I’ll admit that I’m a political junkie. I’m rather addicted to the news about campaigns, especially presidential ones. But this year I have begun turning off the news because it all makes me kind of sick to my stomach. The incivility of it all, and on both sides of the political spectrum, doesn’t seem to…
It has been said that there are around 365 incidents in the Bible that say either “Fear not” or “Be not afraid.” The actual number may be more in the neighborhood of 100 including both the Old or First Testament and New or Second Testament. There are plenty of quotations having to do with fear…
I never have far from my mind a certain legislator who served in the South Dakota House and later the Senate in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. Marvis Hogen was among his many walks of life a rancher and hardware store owner from Kadoka. And Marvis will long be remembered especially among those in…
For those of us who purport to be of a Christian persuasion, we find ourselves in the time of year called Lent. Those are the six weeks leading up to Easter. Some Christians actively observe Lent. Others don’t even know it exists. Regardless, one of the traditional teachings of Lent is that we are supposed…
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” – William F. Buckley, Jr. “A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward.” – Franklin Delano Roosevelt One of the best…