Opinion

What I learned during the pandemic

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 10:52am

It was 52 weeks ago this week that the words “coronavirus” and “COVID-19” graced the pages of this paper for the first time.

Since then, a lot has happened. I’ve written about the fallout a lot. We’ve talked about it together.

I’ve written about the negative implications, mostly — canceled school and events, panic buying and the economic impact in the spring and, more recently and on a personal level, the anxiety the pandemic has caused me. But what I haven’t addressed is the positive things to come out of this.

Tear down that Capitol wall

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 9:04am

Democrats seem hell-bent on labeling former President Trump’s supporters as radicals and dangerous, tyrannical insurgents following the Jan. 6 attacks on our nation’s Capitol building. After the president’s speech at a mall rally that morning, Trump implored his supporters to peacefully march down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol and urge Senators not to certify the November presidential election.

Let’s cancel the cancel culture

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 9:04am

You can’t help but notice the attacks and boycotts mostly leveled by left wing organizations and directed at anything that might be vaguely conservative. Anybody or anything that supported President Trump, for instance, is fair game by the left.

Two weeks left in the session

Published by admin on Thu, 03/04/2021 - 8:57am

District 30 update.  Whew! We’re in the heat of session now! Thursday, Feb. 25 was our Crossover Day, meaning all House bills have had a committee hearing and if passed in committee, an up or down vote on the House floor.  In the past this can turn into a very long day with this Crossover Day being no exception.  

Out of respect please step aside

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 10:08am

Our state attorney general should step down. Not because he’s human and unintentionally killed a pedestrian.

We have all had traffic accidents; whether our fault or not, they happen. But Mr. Ravnsborg lied about the events of that evening. And he broke the law. And as our state’s highest attorney he should respect the great citizens of this state enough to step down.

We agree, Ravnsborg should resign

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:07am

We agree with District 30 Rep. Tim Goodwin and others who are saying South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should resign. Sometime late Saturday night Sept. 12 last year, Ravnsborg was returning from a political event in Redfield and on his way home to Pierre when he drifted off the road and struck something he thought must have been a deer. He had just passed through Highmore in Hyde County on U.S Highway 14.

Remembering Rush Limbaugh

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 9:07am

Celebrities and political figures come and they go. When a famous person dies I usually simply note it and maybe shuffle through my memories of him or her for a few minutes then move on with life. But when national radio host Rush Limbaugh died from advanced lung cancer last week at the age of 70 I knew that something more was in order. I needed to express my thanks to Rush and acknowledge my debt to him for the tremendous impact he and his work had on my life.

It’s time for Jason Ravnsborg to resign

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 8:51am

Greetings! I was going to write about the status of bills moving through the legislature but after attending five crackerbarrels (Wall, Hill City,  Custer, Rapid City and Hot Springs the past two weekends), I have to write about the proverbial 500-pound gorilla in the room. Well, actually within the borders of South Dakota.

There is still much work to be done this session

Published by admin on Thu, 02/25/2021 - 8:51am

With only three weeks to finish up this legislative session, there is still a lot of work to get done.  
SB 113: William Schilling from Custer gets credit for raising the issue for this bill. Essentially with the importance of horses in our agricultural industry in this state, this bill added five words to an already existing statute recognizing agricultural land for tax purposes. The words horses, and the breeding of horses, were simply added to a list of crops, trees, bees, farm livestock, poultry, fish, or nursery stock.   

Who is the GOAT of GOATs?

Published by admin on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 10:39am

Well, the Super Bowl is behind us, and we have a new champion of football. And when I mean new, I mean old. Tom Brady, once again, comes out on top of the football world.

This is his seventh Super Bowl championship. Whether or not you believe he came by them all honestly (I still maintain his Patriots cheated the Eagles out of a Super Bowl in 2005), he has now, in my opinion, cemented himself as the GOAT of GOATs in professional football, which got me thinking: in North American team sports, who is the GOAT of GOATs?