One thing I have learned in this lifetime is that we all need rescuing sometime in our lives. It makes no difference if you are young or old, rich or poor, educated or ignorant, we all at some point i...

April 19th is a day Oklahomans will always remember. We owe that in large part to responsive government officials who possessed foresight to ensure we remember “those who were killed, those who surviv...

All Americans should be concerned about President Biden’s recent executive order on gun control. Try to forget for a moment, if you can, whether you agree with Biden or not and try instead to focus on...

No little girl grows up dreaming about her Prince Charming beating her or raping her. I promise you, she never thought that the person she fell in love with and who claimed to love her would ever take...

During the first days of his administration, President Joe Biden issued a series of reckless executive orders that directly attacked American energy. Unfortunately, these actions have even more proble...

We are going to “get in the weeds” this week on a rule once rigidly followed in the Oklahoma Legislature. In prior years when a bill was cast aside, not considered in committee or not brought up in a ...

We’re almost twothirds of the way done with the session. We heard 115 bills in the House this week, and still have about 200 more Senate bills available to consider next week. After next week’s deadli...

The vows we make on our wedding day are spoken before God and usually in front of a select number of family and friends. These vows that are promised to our lifelong partners are the very heart of the...

(Part III of III parts) Dear Editor: The biggest complaints I hear now is no access to city hall and no local folks involved in the administration. Not long ago I went to city hall and did not know on...

Dear Editor: In response to posting on Facebook by Karen Weldin, April 10, 2021: She states I became angry after being told “no” to a request during a heated discussion between me (Carl Grauberger) an...

Over the past few years, Oklahoma has made progress on smart criminal justice reform. But Oklahoma still has one of the highest imprisonment rates in the nation, and has had one of the highest female ...

The Legislature’s deadline to pass bills out of committee in the opposite chamber was last week. With this deadline behind us, we’ll once again turn our attention to the House floor, where we’ll spend...

This month, Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats passed a bill that if signed into law, could turn law-abiding gun owners into criminals. Yes, you read that right. H.R. 8, the “Bipartisan” Background Ch...

Easter 2021 has come and gone but as I celebrated the Resurrection of my Savior, I also was reminded of the excruciating pain He went through on the cross for my redemption. That thought alone made me...

This week, I want to write about some of the great ideas for children being considered by Oklahoma’s representatives and senators. The job of a lawmaker is often tough; fortunately, there are many adv...

Dear Editor: We, the family of Jacob Layne Borba, want to say thank you to all the first responders that gave of their time to work the collision of March 3, 2021 on Hwy. 9 East. To Jacob’s and our fr...

(Part II of III parts) Dear Editor: Could I run or hold office? Absolutely. The statutes allow it. Any mistakes I made have been paid for many years ago. Would I? Absolutely not. I’m very happy with t...

After our deadline a few weeks ago to pass bills out of their chamber of origin, the House has now received all the bills passed by the Senate. House committees have begun hearing Senate bills, and ou...

Dear Editor: Mark Wayne Mullin is at it again, working the folks in our district with his “what is your stimulus costing you?” In the last four years he voted to give the big corporations and his rich...

Numerous incidents this past year have increased discussion over what constitutes a hate crime. Just about every minority community has endured violence throughout the world based upon this type of bi...