As Oklahomans have voted to implement Medicaid expansion, legalize medical marijuana and enact criminal justice reforms, the state’s method of direct democracy has drawn heightened scrutiny from the L...

Sometimes “the cost of caring” for others and even animals can leave you physically, emotionally and financially drained. I know the “cost of caring” because I moved my dad and my grandmother into my ...

Constitution Day and the Kid Governor Program OKLAHOMA CITY – On Sept. 17 each year, Constitution Day is held. This is a special day for me as it often allows the opportunity to visit with students ab...

Q and A with Pastor J. What is contentment? Well, here is what it is not. I don’t think it is apathy. I don’t think it is being melancholy. I don’t think it is a spirit of laziness or adapting an atti...

Lake Eufaula Christian Church God desires for us to have purpose in our work, which we are to do for Him—to bring glory to Him. Some of you may feel as if your work is having an impact, that things ar...

What is interesting about studying political parties is that there are no founding documents that set rules for how they behave or what their function should be. For most political issues, I like to s...

Printing the wisdom Letter to the Editor, Thank you for printing the wisdom of Senator (Markwayne) Mullin about (Donald J.) Trump. He (Trump) has been convicted of sexually assaulting a woman, charged...

This Week at the Capitol Since Oklahoma’s Legislature only meets from the beginning of February to the end of May, we are currently in our interim period, which takes up the remainder of the year. Whi...

WOW! After some serious media posts over students being reprimanded by local law enforcement over school vandalism I wonder what are we truly teaching the next generation? I don’t care how cute you th...

HISTORICALLY ----------------- current events through a historical lens------------------------------- A History of American Political Parties, Part I: Classical Liberalism, Conservatism With all the ...

The Oklahoma Department of Education on Tuesday announced it has partnered with PragerU, a Californiabased nonprofit that publishes free online video lessons for students that its talk-radio host foun...

McIntosh County will offer the following for sale by public auction on the publicsurplus.com website. The auction will begin on Sept. 28 and end on Oct. 12. A link for publicsurplus.com is on the Mc-I...

America changed on September 11, 2001 when the Twin Towers were destroyed in a terrorist attack that has become known as simply 9/11. However, it’s not that simple. In fact, it’s still hard to believe...

OKLAHOMA CITY – Over the past two weeks, I have shared some critical information on the horrors human trafficking. This conversation, brought to the forefront by the recent movie The Sound of Freedom,...

I have always been raised in church and gave my heart to the Lord and felt His spirit move on me when I was only five years old at Tiger Mountain church camp. Of course over the years, I have fallen f...

Schools across Oklahoma have started back to school in the last two weeks and some students are thrilled to be back in class while others may hate every minute because of bullying. Some schools like o...

Once again news coverage is swamped with allegations of Trump’s criminal activities. This time he is accused of trying to overthrow the last election and retain power. If true, then it is a serious at...

The Horrors of Human Trafficking Part 2 of 3 OKLAHOMA CITY – Last week, I detailed some key facts and statistics regarding human trafficking. With the conversation going on surrounding the release of ...

OKLAHOMA CITY – With the advent of the school year, the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) now turns our attention to our fall programs. Our first major task is to provide support for our ma...

Do Not Resuscitate - possibly some of the harshest words you’ll ever hear and one of the most unnerving legal documents you’ll ever sign. Do Not Resuscitate also known as a “DNR” is simply an advance ...