Letters to the editor endorsing candidates in the April 8 city and school election should be delivered to the Brookings Register no later than 5 p.m. April 3. Each letter and …
As I struggled Friday afternoon to cobble together this Corner, I arrived at the above headline after some soul-searching. (My editor may change it.) I considered a different but similar headline: …
On Jan 20, the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump came off with a strong dose of religion. Leading off the clergymen (no women today, … but the next day) was Cardinal Timothy Dolan, …
The “greatest political movement of all time … an unprecedented and powerful mandate.” Not! Even though Donald J. Trump won the electoral-college vote convincingly, his 312 to …
It’s that time of year. We’re seeing a near endless lineup of Hallmark Christmas-Without-Jesus movies: silly, secular and seasonal nonsense in two-hour blocks that end at the last minute …
I’ve never been a fan of Bill O’Reilly. But I must admit that as of late, seeing him now and then on News Nation, I find some of his opinions interesting. A few nights back, I found some …
Family, friends and fellow Register newsmen have advised me that at times I have a tendency to overthink things. So think about that as you peruse what follows. Am I overthinking the title I’ve …
A few weeks back a Speakout by a Brookings resident and well-recognized political scientist took on the issue of the United States as a Christian nation. His missive was in response to one of our …
“A republic, if you can keep it.” Such was the response Benjamin Franklin gave to Elizabeth Willing Powel’s question about what the U.S. Constitution had brought into being: …
Since completing my last marathon in San Antonio in 1990, I never again ran any long distance races. I did, however, run one of the legs of the Longest Day Marathon and the Jack 15 in those long-ago …
Life just never stops throwing you lessons out of nowhere. Sometimes a half-beat too late. I say this because I got engaged last weekend. And I solicited and received a lot of advice in the …
Before I tell you this story I would like to assure you that 98 percent of it is true. It attempts to adhere to Native American writer N. Scott Momaday’s belief that a memoir is our best idea …
To anyone to who has been following the messages of Gov. Kristi Noem, especially residents of Texas and South Dakota, I offer the following interpretation (with apologies to George M. Cohan) of what …