush funeral

Tulsa Beacon

My wife and I watched every minute of the ceremonies commemorating the life and passing of our 41st President.  It was a beautiful tribute, and it gave the whole world a more personal and intimate view of the man himself. It was an emotional, deeply moving experience, and one of enlightenment.  Looking back over the…

Editorial: Sen. Joseph Silk is a true hero

Tulsa Beacon

Enough unborn babies have died in Oklahoma. State Sen. Joseph Silk, a hero in the truest sense of the word, has introduced a bill in the Oklahoma Legislature to criminalize abortion by placing it in the state statues on felony homicide. Senate Bill 13, the Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act, would make abortion a…

Editorial: Kudos to the Big 12 Champions

Tulsa Beacon

Congratulations to Coach Lincoln Riley and the Oklahoma Sooner football team for winning the Big 12 Conference Championship and gaining a spot in the four-team College Football Playoff. The No. 4 Sooners face No. 1 Alabama in the Orange Bowl in Florida on December 29. Oklahoma took Georgia to overtime last year in a CFP…

Editorial: To Starbucks: stop pornography

Tulsa Beacon

The jury is out on whether or not Starbucks will keep a pledge it made in November to block Wi-Fi pornography from its 29,000 coffee shots in America by 2019. Internet safety advocate Enough Is Enough (EIE) is calling on Starbucks to keep that pledge. “We will continue to engage the media to keep the…

Letter: During an earthquake, Alaskans: Shaken but not stirred

Tulsa Beacon

I made a quick phone call after a friend texted that Anchorage had just been hit by a major earthquake. The adoptive mother of our grandchild answered the phone. “Is everyone okay?” I asked. “Yes,” she calmly replied. “Paul was driving to daycare and thought the wheels were falling off his truck,” she added with…

Letter: Rewriting Tulsa’s racial history?

Tulsa Beacon

There was a race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1921.  According to the Oklahoma Historical Society, Tulsa was a deeply troubled town at that time.  Crime rates were extremely high, and the city had been plagued by vigilantism.  In August of 1920, a white mob lynched a black teenager accused of murder, and newspaper accounts…