Opinion

During his 1980 debate with then-President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan famously asked Americans whether they were better off than they’d been four years earlier. That question has been a measuring stick for elected officials ever since.

MATTHEW 6: 28-34 "Why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Just about 4000 years ago, Chinese writings explained the medicinal powers of what is now called cannabis or marijuana, describing its properties to help arthritis, gout, malaria, nausea and psychological stress.

I’m writing this on the morning after while it’s fresh on my mind. Betsy, who is nursing a sore back thanks to my boat piloting mishap, is on the sofa behind me working at her laptop. It all began the afternoon of Monday, May 13th.

MARK 19:45 "For even the son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many."(KJV) What is Jesus saying about Himself ? He is saying that He did not come to this world to have some one teach to Him the things that He already knows.

Wagner Rotary members were greeted by a different President on May 15th for their weekly meeting. Rotarian Bill Frei, a former president was standing in for current president Jerry Weber as the weather was sunny and warm. Jerry needed to get in the fields.

“A President of the United States, the most adored movie star in filmdom, Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey – all gathered here together could not have attracted half the crowd nor a millionth of the cheering that greeted Colonel Charles A.

In some states, visitors are rushed, tourists are looked down upon, and out-of-staters are simply ignored. In South Dakota, we do things differently. We pride ourselves on making new friends, and it shows.

Did you know that an average South Dakotan male lives to 75-years-of-age, and the average woman lives to 80? Why is that? Is it because we men are more prone to violent deaths early by going to war, riding motorcycles or driving cars faster? Nah!

I hate admitting I was a fool as I generally see myself as a fairly cautious guy, but last week I nearly fell victim to a computer scam.