Opinion

“What we have here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach.” Those memorable words were uttered in the 1967 movie “Cool Hand Luke.” Uttering them was the late Strother Martin, one of the American film industries great character actors, in the role of “captain.” On the receiving…

We never had much money when I was a kid. It’s not like we were dirt poor. But it was always clear that if I wanted something special, I would have to find a way to earn the money to buy it. Paper routes were my path to profitability. Some…

Greetings from Pierre.

The South Dakota Legislature, usually noted for the decorum of its public meetings, punished one of its own last month for being out of order. It’s hard for anyone but Republican legislators to know if the punishment fit the crime.

A few days now bygone, a friend and colleague of mine, and I were solving the world’s problems in a parking lot — a parking lot! Many individuals inside their vehicles negotiated the obstacle without any difficulty. Then all of a sudden, an individual pulled up short, honked his horn,…

Rev. Carl Kline’s hyper-partisan homilies on the topic of illegal immigration date back to last October when he fumed about the “Gestapo-like tactics ICE increasingly uses” (10-14-25), and later chortled, “It’s been a treat to see” costumed-protesters at “ICE detention sites across the U.S.… facing off against police and national…

By District 7 State Sen. Tim Reed | R-Brookings Crossover day is one of the most important milestones of the legislative session. It is the deadline by which most bills must pass one chamber to remain alive. In a short session, it forces clarity. Bills either have the votes to…

By Roberta Anderson | Brookings Area Indivisible Mission of Indivisible: The mission of the Brookings Area Indivisible (BAI) is to defend democracy by direct, nonviolent action. Purpose of Indivisible: BAI is a non-partisan group of volunteers dedicated to preserving democracy, promoting education, respect, decency, science and truth. We are dedicated…

I heard a journalist use the phrase “antediluvian theocracy” the other day. I had some general notion of what a theocracy was, but wasn’t remembering what the word antediluvian meant. Looking it up, I discovered it means the time period between the biblical “fall” and the biblical “flood.” The journalist…

By Shaun Sarvis | Huron Plainsman This column began 50 years ago when Jeannette Lusk had the foresight to invest approximately two million dollars into an offset printing press that would deliver the printed word for decades to come. If you aren’t familiar with Mrs. Lusk, she was a charter…