Let’s Work Together To End Human Trafficking

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry affecting nearly 25 million people around the world. Throughout the United States, there were 10,949 cases of human trafficking reported in 2018 to the National Human Trafficking Hotline (NHTH).

Executive Power: Alan Dershowitz’s Imagination Versus The Constitution

“The Constitution,” Alan Dershowitz claims, “allocates to the president sole authority over foreign policy (short of declaring war or signing a treaty).” Dershowitz makes that claim by way of defending US president Donald Trump against conviction in the Senate on two articles of impeachment.

BF-DC Superintendent: Thank You To Board Members

Members of the Burns Flat-Dill City School Board exemplify local control and decision-making in education. They volunteer an immeasurable amount of time and energy to ensure that our schools are providing the best education possible for the children of our community.

In Oklahoma Domestic Abuse Is Technically A Non-Violent Crime

While the law says Domestic Abuse is a non-violent crime, Oklahomans and your Oklahoma District Attorneys know better. The reality: domestic abuse is violent. It is an act of physical harm or threatening imminent physical harm of an intimate partner or a family or household member.

Trump And Iran: Power Doesn’t Just Corrupt, It Deludes

On January 8, US president Donald Trump addressed the American public concerning a casualty-free Iranian missile attack on US bases in Iraq, where just last week Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike.

Felonious Democracy: The Leaders Of Our Country Don’t Like Participation

The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don’t like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police power to control people.

War Profiteering Is Real; We Need To End It

The prospect of war with Iran is terrifying. Experts predict as many as a million people could die if the current tensions lead to a full-blown war. Millions more would become refugees across the Middle East, while working families across the U.S. would bear the brunt of our casualties.

Fishing Report For Jan. 1, 2020

CENTRAL Dolese: December 30. Elevation normal, water 44 and stained. Rainbow trout fair on Powerbait in rainbow, pink glitter, or yellow glitter around dam, points, and northwest corner. 1,265 trout stocked Dec. 30. Report submitted by Robert Martin, OKC Parks and Recreation.

The Soleimani Assassination: Worse Than A Crime, A Mistake

In March of 1804, French dragoons secretly crossed the Rhine into the German Margraviate of Baden. Acting on orders from Napoleon himself, they kidnapped Louis Antoine de Bourbon, Duke of Enghien. After a hastily convened court-martial on charges of bearing arms against France, the duke was shot.

So-called Methane Regulation Rollbacks Actually Reduce Emissions

President Trump just proposed a small update to methane-emission regulations. But judging by the Democratic candidates’ hyperbolic reactions, you’d think he personally assaulted Mother Earth.