The Displaced Plainsman graces us this Sunday with a link-rich indictment of evangelical support for Donald Trump. My friend from Yankton ties together Scripture and secular philosophy…
Tag: religion
I haven’t met the Christian God yet, but I’ve seen His literature around town and spend time with many of His acquaintances. As far as I…
Hobby Lobby buys up the back page of my Fourth of July paper to remind me that they think America is only for people like them…
I told Attorney General Marty Jackley last year that he would lose any effort to defend county employees who refuse to issue marriage licenses to LGBT…
Want moral courage from a South Dakota Senator? You’ll have to turn to former Senator Larry Pressler, who has been provoked by the Orlando massacre to…
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s unfortunate Sunday morning tweet about reaping what one sows right after the Orlando shooting shows the danger of pre-scheduling social media posts. The…
Adolf Hitler rode economic anxiety to control of the Reichstag and the Chancellor’s office. Donald Trump plays some tunes on that fiddle, but there’s also a deep…
Pastor Hickey can finally get off Bishop Zellmer’s back. Yesterday, 433 voting members at the annual assembly of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran…
Fundie Pastor Steve Hickey may get his wish for reinforcement from South Dakota’s mainstream Lutherans in his war on usury. At its synod assembly in Watertown next weekend, the South…