The story “Former presidential candidate to retire” in the Feb. 8 issue of The Oracle was printed with an incorrect byline. The byline credited Kimberly Manning. The story should have credited Allison Mills. The Oracle regrets the error.
Opinion
Can we afford to keep troops in Afghanistan?
Beginning Sunday, Jan. 13, tens of thousands of troops from the 10th Mountain, 101st Airborne and the 1st Armored Divisions began boarding an aircraft bound for yet another combat tour in Afghanistan. When the war began in 2001, some of these troops were still in grade school, and will now […]
Mourning a hero: Former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle killed on US soil
#8220;When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.” Proverbs 21:15 (ESV) Former Marine, Eddie Ray Routh, killed former SEAL, Chris Kyle and his neighbor over the weekend, at a shooting range in Texas. Many people will say that Kyle got what was […]
Remembering Sandy Hook: Lack of God in schools leaves families, communities suffering
The Sandy Hook shootings were a terrible crime against innocence, peace of mind and stability. The problem isn’t where was God or that law-abiding citizens own military grade assault rifles, the problem is we took God out of the schools and that criminals, who started out sane, were driven to […]
Colorado, Washington first to treat marijuana like alcohol
The debate on whether or not to legalize marijuana has been ongoing for years, though it has seemed to revive and gain steam since Election Day, Nov. 6, 2012, when voters in Colorado and Washington made their states the first to legalize marijuana for recreational use. But in Oregon, a […]
Letter to the Editor
This letter is in response to Michael O’Rourke’s negative anti-Awesome letter published in The Oracle Nov. 1. I would say, Dr. O’Rourke, I truly think you are under-appreciating the meaning of the word “awesome.” As it is my first name, I think it is a fairly important word. Although the […]
It is time to be honest about religion
With the recent flare up of violence between Israel and Palestine, it is becoming increasingly hard for me to ignore the elephant in the room. The elephant is the single source of this conflict between these two groups of people that has essentially been raging since the beginning of […]
Biblical end of times explained
There are several verses in the bible continually misinterpreted and often used by skeptics to try to prove the Bible is wrong. Let me assure you, the Bible is never wrong, and the words in it are true and exact. The Bible is like a puzzle, and you must connect […]
We still want answers regarding the attacks in Benghazi
One week after the election, we find ourselves dangling from a “fiscal cliff.” But wait a minute. I remember Obama telling us during the election that our economy was on the up and up. Are you telling me that our president lied to us? News flash: he has never told […]
Republicans need to learn from this loss
The election is now over, and Barack Obama will be the President of the United States for four more years. Despite all the Facebook status updates and Tweets saying we need to pray for our country because of the election results and warning us of an oncoming apocalypse because of […]
