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...
Respect: An act of giving particular attention: consideration; a high or special regard, esteem. – Merriam Webster Dictionary For decades now, many newspapers have run pictures of the men and women who served in the armed forces as a way to respect and honor them...
Conspiracy: 1. The act of conspiring. 2. An evil, unlawful, treacherous or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot. – Dictionary.com It was like anticipating the summer’s trip to the State Fair, only better. August 1962. I was 14...
Halloween: “Some people are born for Halloween, and some are just counting the days until Christmas.” – Author Stephen Graham Jones. Stepping outside for a last look at the evening sky, the edge of my eye glimpsed a shadow on the far side of the lawn. As I peered...
Autumn: “A second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus As a card carrying member of the Leaf Lookers Club, I can tell you that the fall colors have been extraordinarily beautiful in South Dakota. But you already knew that – even if searching out...
National Newspaper Week: An annual observance to promote the importance of newspapers and journalism in the communities they serve. – S.D. Newspaper Association When it comes to newspapers, I like the famous quote by Mark Twain: “Reports of my death have been...
