Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is coming up January 18.  The day is set aside to recognize the sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death.  What can you do to uphold the sanctity of human life? “My name is Nathan. Several years ago, while in my mid-teens, I battled acute myloid leukemia. Stem cells from umbilical [...]

Imagine there’s no global warming. I can. Can you?          

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is coming up January 18.  The day is set aside to recognize the sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death.  What can you do to uphold the sanctity of human life? “After the car accident, I lapsed into a coma. I could still breathe, and I could swallow. But that [...]

This is raw video footage from the U.S. Coast Guard of the US Airways jet actually hitting the water in the Hudson River, and of the first moments after the crash. What an incredible landing!  Such a controlled landing in water is very rare.  The pilot must have had tremendous focus, concentration and skill to [...]

The Heritage Foundation recently released a couple of papers and videos on the importance of marriage. While this is not a surprise, they did so specifically in light of comments President-Elect Barack Obama has made regarding marriage. While Obama sends mixed signals (to say the least) on marriage, he has made statements that, if taken [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Mel Gibson’s movie “The Patriot” depicted the Battle of Cowpens, JANUARY 17, 1781, where American General Daniel Morgan had a line of militia fire into British General Cornwallis’ and Colonel Tarleton’s dragoons, regulars, Highlanders and loyalists. When the Americans retreated, the British pursued, only to be surprised by American [...]

When the change you get is a change back to the same old change you got 16 years ago, have things really changed much? So it is when Barack Obama wants change and sells change and claims change…but we get the Clinton administration all over again with one exception: no Bill Clinton  More of the [...]

  STAR PARKER FOUNDER & PRESIDENT COALITION ON URBAN RENEWAL & EDUCATION It’s ironic that Barack Obama chooses to infuse these opening days of his presidency with the imagery of Abraham Lincoln. I don’t think there could be two more different men. Understanding why may help us think about what to expect in the days [...]

From this week’s FocusAction weekly video update. Ashley discusses what it’s like for conservatives in Washington D.C. when liberals are in full control. Also, efforts to keep tax dollars from being used to fund abortions. Religious freedom is also under fire, specifically in the aggressive push of the homosexual agenda.  Churches and other religious organizations [...]

Topics in today’s show: –Demand for inauguration rentals in DC lower than expected –Al Franken’s continued Senate struggle –New York Times sells ad space on front page –Brett Michaels says he’s done with “Rock of Love” –Jim Carrey talks Prozac Starring: Jodi Miller Director: Bruce Roundtower Executive Producer: Matthew Sheffield NewsBusted is a comedy webcast [...]

A great video for Religious Freedom Day from the Acton Institute. As the video asks,   – Should the abolitionists have kept their Christian faith out of the struggle against slavery? – Should Martin Luther King Jr. have kept his Christian faith out of the struggle for civil rights? – Should those who fought against [...]

Another hurdle for the proposed Big Stone II power plant near Milbank, SD has been cleared. The plant is expected to generate  580 megawatts of electricity, half of which would be provided to customers in Minnesota.  The Argus Leader reports the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has  approved the transmission lines needed for the project.  However, the commission [...]

From OneNewsNow comes word that media analyst Colleen Raezler from the Culture and Media Institute says the “mainstream” media has a blatant double-standard on two pastors invited to speak at President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration–evangelical Rick Warren and open homosexual V. Gene Robinson. I know, you’re as shocked as I am that the media would be anything less than [...]

Jericho, the fantastic CBS series that was canceled, brought back, then canceled again, may end up going to the big screen, according to Sci Fi Wire and iF Magazine. Jericho premiered more than two years ago on CBS. The show was about a small Kansas town called Jericho and what happened to the people there [...]

CNS News reports President-Elect Barack Obama’s Interior Secretary nominee Senator Ken Salazar intends to restore the only-recently-lifted ban on some offshore drilling for oil. (Sigh) I wonder how long it will take for the regular Americans who were duped into voting for Obama (because of the enthusiasm, euphoria, etc.) to realize they have made a terrible, [...]

  According to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Senator John Thune supports Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman’s lawsuit challenging Democrat Al Franken’s dubious recount win for the U.S. Senate race in Minnesota. There are both similarities and differences between the Coleman/Franken race, and Senator Thune’s unsuccessful race against Senator Tim Johnson in 2002. At the end [...]

Even before the historic event, the celebration of Obama’s innauguration is upstaging MLK.  (It kind of puts me in mind of when Elton John tossed aside Marilyn Monroe and re-devoted his ode “Candle In the Wind” to the Princess.) “For some, inauguration a time to reflect, not work“  

Sanctity of Human Life Sunday is coming up January 18.  The day is set aside to recognize the sanctity of human life, from conception to natural death.  Doctors can be wrong, and life doesn’t always turn out like we expected.   What can you do to uphold the sanctity of human life? “This is Joe, [...]

  It’s difficult to get a grasp on reality when the world is becoming nothing more than a political spin machine. A spin machine that seems intent on convincing us that up is down and west is east and might even suggest (if it fit the need of the moment) that the Beatles actually came [...]

  Human trafficking has received a lot of attention in South Dakota in the past couple of months, and it appears the South Dakota legislature may be preparing to do something about it. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader did a lengthy expose on human trafficking in South Dakota in December with a series of articles. [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Jefferson’s Article of Religious Freedom, which he commemorated on his tombstone, was passed JANUARY 16, 1786, in the Virginia Assembly. In it, Jefferson wrote: “Almighty God hath created the mind free, and…all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments…tend only to begat habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are [...]

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /Standard Newswire/ — The following text is a proclamation by President Bush — Religious Freedom Day, 2009: Religious freedom is the foundation of a healthy and hopeful society. On Religious Freedom Day, we recognize the importance of the 1786 passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. We also celebrate the first [...]

In these tough financial times, South Dakota is contemplating tightening seat belt laws with an eye on $5.2 million in one-time federal dollars that would come as a result.    Currently people can be cited for failure to use a seatbelt, but only if they are stopped for another offense.  In order to receive the [...]

Thanks to Gay Christian Movement Watch and Independent Conservative, I learned today that Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church complimented President-Elect Barack Obama’s decision to invite the openly homosexual priest V. Gene Robinson to say a prayer at his inauguration. According to the Boston Herald, In a statement late Monday, Warren complimented Obama’s decision to invite [...]

The Rapid City Journal provides the schedule for this year’s legislative crackerbarrel meetings. They will be on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  Dates:  Jan 24, Jan 31, Feb 21 and March 7 in the South Dakota School of Mines Didier Educational Center in the Classroom Building.    In addition to the Q&A session [...]