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If I had to describe in one short sentence what my top priority is as your Attorney General, it boils down to this: I fight every day to protect the people of Oklahoma.
Read moreDue to pesticide use, habitat loss and climate change, Oklahoma’s native insect and bird populations have been rapidly declining. To address this issue, the Oklahoma Association of Conservation District’s Yard by Yard program and Oklahoma Monarch Society’s Okies for Monarchs program launched a first-of-its-kind Wildlife Habitat Grant program in Oklahoma, Canadian and Cleveland counties. Funding for this program was generously provided by the Kirkpatrick Foundation, whose support made this new conservation effort possible.
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Fifth Congressional District candidate Jena Nelson shakes hands with a future voter at an in-person townhall event last Tuesday, Aug. 26 at the Haney Center.
Read moreCritics of theism rightly ask, “Couldn’t God have created a world in which there was less evil and suffering?” Contrary to the assertion, this is not the best of all possible worlds God could have created. A world in which there was one more good angel or one more good person serving other people would certainly make the world better, wouldn’t it? Better yet, what if God interceded in the affairs of everyday life to eliminate or at least reduce the world’s suffering? That sounds great, but how would that work, exactly? God performing millions and millions of miracles every second, interceding constantly into people’s lives so that no evil touches them. That really wouldn’t be a world of free-willed beings, would it? Sounds more like the making of a cartoon to me. Instead, the natural laws that govern the world must be allowed to work if 1) our actions are going to have any meaning and 2) if God’s divine hiddenness is to be preserved. Even so, who knows just how much evil God does protect human beings from each day?
Read moreChickasaw heritage, culture and traditions will be celebrated throughout the Chickasaw Nation during the 2025 Chickasaw Annual Meeting and Festival, Friday, Sept. 26 - Saturday, Oct. 4.
Read moreI don’t believe I’ve ever used these words together. Not in the Sooner State in August. I used to feel the curse of Genesis 3:19 in August (“You shall eat your bread by the sweat of your face”) while chopping cotton and hauling hay. By this time we’re tired of Summer. Bring on Fall. Yes, we’ll complain again in six months when Winter has us in its ugly, icy grasp. Right now, we desire cooler weather.
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Join the State Historic Preservation Office at noon on Wednesday, September 10, for a free “Lunch and Learn” webinar titled “City Presbyterian Church: We received an NTHP grant, and you can too!”
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