By Ron McWhirter

We believe the most important product of this publication is our annual Oklahoma Conservative Index which rates members of the Oklahoma Legislature. We published our first scorecard in the summer of 1979, and with this summer issue we present the 47th edition of the ratings. ...

By Steve Byas

We are now seeing a push for the “jungle primary,” a type of open primary used in California and some other states. Under a closed primary, only those voters who identify with a particular party are allowed to legally vote in that party’s primary. The reasoning is simple. Why should Democrats and Independents be choosing Republican nominees, any more than Baptists should be picking the Catholic Pope? ...

By Charlie Meadows

In the summer of 1945, leaders from 50 countries gathered in San Francisco which resulted in the creation of the founding document – the United Nations Charter. Its purpose was sold to the nations of the world as “mankind’s last best hope for peace.” Of course we have had many wars since that time, therefore one would have to say the UN has failed miserably since that time – if that were the real purpose for its creation. It was never the real purpose, but rather, over time the UN was...

By Linda Murphy

Some parents have a false sense of security that the issue of data collection and sharing was solved when Senate Bill 224 was defeated in the last legislative session. The fact is that student information was already and is still being collected and stored in Oklahoma’s State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS), which has been operating for several years. ...

By Jason Murphey

From time to time, there’s a vote in the Oklahoma House of Representatives that most clearly differentiates those legislators with core principles from those whose constant playing of the political game leaves them unable to recognize down from up – even when, to anyone not on that House floor at the time and place, the latter is extremely obvious. ...

By Tim Bakamjian

Oklahoma’s 2025 legislative session was one of the best in recent memory. Gov. Kevin Stitt called it “amazing... one of the best in my seven years as governor.” Speaker of the House Kyle Hilbert said the legislation passed “wasn’t just a checklist of campaign promises, but a roadmap for a better, stronger Oklahoma.” Senate Pro Tempore Lonnie Paxton mentioned how proud he was of what a unified GOP-dominated House and Senate accomplished during the session. “We worked hard with the...

By Mike Mazzei

The radical leftists want to take over Oklahoma and turn us into the state of California. And shockingly, some blind Republicans want to help the woke army of darkness and assist the takeover. If approved by a vote of the people, State Question 836 will make Oklahoma an open primary state so that every candidate, regardless of party, gets placed on the ballot for the primary election. The top two primary vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, will proceed to the general election. Thi...

By Allan Wall

The U.S. Supreme Court’s 2020 McGirt Decision resulted in most of eastern Oklahoma being declared Indian reservation land. According to the McGirt doctrine, Tulsa is all reservation land. Most of it is supposedly on the Muscogee (Creek) tribal reservation with part of it on the Cherokee reservation. ...

By Shane Smith

On May 20th, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Senate Bill 269, authored by Rep. Ken Luttrell (R-Ponca City) and Sen. Dave Rader (R-Tulsa). The bill places regulatory control of carbon dioxide sequestration wells into the hands of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, and it sets the stage for a carbon capture nightmare in this state. ...

By John Michener

In my last article, I demonstrated that Students for Life Action had undermined the fundamental right to life by promoting legislation that specifically protects abortion pill traffic. Now that most state legislatures have adjourned for the year, let us look at three more examples from Texas, Georgia, and Oklahoma in which the pro-life establishment exerted tremendous influence over pro-life legislators, with deadly consequences. ...

By David Deming

Recent comments on social media have characterized the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities as unjustified, unprovoked, and illegal. On the contrary, the US action was a carefully measured and restrained response to decades of Iranian hostility and aggression. ...

By Ron McWhirter

Oklahoman’s have voted on over 400 State Questions since statehood. State Questions can be initiated by the Legislature with passage of a resolution in both chambers and does not require approval of the governor. But, proposals can also be placed on the ballot through the initiative petition process by collecting the signatures of a sufficient number of voters. The Oklahoma Legislature has modified the details of the initiative process over the years, and there is currently a significant...

By Steve Byas

Certain words came quickly to mind when I heard of the April 2 passing of former state Representative Bill Graves. He was 87. One was dear friend. Other words were patriot, Christian, and scholar. He is survived by his wife, Connie, their six children, sixteen grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. ...

By Charlie Meadows

In his State of the State Address on the first day of this year’s session of the Oklahoma Legislature, Governor Stitt challenged the lawmakers to put on his desk a tax cut of one half a percent and then a pathway to get our state income tax reduced to zero over a reasonable amount of time. Since the revenues for this year are a little less than that available last year, some legislators are suggesting there is little chance for a tax cut this year. ...

By Jason Murphey

“I would suggest that if the university wants to truly honor the legacy of Boren – not King David, but the David who became a statewide name for taking on Goliath, in the name of transparency, even as it seemed pointless to do so – it should drop its obstruction and release the report.” ...

By Tim Bakamjian

In recent years a state tax revolution has swept the nation. Many states have lowered their income tax rate to attract investment and create jobs. Red states have led the way. Iowa reduced their rate from 5.7% to 3.8% in the last year. Louisiana dropped theirs from a 4.25% top rate to a 3% flat rate. North Carolina has scheduled a gradual decline to 2.49%, South Carolina’s has gone from 6.2% to 3%, and Indiana cut theirs to 3% this year. In fact, more than half the ...

By Shane Smith

Why, two decades after its passage, is the REAL ID Act finally being enforced? Authored by the same man who wrote the liberty-destroying Patriot Act, passed into law amid the hysteria of the living nightmare that was the War on Terror, why has this relic of that hideous era not been scrapped years ago? We’ve gotten along just fine for twenty years without it, and it’s obvious after those two decades that there is no dire need of it. Yet, law-abiding American citizens are being strong-armed...

By John Michener

Year after year, beginning in 2016, abolitionist legislators have run bills intended to finally and completely abolish abortion in Oklahoma. Thank you, Senators Hamilton, Deevers, and Silk, for courageously speaking up for our preborn neighbors in the Oklahoma Legislature by authoring these bills. ...

By Allan Wall

Is the metropolis of Tulsa on Indian reservation land? It sounds ridiculous, but thanks to the wisdom of our national Supreme Court, since 2020, Tulsa has been regarded as reservation land, part of it on the Muscogee (Creek) reservation and part of it on the Cherokee reservation. It sounds ridiculous and it is. ...

By Timothy K. Minella

President Donald Trump has demolished federal subsidies for radical “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) programming. But until state lawmakers in Oklahoma act as well, students will still be forced to take courses intended to indoctrinate them in the poisonous ideology behind DEI. ...