Columns

Thanksgiving is over, the band is back from Hawaii and many of us have probably seen at least one television special or read a story that covered the 75th anniversary of the Japanese attack on […]

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man […]

Politics is still relatively new to me, but politics is not new for ministers. Obviously church politics is its own special variety of politics, but for more than two centuries, ministers have also served in […]

I would like to remind the citizens of Altus that Tuesday is the first day of classes for Altus Public Schools. During these summer months motorists have been traveling through our many school zones at […]

On April 7, 2016, the USDA proposed a new rule to redefine organic production through provisions on livestock and poultry practices. According to the Organic Trade Association, “A less stressed flock is a healthier flock […]

We have had a lot of tragedies recently. The senseless shooting of a up-and-coming singer, an alligator dragged away a small boy at a beach and almost 50 people were killed during a nightclub shooting […]

As intentionally spelled out in the U.S. Constitution in the first and arguably most foundational amendment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the […]

There are a handful of very important things in the news recently. I was mulling over the top three — basketball, guns and money. It almost sounds like a theme for a country song. Obviously, […]