2017-02-04 19:43
The second legislative crackerbarrel meeting of 2017 in Rapid City was held at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology this morning. Unlike crackerbarrel meetings in the past, this o… Read More
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2017-02-04 13:37
Most Americans are also aware that after the assassination President Johnson reversed President Kennedy’s orders on Vietnam while conveniently appointing former CIA director Allen Dull… Read More
2017-02-03 13:49
Buckle up and get ready for four years of escalating civil unrest with wall-to-wall coverage. People have complained about gridlock in Washington for years. What is coming is complete para… Read More
2017-02-03 13:12
I'm not here to vilify Dan Haseltine, who somewhat shockingly embraced the ways of the LGBT (at the expense of his own career). We all must choose our own way, knowing that the wrong way is… Read More
2017-02-02 02:24
Lost amidst the conservative cheering for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch yesterday was another decision by President Donald Trump that conservatives won't (at least they, as a group… Read More
2017-02-02 02:23
In 1952 Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq., and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, to protect the American people from terrorist attack… Read More
2017-02-02 02:18
Open borders allow illegal immigrants to easily cross our borders. Also, open borders allows criminals on both sides of the border to easily network and cooperate for their profit. That ofte… Read More
2017-02-02 02:14
“Dogs exhibit heroism under fire in extreme combat,” says Jim Dugan (USAF ret) of Rapid City who will talk about his Vietnam War experiences as a dog handler, while headquartered… Read More
2017-02-02 02:12
The president is charged in Art II Sec 3 of our Constitution with “taking Care that the Laws be faithfully executed…” We know that for multiple decades now our immigration… Read More
2017-02-02 02:01
“[T]here is a provision in the McCarran bill, an unprecedented provision, section 212 (e), which would give the President of the United States the authority to bar any and all aliens… Read More
2017-02-02 01:57
The nation is divided. The Senate Democrats have proven a willingness to play hardball to win no matter the cost over the past four years. The Supreme Court confirmation decision may prove… Read More
2017-02-01 13:53
Ashton Kutcher called out President Trump at the recent SAG Awards like the President was a child rebelling against those sage and privileged few we refer to as celebrities who really think… Read More
2017-02-01 13:14
All of humanity was born to worship. We have an instinctive need to reverence our Creator. This is just how God made us. In the beginning, mankind had a close relationship with Him. But… Read More
2017-02-01 01:09
Based on what I've been able to learn after a couple of weeks looking at Neil Gorsuch, he's looking like a pretty good pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. It would have been better to see a nom… Read More
2017-01-31 13:16
The Hatch Act, which established the career federal service system was designed to create a class of people who were in place to ensure the everyday business of government got done regardles… Read More
2017-01-31 13:08
The ink has barely dried on President Donald Trump’s executive order denying federal funds to sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce U.S. immigration law, and liberal mayors like New… Read More
2017-01-31 00:28
With the election of Donald Trump, we have seen in the first week of his presidency that he is not wasting any time seeking to secure our U.S. border and stop the flood of illegals and pawn… Read More
2017-01-30 13:21
Here is an idea to save millions of dollars and thousands of man hours. Scrap the LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY for seniors who enroll in a Medicare Part D plan. Here is why.
To continue receiving… Read More
2017-01-28 01:05
Over the last week, we have been hearing much of the DC Womens’ March. For example, the threats coming from the likes of Madonna, who spoke of “blowing up the White House,”… Read More
2017-01-27 14:35
For a guy who during the campaign frequently couldn't maintain the same position on a given issue twice in a 24 hour period, when it comes to pure policy, President Donald Trump is doing fai… Read More
2017-01-27 13:17
Not too long ago I began a science fiction novel, which has always been a dream of mine, and since I finally broke through the fiction wall last year with my book, America’s Trojan War… Read More
2017-01-26 13:22
We are seeing the words of Scripture play out in living color before our very eyes every single day now, though the unsaved world can not comprehend it. With all we have to contend with, it… Read More
2017-01-26 13:14
What was most important on inauguration day? A mere 30 seconds, those critically important moments when Donald Trump took his oath of office to become the 45th President of these United Stat… Read More
2017-01-25 13:29
Article 1, Section 1 of the U. S. Constitution states that ALL legislative authority rests with Congress. The Supreme Court, as part of the Judicial branch, does not make law, but merely ru… Read More
2017-01-25 13:07
I wonder why when hundreds of thousands of women show up in Washington to demonstrate for what one Wall Street Journal columnist called "everything under the progressive sun," the press goes… Read More
2017-01-24 13:17
The question of why evil exists in a universe that the Bible tells us was created by a loving God is one that I and probably just about every human being has grappled with at one point or an… Read More
2017-01-22 13:34
Sometimes even the most illustrious words can bury the beauty and the deep meaning of a glorious moment; we will attempt to refrain from burying what may have been the most stirring presiden… Read More
2017-01-22 01:59
South Dakota Rep. Kristin Conzet was a featured speaker at the legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City today. Conzet said this would be her final term, and she thanked her constituen… Read More
2017-01-22 01:24
South Dakota Rep. Craig Tieszen was one of the featured speakers at today's legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City. The event was sponsored by the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce.
To… Read More
2017-01-21 22:30
During a discussion on a constitutional carry bill in the South Dakota legislature today during the legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City, newly elected South Dakota Rep. David Joh… Read More
2017-01-21 22:10
South Dakota District 33 Senator Phil Jensen was one of the featured speakers at the legislative crackerbarrel meeting in Rapid City this morning. The event was sponsored by the Rapid City C… Read More
2017-01-21 21:36
Steve Deace said something on his show Friday night that all Americans--especially those who call themselves Christians--need to hear and take deeply to heart.
To continue receiving the same… Read More
2017-01-21 19:38
The first legislative crackerbarrel meeting of 2017 in Rapid City was held at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology this morning. Topics discussed included the new crackerbarrel… Read More
2017-01-21 01:02
This is what “the sheep being led to the slaughter” means. America, you are undoing yourselves at every given step by what you tolerate in disobedience to the God so many of you… Read More
2017-01-20 13:11
It's amusing watching the hysterical liberals rushing to attack any who disagree (even slightly) with them. They are, after all, the all knowing... the all righteous... and they'll provide… Read More
2017-01-20 03:09
This week I will have the privilege to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. While this is truly an honorable day and tradition for Americans, did you know there are seve… Read More
2017-01-20 03:04
The problem the Black Caucus has with Senator Sessions is not that he is a racist but that he is a conservative, and that is not good for their racket. We're not going to get out of our raci… Read More
2017-01-20 03:00
Myopia is nearsightedness and it “is the most common refractive error of the eye…If you are nearsighted, you typically will have difficulty reading road signs and seeing distant… Read More
2017-01-17 13:52
We conservatives often ask yourselves why we are losing the culture left and right. We wonder why it is the political Left seems to win almost all of the battles, and public opinion just kee… Read More
2017-01-17 13:19
Fox’s O’Reilly is quick to say that he and his staff trust nothing coming from the internet. Since most of the scandals and fake news today comes from television, we can only won… Read More
2017-01-17 13:14
I've been thinking a lot about death and the fragility of human life lately. Maybe it's ‘Sanctity of Life Sunday’ that stirs up these sober feelings of existential angst; or news… Read More
2017-01-16 12:57
It was just announced last week that Donald Trump is bringing two more Goldman Sachs alumni into his administration, bringing the total of Goldman Sachs people working for President-elect Tr… Read More
2017-01-16 11:03
Have you been groaning for the past eight years? As I sit down to write this message, President Obama has less than a week left to occupy our White House. For some of you, by the time you… Read More
2017-01-16 11:02
Hollywood in the past has enjoyed power and influence with the American people, but it seems the tide is turning. The American people are realizing more and more just how out of touch with r… Read More
2017-01-14 15:11
You want some fake news? I’ve got some fake news for you right here. The GOP has no plan to replace Obamacare. That is the headline the Corporations Once Known as the Mainstream Medi… Read More
2017-01-14 02:00
Have you ever wondered about the politicians who are to serve “We the people” enter office with little to nothing and before you know it, they have garnered great wealth? As a ma… Read More
2017-01-13 13:03
As the countdown to inauguration day moves forward, across America the anticipation grows. Americans can’t wait to see the tail lights of those moving vans pulling away from the White… Read More
2017-01-12 13:05
On January 10, 2017, I received a phone call from a client from La Porte, Indiana. She phoned to tell me that I had succeeded in getting her insurance company to pay the final balance on a b… Read More
2017-01-11 19:22
Thanks to Steve Deace for pointing out that Donald Trump's nominee for Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has told us he will not defend the U.S. Constitution.
To continue receiving the same t… Read More
2017-01-11 13:22
We need to regulate the government from its insubordination to its God-given duty of “securing the rights of the people.” This insubordination called “gun control” ha… Read More
2017-01-11 13:19
It should be clear that what motivates the pro-homosexual movement is not advancing a free and tolerant society. It is promoting a society that legitimizes their point of view and punishes… Read More
2017-01-11 13:11
As far as President Obama is concerned, historians will surely fabricate the historical narrative, but only the fruit and the character truly matters. The hard questions remain…
To co… Read More
2017-01-09 14:33
I received a phone call from an irate listener. He accused me of “grossly misrepresenting” the news stories of 2016. I listened politely, wondering how that could possibly have… Read More
2017-01-09 13:14
Have you ever wondered: does God really care about me? I know I have at various times. It’s easy to believe in God and to think/know that He truly cares about us when life is going wel… Read More
2017-01-07 14:59
Over the last couple of weeks, we have been hearing much of Barack Obama and his legacy. In other words, we have been hearing about what state he has left America in. I can sum up his legac… Read More
2017-01-07 14:55
When I returned from my Christmas – New Year break, I heard an encouraging holidays message on my phone’s voice mail. It was from a client who used to live in Cedar Lake but now… Read More
2017-01-07 14:52
The snowflakes of our new world not only need puppies, playdough and therapy to adjust to the times, but they are self-medicating on the grandest scale in world history. In a world map of ma… Read More
2017-01-06 14:40
In a letter to Senate Republican leaders, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) asked that H.R. 3762, which President Barack Obama vetoed in 2016, should be th… Read More
2017-01-06 14:35
We face a unique opportunity as disciples of Jesus Christ in this day. The destruction leaves a gaping void. A civilization will implode if the family is successfully destroyed. Just as with… Read More
2017-01-06 13:18
Long ago and far away, back in an America before Hope and Change changed our hope to dread, we used to have peaceful and dignified transfers of power when one party replaced the other in the… Read More
2017-01-05 13:23
The current race for chairman of the Democratic National Committee is not encouraging. The two leading candidates — Rep. Keith Ellison and Labor Secretary Tom Perez — are lodged… Read More
2017-01-05 13:17
Okay, I'm sure you will worry about us. What will we do without your superior intelligence and willingness to make all our decisions for us. Don't worry. We'll figure it out. You just go… Read More
2017-01-05 13:05
On Saturday, January 14, Ken Delfino of Keystone will talk about his combat experiences during the Tet Offensive with the US Navy's River Patrol Force in South Viet Nam. As he says, "this s… Read More
2017-01-05 12:59
In my work, I help seniors with Medicare bill problems. The Obamacare law cut over $700 billion of Medicare benefits for senior citizens and created many other problems for those who are not… Read More
2017-01-04 19:23
So, with the idea of urban renewal and overall economic revival, just what can Ben Carson do to reform the current nation’s public housing? How about by eliminating it? Here’s a… Read More
2017-01-04 13:24
Simply put, there is no right way to do a wrong thing. To repeal Obamacare is the correct Constitutional solution, but to replace it means we will still have a unconstitutional Federal Heal… Read More
2017-01-04 13:18
Political blogger and Snowden confidant, Glenn Greenwald, has been on a tear as he consistently and perpetually exposes the mainstream media for the deceiving, manipulating hacks they truly… Read More
2017-01-03 13:28
Satan is a master of deception even among people who DO believe in Christ. So many do not believe in Satan because they are blinded by the fact that God DOES allow evil. So you have two choi… Read More
2017-01-01 11:21
It is hard to imagine a body of anti-Semites sitting in a nation that is allied to Israel working so hard to destroy that sovereign nation. But this is the UN, an innocuous group of one worl… Read More
2017-01-01 11:17
While angels, shepherds, godly men and women in Jerusalem rejoiced at the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there were those whose reactions were exactly opposite.
To continue recei… Read More
2017-01-01 11:11
As we step out into the year 2017, there is hope here in America for real change in the political, economic and social sectors, under a new federal administration. Yet Christian persecution… Read More
2016-12-31 01:05
On April 8, 2016, representative for California’s 43rd district, Maxine Waters, implied that Americans are bigots for opposing sharia law.”
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel… Read More
2016-12-30 23:42
Today, South Dakota Secretary of State Shantel Krebs announced that concealed carry weapon permits issued reached an all-time high. “South Dakota has set an all-time high for new and r… Read More
2016-12-28 13:18
The present delivered that morning in Trenton has continued to bless Americans every Christmas. Let’s not forget in all the festivities to pass the knowledge of this gift to our futur… Read More
2016-12-28 12:58
The move by the Obama administration to abstain and not veto an anti-Israel United Nations Security Council resolution, unprecedented in American Israeli relations, provides a strong hint of… Read More
2016-12-28 05:02
It’s time to play hardball. If the Trump administration wants to be able to enact the President-elect’s agenda in the relatively short time that is available, the biggest obstacl… Read More
2016-12-27 11:17
We live in fearful times. When we see what is coming upon the Earth, when we watch our nation crumble from within, and deliberately destroyed by those whom we have set over us as leaders, a… Read More
2016-12-27 01:15
I don’t see any area where America is better off in the past 8 years. So it will be interesting to watch the liars for hire trying to put lipstick on these awful past 8 years. Obama&rs&hell…Read More
2016-12-24 16:40
The wide-spread acts of pedophiles committed against our children by both corrupt clergy and corrupt politicians are rampant and unthinkable. Conspiracy of Silence is a documentary that expo… Read More
2016-12-23 13:04
Suddenly, upon assuming office, Trump could start immediately rescinding controversial executive actions, whether Obama’s executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants with U.S… Read More
2016-12-22 13:50
In December of 1914, in the first bitter winter of a long bitter war, the solders of the German Empire and the soldiers of the British Empire defied the orders of their officers. They aband… Read More
2016-12-22 13:11
In our phone calls, we discovered that Medicare did not update his record for almost nine years. He started using Medicare as his primary insurer on January 1, 2008. But, Medicare never chan… Read More
2016-12-21 19:19
HHS, where Rep. Price is headed, has 72,000 employees and a budget of almost $1.1 trillion — $8,800 per every American household. It consumes one-quarter of the federal budget and is t… Read More
2016-12-21 19:14
In their effort to make a point, those who discuss law and government and politics for a living often miss the most crucial – the most critical point of all. So, as we celebrate Christ… Read More
2016-12-21 13:24
According to Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias, true love can never win in a culture void of God’s order and decrees. During a recent conference, Ravi expounded on the three types of… Read More
2016-12-21 13:19
“I got a paper in the mail. I don’t understand it and it is difficult to read,” she informed me. “I’m not well enough to leave where I live to bring it to you… Read More
2016-12-20 04:23
The Bible makes it clear that the Lord hates injustice, bullies, tyrannical rulers, those who oppress the helpless and murder the innocent. Yet our fallen world is full of all this, is it n… Read More
2016-12-19 13:11
Trump won. It is reality. It doesn't matter if people like it or not. It doesn't matter if liberals (some allegedly paid) take to the streets and destroy every city block in every city th… Read More
2016-12-18 13:18
Worship of God is wrong, but worship of – and the idolizing of anything and everything else is good. God in school is wrong, but teaching the five pillars of Islam is ok. Bible study i… Read More
2016-12-17 01:18
It seems that in America, confused though she may be, they just cannot discern between that which is good and that which is evil. Furthermore, Americans claim that they can recognize the ev… Read More
2016-12-16 14:38
This election revealed that one of the issues that American’s care deeply about is jobs. In the past two decades we have seen a dramatic and devastating change in the job out look for… Read More
2016-12-16 14:31
I think one of the hardest things about growing old is that you can remember what a pound of hamburger cost fifty years ago ($.45), so when the government assures us over and over there is n… Read More
2016-12-16 04:26
A majority of humanity living estranged from the one true God have neither the opportunity nor the freedom to experience the mercy of Jesus Christ. How can we be loving messengers of the Hol… Read More
2016-12-14 13:11
This phrase “separation of church and state” has been repeated so many times that many actually believe it is part of the First Amendment. Those that use it want people to join… Read More
2016-12-14 13:04
With the nomination of business executive Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, to be labor secretary, president-elect Donald Trump has picked a businessman who is economically literate and w… Read More
2016-12-13 13:07
Three bills totaling $641.52 never were paid to the hospital by the Medicare supplement insurance policy that he bought through this insurance agency. I checked with his insurance company an… Read More
2016-12-13 12:59
Jesus is God incarnate. He is God, the Second person of the Holy Trinity, equal in power and purpose. This IS really Christianity 101; and the sobering truth remains, if you really want to u… Read More
2016-12-13 00:36
To hear that Donald Trump may be appointing a man who not only led the charge to open the Boy Scouts to gay troop leaders but whose company directly gives to Planned Parenthood is upsetting… Read More
2016-12-13 00:32
Some are calling for an investigation of whether Russia tried to influence our 2016 elections. Some of the founding fathers of our nation warned that foreigners would try to influence our el… Read More
2016-12-13 00:29
Four Massachusetts churches and their pastors, represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, are voluntarily dismissing their lawsuit against commonwealth officials after it prompted… Read More
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