Opinion

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…

Letter: America needs to ‘build a wall’

January 3, 2019 Duane Collins

Pope Francis says, “Don’t build the wall – build a bridge.” Nancy Pelosi says, “Building a wall is immoral.” And yet both of these individuals live on property that is fully secured and protected from intrusion. Intrusion is defined as: “the act of wrongfully entering upon, seizing, or taking possession of the property of another.”…

Letter: Abortion and sex changes linked

January 3, 2019 Michael Rachiele

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

December 20, 2018

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 –…