Bob McCarty Writes

As a youngster, I was a huge fan of the television show, Dragnet.  With Sgt. Joe Friday (Jack Webb) and his partner, Officer Bill Gannon (Harry Morgan), the show was kind of corny, but I liked it a lot more than most of the fare that flashes on the small screen today.  In the recently-released [...]

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I grew up in Enid, Okla., a community once known as the Wheat Capital of the World, so I appreciate Sen. James Inhofe’s excitement upon learning that the board of the National Wheat Growers Association had shifted its position and now opposes “Cap and Trade” (i.e.,  the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill). “I’m pleased that the [...]

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After soundly defeating the Georgia Bulldogs in their season opener, it seems as if my Oklahoma State Cowboys are starting to receive the attention T. Boone Pickens paid for when he anted up $235 million to fund the renovation of the team’s stadium (see “The Nation’s Best College Football Facility is…” for details).  OSU’s All-American [...]

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Call me a kook, a right-wing nutjob, whatever, but in more than two-dozen posts during the past two years, I’ve looked at the issue of Barack Obama’s eligibility to serve as president of the United States.  Today, I offer a five-part video series, Barack Obama: A Question of Eligibility, that includes interviews with several individuals [...]

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The resignation of Van Jones, President Barack Obama’s controversial “Green Jobs Czar” nominee, has left a hard-to-wash out stain on the White House.  The Fox News Channel video below offers more details about what lies ahead as Republicans demand a review of the Constitutionality of so-called “czars” and a review of the qualifications of some [...]

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File this under “It’s about time!” On the heels of the resignation by controversial “Green Jobs Czar” appointee Van Jones’ over the Labor Day Weekend, Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) called for President Barack Obama to stop appointing czars until the Constitutionality of the practice can be determined and until the backgrounds and qualifications of existing [...]

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Lawyers for Chevron Corporation provided evidence to Ecuadoran government authorities today, including video recordings and emails, to assist with the investigation of a $3 million bribery scheme associated with a $27 billion environmental lawsuit against the company. In a letter to authorities in Ecuador, company officials asked that several important points be examined by the [...]

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