Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher High School seniors Emily Garrett and Peyton Burns served as House Pages for Majority Leader Mike Sanders. Garrett is the daughter of Greg and Sarah Garrett.

When is serious pain acceptable? Answer: When it will prevent a lot worse pain. That is where the nation is at this point in its fiscal history. The national debt hit $22 trillion last Thursday.

It was the early 1970s and we were late-blooming hippies, or at least we dressed like them on the weekends in Oklahoma City. He wore bell-bottoms, a colorful paisley shirt and red, white and blue boots on weekends. On Monday, he was back to his white starched shirt, suit and tie.

Frederic Bastiat, a French economist and member of the French National Assembly, lived from 1801 to 1850. He had great admiration for our country, except for our two faults -- slavery and tariffs. He said: “Look at the United States.

[Lee Edwards is the distinguished fellow in conservative thought at The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards has published 25 books, including “Just Right: A Life in Pursuit of Liberty.

Star Parker is a columnist for The Daily Signal and president of the Center for Urban Renewal and Education.

I’ve written before in this space (“School choice is helping these kids,” Aug. 17, 2018) about Oklahoma’s successful Equal Opportunity Scholarship program.

WASHINGTON, D.C.  —  Heritage Foundation President Kay Coles James made the following statement in response to President Trump’s declaring a national emergency on the border. “Conservatives are disappointed in Congress and frustrated that its failure has led to today’s action by the President.

Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you —1 Peter 5:6-7 Thoughts on Today’s Verse....

Kingfisher County 4-H hosted its third annual Livestock Quiz Bowl and FCS Skillathon on Feb. 11, at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds. Youth participating in the FCS Skillathon had to identify 45 items that could be found and used in the kitchen, sewing room or for interior decorating.