Black Hills Harvest? Show me the money!

Recently, local churches brought Greg Laurie’s Harvest event to Rapid City. Four contemporary Christian bands came with him to entertain the crowds. 19,000 people showed up to rock and roll and get with God.
According to local news reports, the event cost in the neighborhood of $400,000 to present. Local churches came up with about [...]

Public boards need to be held more accountable

In March, Custer School’s superintendent announced he would retire. This week the school board rehired him. What this means is the guy will draw his retirement out of the South Dakota Retirement system while the taxpayers of South Dakota continue to pay his already exorbitant salary of $91,000 and then some. What the hell is [...]

Tea Party tipplers voted us into current mess

On April 15, tax day, thousands of people around the country demonstrated in the streets, protesting high taxes and out of control government spending. They called it a Tea Party. Taxed Enough Already. And they probably are, but it’s their own damn fault.
Who are these people? I am sure there are a variety of types [...]

School boards told SD children don’t have a right to quality education

When I heard that Circuit  Judge Lori Wilbur had ruled that school children in South Dakota have no constitutional right to a quality education, I have to confess that while I wasn’t particularly surprised by the ruling, I was surprised by the language. No right to a quality education?  No right to be prepared for [...]