By Ron McWhirter

In March, two conservative members of the Oklahoma Senate slowed down legislative proceedings on the day of a legislative deadline. Longtime Senator Nathan Dahm (R-Broken Arrow) was joined by newly elected Sen. Dusty Deevers (R-Elgin) and participated in what was labeled as a “filibuster.” Several times during the day, Sen. Dahm used debate time to read bills in their entirety – word for word. One bill was over 80 pages long. Dahm and Deevers both asked extensive questions during debate on...

By Steve Byas

The lessons to be learned from this event and its reporting by the Associated Press include that we should be cautious in accepting the reporting of the AP on historical events. This year marks the 210th anniversary of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which was located in what is now Alabama – then Mississippi Territory – during the War of 1812. While Americans rightly remember hearing about the Battle of New Orleans (perhaps because of Johnny Horton’s famous song), which made Andrew ...

By Linda Murphy

What could once only be found in the imagination or in a science fiction movie – a scene where human beings are being programmed to override their own free will and freedom of conscience – is now a reality. These social engineering processes are being imposed on large segments of the public, with the aid of technology. The systems are implemented using various methods specifically created to train and control individuals. Wide Scale Social Engineering Environmental Social Governance S...

By Tim Bakamjian

Perhaps the most important issue in Oklahoma this political season was whether the state would change the way its justices are appointed to its highest appellate courts. A measure that would have done just that made its way through the Oklahoma State Senate by a 32-14 vote with few Republican detractors. ...

By Shane Smith

It’s a dismal fact of political reality that the most damaging economic policies always attract the most popular support. Laws that strangle and distort the free market, suffocate innovation, and destroy wealth, are greeted with wild applause by politicians and their supporters – both of whom consider themselves the most compassionate. But that misplaced compassion, more often than not, inflicts great harm on the people they most wish to help. I blame the widespread belief, approaching dogma...

By John Michener

The Oklahoma Legislature is considering more than two dozen abortion-related proposals this session. There are only two bills that are pure and principled. Some are symbolic, nothing more than political grandstanding. Still others are well-meaning, but misguided and ultimately harmful. Then, there are those that are truly wicked and dangerous. I will highlight only the most important bills in this article. ...

By Commissioner Bob Anthony

On March 27, 2024, Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) Chair Todd Hiett quietly sent another one-page “audit” to the governor and legislative leaders – this time, of some $700 million of PSO’s February 2021 Winter Storm ratepayer-backed bond financing. This one-pager was remarkably similar to the so-called “audit” of ONG’s $1.3 billion Winter Storm bonds Hiett sent to the same officials in September 2023. This makes a grand total of two pages of so-called “audit” documents...

By Ray Carter

News that a 16-year-old Owasso student died on Feb. 8 quickly resulted in a narrative spread by activists throughout various media outlets: The teenager died as a result of a bathroom assault that was prompted by her self-identification as “nonbinary” amid a culture of violence created by Oklahoma’s “anti-LGBT” laws. But details from the resulting police investigation and medical examiner’s autopsy have demonstrated nearly every detail of that story was false. Just two parts of t...

By B.L. Cozad, Jr.

Does your elected official support communism? If they do not actively oppose and/or they choose to support animal rights laws then they absolutely do. Let me explain. ...

By Ron McWhirter

Every year we see bills in the Oklahoma Legislature to “Lock the Clock” so we don’t have to change our clocks twice annually. I certainly dread those time changes. Just adjusting the clocks can be a major task. While cell phones and atomic clocks take care of themselves, other clocks along with appliances such as kitchen stoves and microwaves must be done manually. Clocks in vehicles can be a real challenge, especially if you can’t find the car manual. Why should we continue to go...

By Steve Byas

In 1976, as a college student, I was truly inspired by a congressional candidate, Mickey Edwards. Edwards was espousing what I believed in – limited government and individual liberty – and I joined his campaign as the campus coordinator. His campaign slogan was, “He’ll do what he says he will do,” and for the first few years of his tenure in Congress, he pretty much did. ...

By Charlie Meadows

A group called Raise the Wage Oklahoma has filed an initiative petition to collect signatures to place State Question 832 on the ballot. If enacted, it would create a state statute to gradually raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage from its current $7.25 an hour to $15.00 an hour in 2029. The petition also has a provision to mandate future increases tied to a cost-of-living index, therefore it would climb much higher in the future. ...

By Linda Murphy

A very important battle has been won in an ongoing war for control over every aspect of life through Environmental Social Governance (ESG) Scores, while investors profit. This scheme, fueled by Rockefeller funding, would have generated millions, billions, and eventually trillions of dollars for investors by creating companies on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to control land, water, and air. The planned mission of each company was to meet the United Nations’ Environmental Sustainability...

By Tim Bakamjian

The research arm of our state’s Chamber of Commerce recently published The 2024 Oklahoma Scorecard, which evaluates our economic position compared to other states across the nation. The report uses several criteria in its evaluation, such as tax rates, education, unemployment rate, infrastructure, workforce, healthcare system, legal climate and government burden. ...

By Shane Smith

In December of last year, CBS News reported that the U.S. Border Patrol processed 225,000 illegal immigrants, the largest monthly total in the agency’s history. In November, the border patrol recorded 242,418 encounters with illegal immigrants. And, 218,73 illegal migrants were arrested in September, followed by 188,788 in October. ...

By John Michener

Leaders of the Pro-life Movement (PLM) have no trouble imagining abortion doctors as evil creatures with yellow eyes crouching in alleyways waiting to snatch pregnant women and murder their babies against their wills. They see pregnant woman as victims. Is that true? ...

By Johnathan Small

When Oklahomans cast their ballots, they expect the election results will have consequences. Winning candidates, having received majority support, are expected to then implement policies endorsed by voters. In presidential elections, a candidate’s judicial philosophy matters to voters. The president has the power to select any qualified judicial nominee, subject to Senate approval for confirmation. But that’s not how it works in Oklahoma. Instead, regardless of who Oklahomans elect gover...

By David Deming

Governor Stitt recently created a furor when he rejected participation in a federal program to feed children over the summer. The New Republic claimed that the decision was made because Oklahoma legislators “hate poor children.” On social media, critics complained that Republicans wanted children to starve and suffer. I don’t speak for anyone but myself, but I can explain why conservatives reject such programs in general. ...

By B.L. Cozad, Jr.

A statute is needed to empower the people of Oklahoma to restore the constitutional limits on government authority. We must reestablish the stated principles within the Declaration of Independence, that the rights of the American people are derived from our creator and are not gifts granted by elected officials. ...

By Ron McWhirter

Oklahoma’s Attorney General, Gentner Drummond, announced on October 20 that he had filed a lawsuit to stop a state board from establishing what would be the Nation’s first religious public charter school. On October 9, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board (OSVCSB) voted 3-2 to approve a contract for St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School sponsored by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Catholic Diocese of Tulsa. “The board members who approved this...