Another good idea died with dairy cows

By Jerry Steinley

I was hot on the trail of the story. ... The National Milk Producers Federation was organizing dairy herd reductions and the federal government was footing the bill. Some facts were in place - the federation is spearheading herd reductions (it has for some time) to drive dairy prices up a…

Nov 06, 2009 | 5:15 am | (0) Comments

Gambling brought change, hope

By the Journal Editorial Board

You could say the 1987 fire that claimed two buildings on Deadwood's Main Street led to the birth of the city - or its demise.

Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

What options for Afghan women?

By Ellen Goodman

BOSTON - It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. "This is a doctor," she said, pointing to one picture. "This is a teacher." It was impossible to tell one woman from another under the burqas enforced by their Taliban rulers.

Nov 06, 2009 | 1:30 am | (0) Comments

Communism's past excusers

By Cal Thomas

On Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall was pulled down to the consternation of leftists, who still had faith socialism could work with the right leaders, and to the delight of conservatives, who believed that socialism and communism guaranteed mutually-shared poverty.

Nov 05, 2009 | 2:30 am | (10) Comments

A town's heart beats at the grocery store

Jim Kent

Like John Mellencamp, I was born in a small town. It just happened to be surrounded by 6 million people.

Nov 05, 2009 | 1:45 am | (1) Comments

Voters should decide smoking ban

By the Journal Editorial Board

Will the people of South Dakota be heard in the public smoking ban dispute or will thousands of signatures calling for a public vote be discarded?

Nov 05, 2009 | 1:45 am | (7) Comments

Deanna Darr: Have you been a ‘victim' of anonymous kindness?

Deanna Darr Journal staff

Allen Bishop was at the checkout lane at Family Thrift Center in Baken Park, chatting with the woman behind him in line.

Nov 04, 2009 | 7:00 am | (2) Comments

Community makes WAVI a success

By Mary Corbine, executive director, Working Against Violence, Inc.

So many individuals and agencies coordinate their efforts to provide quality services to those in need, that it would be impossible to list everyone. Community partnerships, volunteers, and a dedicated staff are at the core of WAVI’s existence.

Nov 04, 2009 | 2:30 am | (0) Comments

It's time for shield law

By the Journal Editorial Board

The Free Flow of Information Act, a federal shield law for reporters and news gatherers, looks like it's back on track.

Nov 04, 2009 | 2:30 am | (1) Comments

Dead doctor no excuse for lapse in patient care

I'm 54 years old on Medicaid and Medicare, my doctor passed on not too long ago. I got a call from his office the day I was going to see him telling me he passed on and I'd have to wait for them to fined me another doctor. I'm a heart- and high-blood-pressure patient along with breathing …

Nov 04, 2009 | 2:30 am | (0) Comments

'Costs' of medical care

By Thomas Sowell

We are incessantly being told that the cost of medical care is "too high"- either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost certain to increase the costs.

Nov 04, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments

David Rooks: The patriots' refuge

David Rooks

In the fall of 1988, under cloudy skies just outside Berlin, our Army Blackhawk helicopter came around, giving us our first view of the Berlin Wall. I and other members from my platoon in the first Infantry Division caught our breaths. The Wall was legendary and firmly planted as a black …

Nov 03, 2009 | 8:30 am | (5) Comments

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Twisting the knife

By Robert Scheer

Is there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman? The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any health care reform bill that has a public option - even the version with the "trigger" compromise accepted by Republican Sen. Oly…

Nov 03, 2009 | 3:00 am | (2) Comments

State should have stem cell debate

By the Journal Editorial Board

David Volk doesn't think he's asking for too much.

Nov 03, 2009 | 2:45 am | (0) Comments

Three envelopes

By Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON - Old Soviet joke: Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev.

Nov 02, 2009 | 2:15 pm | (3) Comments

Kevin Woster: Is South Dakota ready to be neighborly?

Kevin Woster

When Ken Knuppe got his old D-6 Caterpillar stuck in the mud, he naturally turned to a neighbor for help.

Nov 02, 2009 | 6:00 am | (3) Comments

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The Berlin Wall and America

By Randy Rasmussen

To anyone who lived during the Cold War, the Berlin Wall was an indelible symbol of the

Nov 02, 2009 | 1:30 am | (1) Comments

Good call on term limits

By the Journal Editorial Board

So how committed is the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce to the idea of extending the city council and mayor's terms?

Nov 01, 2009 | 2:15 am | (0) Comments

Disclosure as coercion

By George Will

SEATTLE - Conservatives here, a droll minority, say that under this city's quota system, when a conservative enters the city, one already here is required to leave. They also say Washington is actually two states: There is what you can see from atop this city's Space Needle - meaning, thi…

Nov 01, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments