Have We No Decency? A Response To President Trump

Special Guest Commentary The escalation of racialized rhetoric from the President of the United States has evoked responses from all sides of the political spectrum. On one side, African American leaders have led the way in rightfully expressing outrage.

When Silence Becomes Complicity

From The Editor Last week I read, with great interest, an open letter from the leadership of the Washington National Cathedral. It’s a letter I’m sure will bother some and be praised by others; and hopefully prompt many to think about the current state of our society.

Passing Debt To The Next Generation

When my wife and I took over my family’s small plumbing business shortly after graduating high school, it was over a half a million dollars in debt. We knew this was unsustainable and that we had to make changes to get us back on track.

Community Is What We Make It

From The Editor A couple of months ago a small group of people got together to plan out a friendly litle barbecue competition in Cordell. The bragging-rights contest quickly grew from three to nine competitors and turned into a community event in the park.

We Need To Save Our Hospital

Letter To The Editor The Cordell Memorial Hospital is at distinct crossroads in the ultimate survival of health care delivery as we know it in Cordell and the surrounding areas of Washita County.

Is Shameless Hate Truly Our National Identity?

Trump rally participants chanted about Ilhan Omar: “Send her back! Send her back!” They are shameless so I feel shame for them. Antifa bullies punched Andy Ngo, a conservative journalist in my town, Portland, Oregon. They are shameless so I feel shame for them.

Power, Not Policy, Drives American Politics

Claiming to speak for “we the people,” the framers of the US Constitution offered it as a tool to “form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our...

Congress Loves Socialized Health Care - For Itself

For $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class health care system? Yet while we spend the most of any advanced nation in the world to get care — more than $10,000 a year per person — we get the worst results.

Can I Drink My Beer There? Deciphering Oklahoma’s Alcohol Rules

Since the recent legislative session, a variety of adjustments and new alcohol laws have been approved that changed or will soon change how businesses can sell beer, what approvals they need for events, as well as, where consumers can purchase and enjoy their beer.

Two Killed In Kiowa County Crash

Two area residents were killed Monday, July 22, 2019, in an accident involving a passenger vehicle and a commercial rig on US Highway 183 north of Roosevelt in Kiowa County. At approximately 6:30 a.m.