Of the reported landing of the Mars Phoenix explorer last May, I made a prediction here at Dakota Voice that seems too have come to pass, right on time:   “I will go on record as predicting that within a few weeks or months at most, we will see headlines proclaiming the tantalizing discovery of evidence [...]

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.  While we usually think of women who suffer guilt from having had an abortion, men do, too.   What can you do to uphold the sanctity of human [...]

President-Elect Barack Obama’s  EPA administrator-designee Lisa Jackson was grilled on the theory of anthropogenic global warming at her confirmation hearing in the Senate yesterday. According to CNS News, she said   “If confirmed, I will serve with science as my guide,” That’s good, but then, the theory of man-made global warming is based on a whole [...]

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Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Lillian Kwon Christian Post Reporter Wed, Jan. 14 2009 05:51 PM EST The legal battle over Proposition 8 continues as numerous groups continue filing briefs for and against the California marriage amendment ahead of a state Supreme Court hearing. The Pacific Justice Institute, a non-profit legal defense organization [...]

This is a video from Senator John Thune’s new Senate YouTube channel. During an Ag Committee hearing, Senator Thune talks with Agriculture Secretary Nomminee Tom Vilsack about biofuels, fuel blends, fuel standards, EPA standards, etc. Vilsack is the former governor of Iowa and President-Elect Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Agriculture.    Other issues discussed were [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Eric Young Christian Post Reporter Wed, Jan. 14 2009 04:12 PM EST To most Americans, the recent request for a $5 million federal bail-out by leaders of the porn industry is something to laugh about. But for Larry Flynt, the publisher of Hustler magazine, and Joe Francis, the [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Martin Luther King, Jr. was born JANUARY 15, 1929. A minister like his father and grandfather, he pastored Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery and Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. He formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. On April 16, 1963, King wrote: “As the Apostle Paul carried the [...]

This is a very interesting video about some of the archaeological and geological finds around the Dead Sea in Israel, specifically in the area where the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah once existed.   It is interesting that in all the centuries that skeptics have been attempting to disprove the claims of the Bible, not one [...]

Focus on the Family’s Love Won Out conference to help homosexuals leave the homosexual lifestyle is set to be broadcast live on God TV starting January 16.   The conference has a message that says God does not want people to live that way, and that change is possible if they want it.   The event [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Aaron J. Leichman Christian Post Reporter Wed, Jan. 14 2009 01:17 PM EST A pregnant woman who discovered last week that she is carrying a rare form of conjoined twins has pledged not to abort them. Doctors say there is only about a 20 percent chance of [...]

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? What if we didn’t have to wait for a new Supreme Court decision? What if a windfall [...]

The liberals in Washington have a great plan for the economic mess: spending tomorrow’s stability on today’s problems caused by yesterday’s ineptitude. From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.

While thousands of people around the United States are paying the price for sexual irresponsibility with soaring rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), others are taking the tougher but higher road of sexual abstinence–with tremendous rewards. In addition to remaining disease-free, sexual responsibility provides many real-world benefits above and beyond a clear conscience. CitizenLink examines [...]

  While there is every indication that President-elect Barack Obama will close Club Gitmo, aka the terrorist POW camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,  we continue to see evidence that it has done us a service for national security and could continue to do so. Though some prisoners have been released about 250 remain.   In [...]

Reuters is reporting on the latest release from the Centers for Disease Control on Sexually Transmitted Diseases. I wrote yesterday about the increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases in South Dakota at my Red County blog, but it seems South Dakota isn’t the only place to see an increase.  Nationwide, STDs are skyrocketing. While the full report shows [...]

American Minute from William J. Federer Albert Schweitzer was born JANUARY 14, 1875, in a village in Alsace, Germany. A Lutheran pastor’s son and acclaimed for playing the organ, he earned doctorates in philosophy and theology, was pastor of St. Nicholai’s Church, principal of St. Thomas College, and professor at University of Strasbourg. Then, at [...]

  CitizenLink says one of the Focus on the Family experts, Glenn Stanton, will discuss kids and gender on the popular daytime TV talk show. Due to a variety of environmental factors, children can become confused about their sexuality, what their proper role is and how they should act.   Rather than indulge the child in [...]

Topics in today’s show: –Barack Obama moves to Washington –Al Qaeda mad at Obama –Joe the Plumber as war correspondent –New York faces coldest weather in 15 years –Amy Winehouse accused of smoking crack for breakfast Starring: Jodi Miller Director: Bruce Roundtower Executive Producer: Matthew Sheffield NewsBusted is a comedy webcast about the news of [...]

The South Dakota Family Policy Council just rolled out their newly redesigned website today.  You can view it here. The new site looks great, is easier than ever to navigate, and now has an RSS feed.  You can also sign up for their newsletter and legislative updates emails. In case you don’t know much about [...]

Fox News reports the U.S. House and Senate have launched their own YouTube channels.    You can see the House YouTube site here, and the Senate version here. There are also options to select leadership within those hubs, and to select the individual senators and representatives for your state. South Dakota doesn’t appear to have a channel for Senator [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Michelle A. Vu Christian Post Reporter Tue, Jan. 13 2009 01:02 PM EST WASHINGTON – As the Bush administration comes to a close, the department created by President George W. Bush to “level [the] playing field” for faith-based organizations seeking federal funding reflected on its strengths and weaknesses [...]

By Isaac MacMillen ALG News Bureau As Congress prepares to debate the Employee “Free Choice” Act (EFCA), supporters and opponents are lining up, ready to do battle over a bill which would profoundly impact the right of workers to market their own labor free of union compulsion At stake is Big Labor’s nefarious “card check” [...]

Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post By Josh Kimball Christian Post Reporter Mon, Jan. 12 2009 06:38 PM EST The largest single film festival grand prize of its kind was awarded over the weekend to a feature-length comedy adventure about one community’s efforts to keep a widow from losing her home. “We never saw this [...]

It’s been said that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and so it seems in the public arena. While making up only 2.9% of the American population, homosexuals are a very, very vocal minority. Unlike most Christians, they aren’t afraid to speak their mind and they aren’t afraid to loudly demand what they want. Subsequently, [...]