Of course we should demand a strong wall or electric fence to deter illegals from entering our country. We also need to punish Sanctuary Cities and others who aid and abet and deceive miscreants into breaking our laws. To pay…
Author: Brad Ford
Fight Against ISIS Should Shift to Central America
A new geopolitical ordering of priorities has been announced. Withdrawing US troops from Syria and Afghanistan proves once again that President Trump has sound instincts about military policy. To be sure, ISIS and the Taliban and bad guys elsewhere still…
Facebook and the “Meddling” Russians Deserve Some Credit
President Trump was never more on the mark than when he exposed the one-sidedness of our national media as being “fake news.” What has become known as the “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is easy to spot. This is what…
1960s Were a Cultural Nuclear Bomb
This 1960 photo of JFK and McGovern in Sioux Falls reveals one of the last periods in political America when both parties seemed to be okay to the average citizen. Both men loomed as World War II heroes. The church…
National Guard Has Long History of Protecting South Dakota from Enemies Within
The National Guard was excused from active deployment during the Vietnam War, perhaps because the threat of leftist insurrection had so much political potential during the 1960s. Almost unchecked, demonstrators marched against the police, students took over universities, and urban…
The Western Journal Encourages Op-Eds from Conservative Activists
Trustworthy conservative activists share two things: they read and write daily. We discover what we really know, however, only when we write it down. Beyond blog sites like this one, finding opportunities to publish aren’t easy to discover. This…
Former LA Drug Cop Says Counties Trump Cities
A former Los Angeles drug cop (LAPD) and Vietnam combat veteran now living in small-town South Dakota forwarded this long-popular email today. He says that liberal fact checkers will spin it whatever they want to, but the truth is that…
Watch Out for California Transplants and Ballot Measures on the Way to South Dakota
We’re done for right now with dwelling on statewide initiated measures and constitutional amendments, so it’s a good time to study what’s trending in other states. Chances are that big money and liberal politics elsewhere may already be targeting South…
Immigrants Should Be Respectful and Lawful Rapid City Dentist from Vietnam Tells Veterans
Speaking this morning to a packed house at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Rapid City dentist Dr. Anh Nguyen Harper, born during the war in Vietnam, detailed her early life under communist rule and her later emigration to…
Morning After Election Humor
This classic email forward has been around for at least half a decade, but 5 people sent it again the morning after. A woman in a hot air balloon realizes she is lost. She lowers her altitude and…