Everett Piper

Okie wisdom is pure gold

The bottom line for us in Oklahoma is that we are a people of hard work and hard truths. We try our best to model both of these virtues in thought, word and deed as we go about our daily lives.

May 9, 2020

Freedom hangs in the balance during this election season

During this election season, we must decide what kind of people we will be. What kind of nation will we leave our children? What is our highest good? What do we value most? Will we, henceforth, be a free people, or will we be safe?

May 2, 2020

Despotic Oklahoma mayor Chuck Hoskin bans fishing and visits to grandma during COVID-19 crisis

Let's all stand and give a round of applause to Mayor Chuck Hoskin of Vinita, Oklahoma, who is this week's winner of the Aldous Huxley Award for Overbearing Arrogance.

April 25, 2020

Greatest threat America faces during COVID-19 pandemic is loss of liberty

If anything is clear in the history of civilization, as well as that of the church, it is this: When you sacrifice human freedom for the sake of human safety, you almost always diminish the human being.

April 18, 2020

It’s Easter. Read your Bible.

This song is 50 years old. Many of you have never heard it, or at least you think you haven't. But if you listen carefully, something about its lyrics might sound vaguely familiar. Something about its melody might rekindle emotions long-forgotten. Something about its message might stir your soul.

April 12, 2020

It’s Palm Sunday. Take a nap. It will be OK.

"Then he got into the boat and [they] followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up ... [and the disciples shouted] Lord save us! He asked them, why are you afraid? He then rebuked the wind and the waves ... And they marveled, saying, 'What sort of man is this!'" -- St. Matthew

April 5, 2020

Why do elected officials dismiss positive information about coronavirus pandemic?

Dr. Eran Bendavid and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professors of medicine at Stanford University, published an article in the March 24 edition of The Wall Street Journal, stating the following: "Fear of Covid-19 is based on an estimated mortality rate of 2% to 4% ... We believe this estimate is deeply flawed."

March 29, 2020

Neutralize COVID-19 hysteria with faith and kindness toward neighbors

Ray Comfort, in his book "Spurgeon Gold: Pure and Refined," describes Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the 19th-century preacher who ministered in the streets of London during the cholera pandemic of 1854. Spurgeon's words, says Mr. Comfort, were pure and refined.

March 22, 2020

Exaggerating coronavirus doomsday scenario ignores other tragedies

As of the writing of this column, over 1600 people have contracted the coronavirus in the United States. There have been 49 deaths in a nation of more than 300 million people. As a percentage of the total population, that is statistically, about zero.

March 15, 2020

Republicans embrace misogyny, child abuse and racism in Oklahoma’s House Bill 2790

In laymen's terms, HB2790 requires all state boards and commissions that oversee child welfare services to give preference to at least one member who "self-identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender non-binary, or gender non-conforming among other preferred traits."

March 7, 2020

How modern education has destroyed the next generation’s soul

Why are we in this mess? It is because of our local schools, colleges and universities. When you relentlessly work to remove the next generation's soul, you should not expect your culture to stay out of hell.

February 29, 2020

Pete Buttigieg’s Bible study ignores sexual immorality

During the past couple of weeks, Pete Buttigieg has been explicitly clear in saying he doesn't think any true Christian can support the Republican Party.

February 23, 2020

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg insults the 20 million Democrats who are pro-life

In September 2019, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, raised the eyebrows of more than 20 million of our nation's Democrats who define themselves as pro-life.

February 14, 2020

State of the Union: Democrats prove they want to ‘Make America Weak Again’

With all the news of the past week, the topics for commentary are endless. You've already seen the list.

February 8, 2020

Liberals’ ‘Big Brother’ push for federally-funded abortion

On Jan. 17, 2020, Kenneth Roth, the president of the purported human rights organization euphemistically known as the Human Rights Watch, testified before the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights. The topic under discussion was abortion.

February 2, 2020

Christianity Today doubles down on condemnation of Trump defenders

On Dec. 14, 2019, Christianity Today published an editorial whereby, then-editor in chief Mark Galli called for the immediate removal of Donald Trump as president of the United States. "Mr. Trump," declared Mr. Galli, "is a near-perfect example of a human being who is morally lost and confused."

January 24, 2020

It’s official. Democrats have lost their ever-lovin’ minds

If the week's news in review proves one thing, it is this. The Democratic Party, and its proxies in the mainstream media, have lost their ever-lovin' minds.

January 17, 2020

President Donald Trump’s decisive action rid the world of cold-blooded killer Soleimani

Mr. Trump "eliminated" a devil of a man who encouraged his soldiers to rape young girls and to drill holes in a little boy's legs, and our progressive know-it-alls in Congress stumble over themselves to claim Mr. Trump is the monster?

January 10, 2020

All of a sudden Ron Howard and Hollywood hucksters care about morality

On Wednesday, Jan. 1, actor and filmmaker Ron Howard opened up the New Year by telling the world that Hollywood views President Trump as a "morally bankrupt" human being who is "hustling" the American people.

January 3, 2020

Popular trends rule adolescent desires

More than 60 years ago, in "The Abolition of Man," C.S. Lewis challenged his readers to enter the town square and the marketplace of ideas with boldness and confidence. He argued that in failing to do so, we would become "men without chests."

December 28, 2019