Category Archives: Opinion

Abe, George lumped together in Presidents' Day By Bob Karolevitz I'll never forgive Congress for what it did to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. For me, February was always a special month before our lawmeddlers lumped Abe and George together with such stalwarts as Millard Fillmore, Gerald Ford and John … Read Article →

Between the Lines By David Lias I admit it. During my high school years, I joined my fellow classmates and often uttered the lament, "What do we have to learn this stuff for?" We reasoned that many of the things that we were being forced to learn in the early … Read Article →

With scissors and glue, a mushy missive is born By Bob Karolevitz You might know it was a woman who started the fancy Valentine card industry in the United States. The Hallmark people ought to erect a statue honoring Miss Esther Howland, a Massachusetts spinster, because she was responsible for … Read Article →

Letters Nominations sought for history award To the editor: The South Dakota State Historical Society is presently soliciting nominations for the Governor's Awards for History. The awards will be presented at our annual meeting on April 24 to organizations and individuals who have been supportive and dedicated advocates of South … Read Article →

Between the Lines By David Lias The women at Saturday's legislative Cracker Barrel meeting in Vermillion offered what they hoped were convincing arguments for allowing lay midwives to practice in South Dakota. Some of their points are irrefutable. Yes, for hundreds of years, including much of the early years of … Read Article →

Guide teaches about language in plain English By Bob Karolevitz One of my favorite gifts is a paperback book titled Woe Is I. Its subtitle is: "The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English." Not everyone would enjoy or appreciate the small volume by Patricia T. O'Connor, but those … Read Article →

Between the Lines By David Lias Each year, this state sends some of its best men and women to Pierre to do the public good. Our state's annual legislative session is a time when we are supposed to feel hopeful. We naturally expect that something good will have happened by … Read Article →

National anthem belongs in prime time By Guest Commentary There is a ripple of discontent in the winter air over at The University of South Dakota. Some Coyote basketball fans are displeased over the school's decision to play the national anthem in a time slot so early in the proceedings … Read Article →

Letters President has suffered enough for spiritual sins To the editor: Spiritual laws (God's laws) are much more exacting than physical laws (man's laws). President Clinton has paid the price many, many times over for the sins of transgressions of the spiritual laws. By pressure of physical laws, President Clinton … Read Article →

Pressing for solutions to current farm crisis by U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle Three South Dakota producers and business people recently accompanied me to the White House to tell officials there just how devastating the current farm price collapse is for producers and rural communities across the country. That meeting � … Read Article →