Like it or not, Time magazine has reported that “European Politics Are Swinging to the Right.” This may not surprise those who have already written off Western Europe as hopelessly ruined by the irreversible influx of millions of Muslims, with…
On Saturday, October 8, Rapid City architect Richard J. McConnell will talk about his Vietnam War experiences as a lieutenant in the Mekong Delta with the US Army’s 9th Infantry Division and 86th Engineer Battalion. Wounded by…
Families still like to turn on the screen in the evening after an exhausting day. Mindless viewing seems easier than reading. But most primetime television has become a punked-up wasteland of attempts to normalize dysfunctional liberal values, hasn’t it? …
Presidential debates are mostly theater. Only a foolish candidate would pursue fact-footnoted logical exposition in such a carnival atmosphere. Statistics really don’t mean much out of context, do they? Best to give people the entertainment they crave. Instead,…
Chances are that most people will get through their lives just fine without wearing a seatbelt, but there are a few exceptions. Same goes with not putting on motorcycle helmets. The news media are quick to report all bad luck…
Imagine dropping off your car at a local Rapid City garage for an oil change or other small repair job. Instead of same day service, you find yourself waiting a month or two months for the “it’s done” phone call. …
The words “wilderness” and “territory” were nearly synonymous when Americans in 1803 looked at the unknown northernmost lands of the Louisiana Purchase. Dakota Territory in 1861 included much of what is now Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho, and encompassed other…
People are on the move around the globe in search of personal security and freedom. The same societal collapse that puts millions of families from the Middle East and Central America onto a northward-wending course is happening to traditional populations…
The rapid advances of geology in the nineteenth century reminded us that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old, making recorded history a recent blip in the scheme of things. Human civilization was made possible by the global warming that…
Even before printed books started showing up about 600 years ago, hand-scribed tomes in monasteries ensured that the fall of the Roman Empire would not be so dark after all. Knowledge would reach later people. The same lesson shouldn’t…