Redacted: To put into suitable literary form; revise, edit. To hide or remove (confidential parts of a text) before publication or distribution. – Dictionary.com During my time as a court and cops reporter for the Brookings Register in the 1970s, I rarely came...
Taxation: “To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” — Thomas Jefferson The sign along I-90 quotes Romans 6:23: “The wages of sin is death.” And then there is the clever retort by...
Style: “A distinctive manner of expression, as in writing or speech.” – Merriam Webster Dictionary Ain’t language grand? Two little words, “style” and “form,” caused a major breach between lawmakers and Gov. Noem recently and even divided legislators...
Gild the lily: To add ornament or decoration to something that is pleasing in its original state; to attempt to improve something that is already fine the way it is. – The Free Dictionary She was probably 30. It’s often hard to tell these days. She...
Hanging together: “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” — Henry Ford Wedmore Hardware had everything. If you needed a bolt, a plumbing fixture, or a specialty screwdriver, Bud Mills would find it for...
Spring: The spring equinox, also called the March equinox or vernal equinox, falls on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 5:58 p.m. EDT. This event marks the astronomical first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. – The Old Farmer’s Almanac Baby calves...
Basketball: “I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.” – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar It was billed as the battle of the twin towers and I plead guilty to playing a part in the build-up. (You know how the media...
Lent: “Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy.” – Pope Francis Is it mere coincidence that fasting, that traditional display of denial common among Christians during Lent, also coincides with winter’s growing layer of...
“A good teacher is like a candle. It consumes itself lighting the way for others.” – Author unknown Paging through the winter edition of Dakota Wesleyan Today, I was stopped by a photo of a man and woman who looked familiar. A closer look confirmed it....
Snowbound: “Blockaded by snow.” — Merriam Webster Dictionary Snow covered the driveway to the farm house and looked like icing on a giant birthday cake. I could see the drifts curled high on the south side of the old garage, which acted like a snow fence...
