It’s not every day a young person walks up to me and admits to illegal activity. But there I was in the store, and one…
Tag: personal
Al Novstrup is a remarkably clever individual. Recognizing his inability to win an honest policy debate, he knows how to deploy personal attacks to cloak…
In what passes for political analysis on the SDGOP spin blog, Pat Powers says a six-year-old Tweet from my friend and independent District 7 House…
Former Democratic legislator Quinten Burg questions the folksy aw-shucks-ery we hear from some legislators about their part-time status as lawmakers: Legislators who fully understand their…
As I mentioned, I didn’t take a lot of pictures at the South Dakota State Fair because I spent a lot more time listening to…
Like millions of Americans and welcome guests, my family ventured to the path of totality—perhaps the most cosmic-sounding thing to which we have ever traveled—looked…
I don’t believe in any God, Christian or otherwise. However, I acknowledge that a bunch of people created a body of Judaic Scripture with a…
So how does being an atheist affect my daily, practical life? What do I do that’s any different from the mostly theist people around me?…
Two decades ago a friend asked me to write a description and analysis of my atheism, an “atheology.” I wrote an essay in response, and…
Hey! I’m going walkabout! For a few days, I will be incommunicado. My phone will be off. I will not go online. If Trump resigns,…