The presidential election in France is over and the Socialist Francois Hollande has defeated conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy. There is a lesson to be gleaned from the French election. Crowds filled the Place de la Bastille, as they did…
Since I routinely pound on liberals and the fools that vote for them, in the spirit of “fairness,” I decided to provide a list of reasons to vote for a liberal. (You can substitute “progressive” for “liberal” if you wish.)…
I woke up this morning with some serious Fast & Furious angst and, of course, I’m compelled to share it with you. Best I can tell is that there is nothing fast and furious about the investigation of Fast…
We can’t get all of our political ideas by listening to news commentators briefly sparring with each other. Sometimes we have to turn to deeply grounded authorities who have spent a lifetime studying a subject. It’s well-known…
A formal investigation of several Christian sites and organizations has been launched by PayPal, the huge money-transfer company, because of an online campaign of “hate” against them by homosexuals, according to one of the targets. The notices of the investigation…
By Ed Randazzo Memorial Day is not just a day away from work. It’s not just the unofficial start of the summer. Memorial Day is the one day set aside each year to remember and honor all of the men…
By Ed Randazzo In the first week available to U.S. House members to spend time in their constituencies, our freshman Congresswoman Kristi Noem has been here in Rapid City and available to the people. She attended the Black Hills Stock…
By Dean O. Muehlberg Author of REMF “War Stories” Member of Black Hills Veterans Writing Group www.battlestory.org Harold “Had” Taylor is thin and only slightly stooped with age. At 87 years he still has a presence, speaking clearly and with…
The Rapid City Journal published a column by Jim Kent on 9/2/2010. Jim says he likes tea and I’m sure he is an aficionado in the tea world but he obviously knows nothing about the tea party movement. He says…