Capital crimes were taken more seriously during World War II than they are today. Discipline needed to be maintained at all costs. Deterrence is the weapon of choice during the toughest times. French L. MacLean’s The Fifth Field:…
A recent Breitbart article allows people in South Dakota the opportunity to find out what’s going on in the Netherlands. Chances are that Rick Steves won’t have prepped tourists for any of the immigration darkness that is quickly…
The mechanization and computerization of society has been so rapid over the past century that our minds instinctively look to the future to find out what’s next. We’ve all but forgotten that it wasn’t that long ago that the horse…
A friend from Burlington, Vermont, is currently touring Rocky Mountain National Park with his wife. He just emailed the above photo, adding a caption with a moral lesson about society that few people allow themselves to see: “Don’t Feed Animals”…
by Duke Doering Extremely heavy rains in the late afternoon of June 9, 1972 caused the Sheriff of Lawrence County to notify the Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Corning, of a possible need for National Guard support if flooding in the…
A top USAF Major General will offer a unique summer course, Leadership in Crisis, at John Witherspoon College in Rapid City on July 23-27, 2018. A former Ellsworth Air Force Base Commander, recently retired Scott Vander Hamm combines combat-savvy experience…
by Duke Doering Tech. Sgt. 5 Richard Kiefer from Rapid City was captured on May 9, 1944 and was a Prisoner of War in Germany. There he remained for 18 months until liberated by the Russians in 1945. A four…
“These are men who never let law undermine order” says Ian Bremmer in a Time essay “The ‘Strongmen Era’ Is Here” about a new class of tough, strong politicians in the tradition of Clint Eastwood and Charles Bronson, “who push…
The opportunities to honor World War II veterans are fewer and fewer each year. As with those who served in World War I, the time will soon come when there will be none left. So for the fifth year now,…