By Ed Randazzo I had the pleasure of attending a meeting of the South Dakota Tea Party Alliance on Saturday. The attendees, some 50 strong, heard from Rapid City Alderman Sam Kooiker who has recently announced his candidacy for mayor of…
PLEASE HELP THE PEOPLE OF JAPAN
By Ed Randazzo The human toll of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan is almost unimaginable. The people of Japan need our help NOW!!! Please don’t think that the US Government will handle this for you. We must join…
Wise counsel from Representative Mike Pence
By Ed Randazzo Heard in an interview with Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) on Fox News recently: “It would be more right, though, if we seized this time of a fiscal crisis to say it’s time to end public funding for NPR,…
Huron police chief put on leave after testifying in SD Legislature
By Ed Randazzo Huron city officials have put Huron Police Chief Doug Schmitt on administrative leave after having testified on a bill in the SD State Senate. The bill, SB156, would have imposed penalties on employers for hiring illegal immigrants. Schmitt…
NOTES ON MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE, PART 1
Editor’s Note: A friend, Dean Muehlberg, recently attended a seminar on Middle Eastern Culture. He graciously offered to share his notes and thoughts with us about this seminar and Islam. I will publish Dean’s notes in two installments. One appears below today…
Obama’s Libyan Abdication
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following editorial first appeared in the 3/6/2011 edition of the Wall Street Journal. I thought it extraordinary and wish to share it here with you. ************************************************ The battle for Libya has reached a bloody impasse. Moammar Gadhafi…


