Sending a Christmas card: “Even if the recipient never reciprocates, or tosses it in the trash with nary a glance, the act of sending it helps make me more human.” – Cheryl Magness, Reporter Online So, is this the year we send a Christmas card to cousin Kevin? My...
Gary Munsen: “If I wouldn’t have won some state titles, I don’t think I would have been in Mitchell that long. I don’t know. Maybe I would have gotten fired, or run out of town.” — 1999 interview. In South Dakota, you don’t have to be a basketball fan to...
Politics: The art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx Let’s be Democratic about this. All of those favoring a pay raise for South Dakota legislators, raise your hands. Hmmmm. I don’t...
’Twas the night before Thanksgiving, And not a wink of sleep, Facing another fractious debate, It almost makes me weep. It’s not about the turkey, Or all the work that’s pressing, It’s about what’s inside the bird, Do we call it stuffing or dressing? Of the...
Homework: “Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.” – Katherine Applegate, author As I left the Main Street business, I noticed two young men with clipboards. They immediately caught my eye and approached, but in a...
