More than one of my correspondents has forwarded me this article on frustration among Democrats across the country at the Democratic National Committee’s focus on winning the…
Tag: history
A bill to get rid of grades and standards? It’s my K-12 education dream come true! Wait: Senate Bill 13 would “repeal certain provisions concerning potato grades…
This month the United States reissued a Medal of Honor to a long-dead soldier of America’s colonialist invasion of Lakota territory. Private Robert Smith fought in the Battle of…
Outgoing Codington County Commissioner Elmer Brinkman reflects on how increasing his local government workforce decreased costs: When Brinkman first started, the commissioners met at 10 a.m. each…
Black Elk Peak isn’t as tall as we thought it was. Black Hills photographer Paul Horsted enlisted Nebraska surveyor Jerry Penry to remeasure the mountain and…
Team Trump appears determined to repeal and replace the bull market and the Obama recovery by taxing imports, maybe 5%, maybe 10%. Trump’s advisors and House Republicans are…
Black Hills writer Sam Hurst recovers from the election and keys a mighty essay on America’s deeply ingrained white supremacy and the need to eradicate Trumpism…
Russia worked to beat Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump become President of the United States, says the CIA: Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to…
History seems to mitigate against synergy between ballot measures and partisan candidates’ fortunes. Even when we led the nation in putting initiative and referendum into our state…
Lawyer vs. lawyer! What fun! Jason Glodt, the only lawyer in South Dakota who supports Amendment S, the crime victims bill of rights, went head to head…