It’s too bad that the recent killings of cartoonists (not including satirist Stilton Jarlsberg on Kerry above) at Charlie Hebdo were the price to pay for putting “free speech” back into national discussion. Good people on both sides died because…
Imagine going to sleep, as did Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle, only to find upon awakening that your country has been changed beyond all recognition, now peopled by impoverished strangers who seek to destroy your personal and national identity. …
by Dean Muehlberg My fellow Americans, I speak to you tonight on the difficult issue of race relations in our country currently, and during our nation’s history. This country has come a long way from the time when…
The headline of Rapid City’s local newspaper yesterday boldly proclaimed the “Police killings of blacks” as the top story of 2014. Trouble is, this is not what happened. Perceptions based on demagoguery aren’t the same as fact. As columnist…
by Duke Doering The 147th Field Artillery Regiment first landed at Brisbane, Australia on December 23, 1941. The unit was quickly sent to Darwin, N.T. to serve under the command of the Commanding General Australian Forces for…
The church has always been the best guardian of morals. At least in the past. It was free, too. Now a powerful new “common core” has captured the hearts and minds of moderate Americans. Media, government, and public education drive…
People like to simplify political opposition by exaggerating negatives while ignoring everything that puts opponents in a good light. The vanquished leaders of World War II, for example, are seen as 100% evil, while ours are fully noble. The Obama…
DC politicians and the military brass knew a Japanese attack was coming about December 7, 1941. They just didn’t know where. Embargoes and other forms of economic “diplomacy” had pushed the Rising Sun Empire against the wall. Europe was already…
A retired USAF officer will share insights on military-media interplay. LTC Terri Jorgenson (USAF Reserve ret) of Piedmont will present on Saturday, December 13, at Western Dakota Technical Institute in Rapid City about the relationship between the…
Catholic monasteries provided education to Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, almost singlehandedly until the Reformation. Latin was the lingua franca that crossed all borders to bind students under a Judeo-Christian “common core.” For more…