All five Oklahoma congressmen, who campaign for fiscal conservatism, aren’t shy when it comes to spending federal funds for mailouts that look suspiciously like campaign literature. (more…)

Carving out a legacy as a pro-abortion politician, Gov. Brad Henry vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have given the state information about abortions while protecting the privacy of women who abort their unborn babies. (more…)

The Tulsa Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution invites the community to attend a dedication of a Sons of the American Revolution member’s grave marker and hear the retelling of the story of Private Albert Harvey Collins, a Navy Cross recipient. (more…)

Kenneth Rice will challenge incumbent Rep. John Sullivan and Nathan Dahm in the July 27 Republican primary for Oklahoma’s 1st Congressional District. (more…)

Tulsa Public Schools has a new slogan - “Excellence and high expectations with a commitment to all.” (more…)

Well, grand.  Protestants are by far the major religious group in the United States and our country was founded almost totally by Protestants (at least 96 percent), and now it looks like there will be three Jewish justices and six Catholic justices on the Supreme Court. (more…)

A knock came at my door and I answered. (more…)

It was President John Adams who wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” (more…)

Several years ago, when my brother worked at the Department of Housing and Urban Development with Jack Kemp, he gave me a telephone number to be used only in dire emergencies. (more…)

Many were surprised and shocked by the news in early May that 18-year incumbent Senator Bob Bennett, R-Utah, was deposed by the Utah Republican State Convention. As a result of this vote in a convention, he is not permitted to appear on the primary ballot and, according to reports, state law prohibits him from running for his seat as an Independent. (more…)

Leading the game from start to finish the Tulsa Shock recorded the team’s first victory since moving from Detroit, as the Shock beat the Minnesota Lynx 94-82 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, on Sunday. (more…)

Oklahoma State brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth inning but failed to score as the Cowboys’ 2010 season came to an end with a 4-1 loss to Baylor Sunday at Baylor Ballpark. (more…)

University of Oklahoma basketball coach Jeff Capel announced that Romero Osby is transferring to OU from Mississippi State. (more…)

As educators pressure legislators for more funding, Tulsa Public Schools is threatening to not renew the contracts of 286 teachers. (more…)

Mark Costello, a self-described Reagan conservative, thinks Oklahoma needs a labor commissioner who believes in low taxes, fairness for workers and smaller, more efficient government. (more…)

Legislation signed into law will reduce the opportunity for misuse of agency rulemaking power, state Rep. John Wright said. (more…)

State Rep. Paul Wesselhöft said he was disappointed when some of his fellow House members walked out instead of casting a vote on the override of the governor’s veto of a bill that protects Oklahoman’s right to privacy. (more…)

Statewide election activity begins officially at 8 a.m. June 7 when the filing period opens, Patty Bryant, Secretary of the Tulsa County Election Board, said. (more…)

School officials at at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, Calif., decided that a group of students wearing T-shirts adorned with the American flag had to change clothes on May 5 because it is a Mexican holiday. (more…)

Government’s most basic role is to protect life. Our Founders all agreed by signing the Declaration of Independence which states, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” (more…)

As you turn off Highway 76 in Branson to go to Silver Dollar City, you can’t help but notice a billboard with a man and three dogs with a Mark-Twain-style riverboat in the background. (more…)

Last week on Fox News, a commentator was interviewing a man from the Freedom From Religion Foundation who said that it was not true that America was founded as a Christian nation. He was either lying or completely ignorant of the facts. (more…)

Bloomberg Business Week recently carried an article entitled, “The Wailing Wall.” It was about illegal immigration and the fact the federal government has all but abandoned states like Arizona to deal with illegal immigration as they see fit. In 1994, the magazine reminds us, “The Clinton administration launched Operation Gatekeeper, which used fences and patrols to stem illegal border crossings in California.” (more…)

Now that he is in his last eight months of office, Democrat Governor Brad Henry seems to have discovered that he can try to overturn all the good, constitutional, conservative legislation that the Republican majority in both houses of the Legislature can pass. Some of these have been passed with overwhelming majorities from both parties and Henry’s vetoes have been overridden. Unfortunately, some of the Democrat members of the houses, after voting in favor of some bills, have not voted to override the veto. (more…)

The 2010 Lindy’s Football Preview picks the Alabama Crimson Tide to repeat as national champions with Boise State picked as the No. 2 team in the preseason rankings. (more…)

It had all the markings of a world class premiere, and why not - it was the debut of the WNBA Shock franchise in the team’s new home - Tulsa. Saturday night, the Tulsa Shock opened the 2010 WNBA season against the Minnesota Lynx, in front of a crowd of 7,806, at the BOK Center. (more…)

Oklahoma pitcher Bobby Shore won his seventh game on the year and as No. 14 OU picked up a 9-2 series-clinching win over Memphis on Sunday at L. Dale Mitchell Park. (more…)

University of Oklahoma basketball coach Jeff Capel has been selected to lead the 2010 USA Men’s U18 National Team, USA Basketball announced. (more…)

By Charles Biggs

Tulsa Beacon Editor

Question: Name three big events that happened 50 years ago in Branson, Missouri. (more…)

By Charles Biggs

Tulsa Beacon Editor

The Herschend Family and Silver Dollar City know how to throw a party.

For 50 years, the Branson attraction has drawn more than 65 million paying customers (two million expected in 2010) to an Ozark village run by a family owned corporation that puts Christian faith as the top priority. (more…)

Environmental extremists in the Obama Administration have enacted new mandates that will cost every American thousands of dollars in home repairs. (more…)