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Read moreIn April 2022, a national organization claimed there were more book bans implemented in Oklahoma schools than in all but three states at that time.
Read moreSince the GOP’s populist turn in 2016, the party has steadily lost ground in the suburbs and among independents. They have not had a single positive election cycle since. And the electoral failures of 2023 are just another instance of the mythological populist realignment undermining their prospects.
Read more[ Ed. Note: Following is a continuation of Contributor Benjamin Lepak’s column saying Oklahoma needs a new system for selecting appellate judges. See the first segment in Wednesday’s Times and Free Press] Unfortunately, such action has become all too common in Oklahoma. Rather than serving as neutral interpreters of the law, the justices on the Oklahoma Supreme Court act as though they are lawmakers. The irony of the situation is striking: while lawyers in the state defend the Court from structural reforms with lectures about judicial independence from politics, the Court is busy injecting itself into the very political process it’s supposed to be removed from.
Read more[ Ray Carter is the director of OCPA’s Center for Independent Journalism. He has two decades of experience in journalism and communications. He previously served as senior Capitol reporter for The Journal Record, media director for the Oklahoma House of Representatives, and chief editorial writer at The Oklahoman. As a reporter for The Journal Record, Carter received 12 Carl Rogan Awards in four years—including awards for investigative reporting, general news reporting, feature writing, spot news reporting, business reporting, and sports reporting. While at The Oklahoman, he was the recipient of several awards, including first place in the editorial writing category of the Associated Press/Oklahoma News Executives Carl Rogan Memorial News Excellence Competition for an editorial on the history of racism in the Oklahoma legislature.]
Read moreI eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. — Philippians 1:20 Thoughts on Today’s Verse Do you have long-term spiritual goals that align your daily behaviors with your faith? Paul certainly had at least these two: “I don’t want to be ashamed but courageous” and “I want Christ to be exalted in my body, by life or by death.” What are your long-term spiritual goals? Could you join Paul in his ultimate goals? How are these ultimate goals good for all of us? What makes it hard to live with these ultimate goals? I don’t know about you; I don’t want to be ashamed, I want to be courageous, and I want Christ to be exalted in my body, whether by life or death.
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Illegal alien invasion and its serious problems
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• Don’t ask grandpa to take his teeth out at the dinner table.
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