This is a reminder and an invitation to all pastors to participate in Pulpit Freedom Sunday tomorrow October 2nd, 2011. Since the passage of the “Johnson amendment” to the IRS tax code in 1954, the IRS and certain radical organizations…
Editor’s Note: The following is a Forum piece originally published by the Rapid City Journal. It was written by Elizabeth Kraus, a Republican state lawmaker who represents Rapid City’s District 33. She captured not only my attention but my thoughts and…
While the US Congress and the White House wrestle with the debt ceiling negotiations, stagflation has arrived, unemployment stands at nearly 10 percent and the US is engaged in armed conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya, South Dakota Democrats are hard at…
Sweltering 100-degree heat did not deter the thousands who attended the Hills Alive Free Summer Music Festival in Rapid City, SD this weekend. Thanks to the corporate sponsors, legions of volunteers, vendor participation and the generosity of the faithful attendees this…
I am not sure who chose the venue, but the choice was superb. The backdrop of the hearing was a magnificent vista of the Black Hills of South Dakota. Under bright sunshine and blue skies the red tops of beetle…
On Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 12:30PM MDT the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands will hold an Oversight Field Hearing in Hill City, South Dakota on the “Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic…
When a person is prosecuted for a capital crime for which a death sentence is sought, every effort is made to ascertain the guilt or innocence of the accused. If convicted, further deliberation must be concluded to ascertain if the…
Yesterday Rapid City voters turned out to the polls for a runoff election for mayor. Sam Kooiker, a long time city alderman was successful in ousting the incumbent. Congratulations, Sam. The lesson to be learned: People complain about negative campaigning,…
To regain solvency and true economic recovery, issues must be judged on their merits, not on parochial political sacred cows. The US Senate took up the issue of ethanol tax credits on Tuesday and once again politics has trumped reason.…