The letter by Bernie Hendricks on Aug. 9, highlights some of the grotesque (and race-baited) misinformation propagated since the 1930s primarily by the Bureau of Narcotics head, Harry Anslinger. …
It’s becoming more and more obvious that in my hunger for home-grown tomatoes, I planted too many in my back yard garden. I’m sure my mind was filled with images of juicy tomato …
Years ago, I lost a dear friend of mine to suicide, and it was fundamentally life changing for me. After that incident, I remember thinking, “I should have done something. I should have said …
South Dakotans defeated recreational marijuana in 2022 by a 53% to 47% margin — and would be wise to defeat it again, resoundingly, in the coming 2024 general election. Bertha Madras, …
The Supreme Court’s 2024 term might have been defined, to the general public at least, by multiple decisions concerning Donald Trump. These cases matter. But the bigger picture is in how the …
When the world is hot and my skin is fried, scratching from the constant dry, let the clouds boil up — boil up high. And then shade the earth with the darkening sky and bring the secrets …
It has now been more than two weeks since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee. It's always hard to get a quick handle on public …
I want to thank Mondell Keck for his beautiful and thoughtful column "From Small Things." (Aug. 5, 2024) His words: "That's the kind of small I can fall absolutely in love with — a feeling …
My wife and I want to thank the person who found my billfold last week and returned it to us as we were stopped at a stoplight by HyVee. He saved us so much time and trouble because credit cards …
Abortion opponents peddle various myths about the procedure to discredit it and demonize the people who provide or support it. Abortion is healthcare. The earlier it is available, the easier it …
President Biden explained his abrupt departure from the presidential campaign in a speech to the nation recently ... actually, no he didn’t. He delivered an address from the Oval Office saying …
The vague 22-word prayer from the New York Board of Regents was totally nondenominational: “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon thee, and we beg thy blessings upon us, our parents, …
Some of my best friends are cat people. I’m particularly indebted to our neighbor Laura, a self-described “crazy cat lady,” who took in Albert, the most unusual feline I’ve …
Richard Hauser wanted three days off — the weekend plus the following Monday. It seemed a reasonable request. The strains of being in the White House counsel’s office during the Watergate …
“He was bullied almost every day. He was just an outcast.” That observation by a former classmate of the 20-year-old man shot and killed by Secret Service agents after attempting to …
For three years we lived in New York City while I attended graduate school. Our home was a residence hall with other married couples, just a few blocks from a large public housing project. As I was …
In an Oval Office speech, President Biden announced that he supports reforming the Supreme Court, “because this is critical to our democracy.” But how? There are reforms that would make …
There’s something so satisfying about getting out of bed when the world is still dark and quiet and resting. Making the coffee gives us time to scratch and think. Well, scratch, anyway. …
A handful of Republicans have referred to Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, as a "DEI hire." They were essentially saying that President Joe Biden …
The young J.D. Vance was used to the melodramas surrounding his mother, Beverly Vance, with her addictions to painkillers, heroin and alcohol, as well as the chaos caused by her five marriages and …