Opinion Articles
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Between the Lines: Things to discuss around the cracker barrel Saturda...
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
I received an e-mail from the governor on Monday. Not from his place of employment – you know, that office in the Capitol building in Pierre.This came from him via his campaign office, “Da...
MyStoryYourStory: Beginnings, middles and ends
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
While waiting in Room 8309 on the hospital’s eighth floor, I start to fidget. This is not your typical hospital room in which patients stay an extended time. It’s a starker, stripped down...
Pierre Reports: A busy week in Pierre
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
Education and collective bargaining rights caused much debate this week’s legislative session. It seems that each year brings new ideas and ways to “fix” South Dakota’s educati...
Writer's Block: A storyteller is silenced
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
Editor’s Note: This column originally ran in the Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan.——On his 17th birthday, Darrel Christopherson joined the U.S. Navy. The Vermillion teenager was so...
Pulpit Reflections: The pursuit of love should continue after marriage...
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
Perhaps you have heard the phrase: “marriage” it’s not a word but a sentence, a life sentence. Or “marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore, marriage is an institution...
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Letters: Trepidation
Published: Friday, February 17th, 2012
Dear Governor Daugaard and members of the South Dakota Legislature,We are writing you today on behalf of the South Dakota Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (SD-ACDA) to express our...
