Between the wars in Korea and Vietnam, the fears of nuclear fallout and poisonous chemicals like DDT were troublesome to most Americans who just wanted to lead comfortable lives. Now there were unseen forces capable of suddenly and silently destroying…
Author: Brad Ford
Survival in Butte County, South Dakota, a Future Scenario
A young Christian couple is attempting to flee the social chaos and violence of Chicago to their bug out home in northern Idaho. Stores have been looted, gangs roam once-quiet neighborhoods where people are starving and panic-stricken. Now they must abandon…
Immigration, Brain Drain, and Colonialism
The most recent crybabying about the US suspension of immigrants from unstable countries is coming from companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft, according to a new Geekwire post: “President Trump’s actions on immigration during his first week in office are…
Trump Should Defund NEA, NEH, and CPB
Cultural Marxism is leftist “control over modern progressive politics, mass media and academia” according to the Wiktionary online dictionary. Once normalized and mainstreamed, the Marxist identifier is discarded. The National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, along with the Corporation…
South Dakota Immigrant Problem Stems from Moral Slide
American consumers are conflicted. They want cheaply made abundance in the stores, but not environmental pollution. Cheap wages overseas is the answer. We also want the new president to bring those jobs back home, while demanding high wages…
Trump Learned from Reagan about Dealing with Putin
Ronald Reagan climbed into national politics by espousing a far right vision of what the GOP should attain to. He was an anti-communist crusader during the Cold War and vowed to stop the momentum of the 1960s New Left as…
Isn’t Humor a Good Antidote to Democratic Party’s Hatred of Trump?
Do forwarded emails, sweeping across America, bring peace and balance to the unchallenged hatred of Trump in the mainstream media? Here is the latest one I’ve received, labelled “New World Order”. You decide: A large earthquake with the strength of…
Bravery May Be More Mental Than Physical
As they grow older, veterans usually grow wiser in their knowledge of military history. Forwarding emails to each other is considered a well-spent pastime. One US Army veteran from Rapid City, South Dakota, reminded me of my very first post…
Navy Veteran Patrolled Treacherous Waters of Mekong Delta during Tet
On Saturday, January 14, Ken Delfino of Keystone talked about his combat experiences during the Tet Offensive with the US Navy’s River Patrol Force in South Viet Nam. As he says, “this small segment of my life is dedicated to…
Camp Rapid in 1930 Appealed to Amusement of Younger Troops
by Duke Doering. Camp Rapid began on January 13, 1930. How did Camp Rapid become the permanent training site and location of the headquarters for the South Dakota National Guard? On this date the Adjutant General, Colonel…