John L. Johnson had a reasonably good idea: build a museum in Rapid City to memorialize Medal of Honor recipients. Alas, he sunk it with…
Tag: history
I am a liberal Democrat. Bob Newland is a dedicated Libertarian. We thus disagree on many issues. Yet Newland and I agree on the value…
Real journalist Kevin Woster and I had a heck of a conversation about the new incomplete journalist shield law that takes effect July 1. A…
John Thune used to care about lying so much that he was willing to impeach a President who lied: Flashback. John Thune in 1998: “Lying…
Deux fois j’ai visité Paris et vu, de mes yeux vu, la Cathédrale de Notre Dame, qui aujourd’hui s’est brûlée.
Depuis 850 ans, c’était magnifique. Ce sera encore magnifique.
Governor Kristi Noem has told a bald-faced lie about Hungarian philanthropist George Soros backing protests against the pipelines she worships. The ACLU, which is helping…
Bob Mercer raises the need for a minor correction of Representative Tim Goodwin’s (R-30/Rapid City) understanding of a new South Dakota landmark. During a House…
Among all the patriotic trappings (emphasis on trap) surrounding the commissioning this month of a nuclear submarine named for a state with neither seacoasts nor nuclear…
[Note: Four Directions has paid me for freelance writing. Four Directions is not paying me to write this article.] OJ Semans, leader of American Indian…
It’s a good thing the state Treasury isn’t involved with Kristi Noem’s push for civics education. Treasurer Josh Haeder’s newly promoted finance officer Nick Stensaas…