Whether it’s her hairstyle, dental work or feud with the state’s tribes, at this point it’s impossible to consider Gov. Kristi Noem’s actions without looking through the lens …
Covering former President Donald Trump’s trial on television is a difficult job. There are no cameras in the courtroom, so TV news has to rely on quick messages from staffers watching the trial …
As many of you know, the Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter endured a hard loss with the passing of our then executive director, Margo Dempsey on March 12, 2023. Now just over a year later we have some …
I was delighted to read the article in Thursday's Register by Rev. Larry Ort. He offered a unique perspective on the concept of taking the name of the Lord in vain. I especially resonated with these …
To my fellow automobile-driving citizens, please stop waving bicycle riders through intersections when they lack legal right of way. We all rely on right of way to avoid collisions and other …
Close observers of Eastern Orthodox Christianity were not surprised when the recent World Russian People’s Council bluntly rejected “abortion propaganda,” efforts to promote LGBTQ+ …
Old men have been much in the news of late. Specifically, the health and intellectual fitness of two aging politicians, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. As a member of the …
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. — In those black-and-white days, so long ago, my high school classmates Cindy Smith, Cheryl Gordon and Jan Schwartz were popover girls, circulating through the General Glover …
I’m certain no one in Brookings was aware of it, but this past Saturday, a number of persons from Medicine Hat College in Alberta, Canada, were participating in a community-wide clean up in …
As the cabinet secretary for the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, I travel across this great state and visit with veterans in every county. These trips also afford me the opportunity to …
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It looks like hard work has paid off for the state’s Democratic Party as it gets ready to field its biggest slate of legislative candidates in recent memory. This may not mean the end of …
Spring mornings are a lot like Christmas. Each day we get up and go out into the yard, or walk along the creek or visit the horses in the pasture. And each day, each morning, we find something new …
A new poll by Axios and Noticias Telemundo finds that 42% of Latino Americans support building a wall or fence along the entire U.S.-Mexico border. When pollsters asked the same question in December …
After studying relevant police reports, Americans Against Antisemitism issued a 2023 document noting the obvious — that rising numbers of Orthodox Jews were being assaulted in New York City. …
We may not be looking forward to the November election — the polls tell us that — but this is not a country that likes to look back. Yet at this fraught moment, it might be salubrious to …
Editor’s note: For the time being, as Gene Lyons recovers from illness, his weekly columns will be “classics” from his archive. This column originally ran on Jan. 6, 2021. My …
Another library book sale has come and gone. They happen twice a year; in the spring and the fall. They are organized and delivered by “Friends of the Library” and all the …
The 21 subjects turned in by lawmakers as potential summer study subjects made for interesting reading. The Legislature’s Executive Board hit on two subjects to study this summer. One is a …
There’s been an ongoing political debate lately about crimes committed by migrants who entered the United States illegally. Actually, there’s not much to debate about their first unlawful …
