United States District Court Judge Karen E. Schreier, a President Bill Clinton appointee with ties to former Democrat Senator Tim Johnson, has taken it upon herself to attack the institution of marriage, the South Dakota Constitution, and pour contempt on the will of the people of South Dakota who voted in 2006 to affirm in our state constitution what every civilization throughout human history has understood instinctively: that marriage can only be formed by a man and a woman.

If you’ve followed the Arab-Israeli conflict at all in the past 20 years or more, you’ve no doubt heard the argument made by anti-Israel forces that the Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are the major barrier to peace in the Middle East. If we could just get those dirty Jews Israelis out of the occupied territories, peace and love would break out uncontrollably in the Middle East and there would finally be an end to the hostilities. But is it really true?

Really. What more needs be said?

There is an old saying that, “promises, like pie crust, are meant to be broken.” This may be somewhat cynical but when it refers to the promises made to Israel by the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, it is utterly apt.

The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on legislation that will fund the Department of Homeland Security with $39.7 billion, with separate amendments that reportedly would defund aspects of the President Barack Obama’s executive action to grant amnesty to 4.5 million illegal immigrants with U.S.-born children.

In the 2015 South Dakota Legislative session which begins tomorrow, 27 of the 35 senators are Republican. In other words, the Republican Party has a 77% supermajority in the South Dakota Senate. In the South Dakota House, 58 of the 70 legislators are Republican. In other words, the Republican Party has a 83% supermajority in the South Dakota House. Is there any reason why the Republican agenda should not pass with ease?

The real poverty of typical families is found neither in their low income nor in costly essential expenses but rather in not understanding their own cash flow. Regardless of income level, overspending causes poverty. Saving and budgeting produces wealth.

First off, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA-54%) is a seldom heard from California RINO with a less than stellar voting record. That is if our Constitution remains as the number one voting priority. Secondly, if he has to “understand why they,” the twenty-four dissidents, “voted the way they did,” well, I’m a retiree in far off Florida and I know why so what has blurred Nunes’ vision?