I am sure we all agree the break in political commercials for a few weeks before the November General Election is a welcome reprieve from the unrelenting negativity. The persistent negative ads by can...

Though all households are being hit hard by inflation, it seems that the middle-class family is being massacred more than the very rich or the very poor. In fact, I believe the middle-class consumer s...

Among the many disastrous provisions found in the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, there is one in particular that is of great concern. This legislation awards $80 billion to the Internal Revenue S...

This week, I was in Arizona for the Hunt-Kean Leadership Conference. The conference is a bipartisan gathering of state teams comprised of senior elected officials, gubernatorial staff, and some of the...

Last week, I shared tips from different professionals about safety when traveling to and from school. This week let’s talk about ideas on how to prepare for the schedule of the school year. Reducing S...

Agriculture is a part of who we are in Oklahoma. Our farmers and ranchers provide everything from food to fuel and fabric for our communities and employ over 300,000 Oklahomans along the way. Generati...

Unfortunately, I missed International Left-Handers Day (August 13) because I was out of pocket after carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand. Fortunately, though, I live everyday being left-handed so I...

Wednesday, Aug. 10, was a very exciting day at the State Capitol! On Wednesday morning, I was joined by my granddaughter Julianne at the Governor’s Mansion, where we met up with Governor Stitt and Se...

Education is the most valuable tool that we can give the next generation. As Oklahoma families prepare to and send their kids off to school, I want to recognize our teachers and what they do for all o...

They say a squeaky wheel eventually gets the attention that it needs, and I believe that is so true, especially when it comes to your health. I also believe everyone knows their own body better than a...

It is time for children to travel back to school. Over the next few weeks, we at the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy will share some back-toschool tips to help begin the school year in a safe an...

This week, I want to provide an update on the adolescent crisis unit in McAlester that I’ve been working on with a state agency for some time. The Oklahoma Dept. of Mental Health and Substance Abuse S...

It’s safe to say either Markwayne Mullen or T.W. Shannon as a U.S. Senator would be a disaster. But it’s Mullen as senator which is most disturbing because he has a voting trail. Recently I looked ove...

America is the land of opportunity, where everyone can work hard to achieve success. Oklahomans know this, and it is reflected throughout the hundreds of thousands of small businesses across our state...

Love is the greatest yet strangest thing. It is even said that most people only fall in love with three people in their lifetime which is where we get the triangular theory of love. Each person we fal...

Few court cases have been as controversial in the United States as 1973’s Roe v. Wade decision. It has become one of the major touchstones in American politics ever since. As controversial as it is, t...

The seemingly impenetrable heat wave and dry spell that had punished Oklahoma since early June continued through nearly all of July, giving Oklahoma the type of scorching hot weather unseen in the sta...

Amid skyrocketing inflation, historic national debt, and talks of a recession, Joe Biden is flipping to yet another page in his failed economic playbook: student loan forgiveness. Student loan payment...

July was a remarkably busy month for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA). Not only did we support partner youth programs, we ended the month honoring outstanding child advocates at our an...

The storms of life can often bring on some pretty heavy damage. Often the hell that we go through can be as damaging as the hail that falls from the sky, breaking and beating us down, causing us signi...