Secretary of State Jason Gant has issued the Economic Report for the 2nd quarter of 2012 based on corporate registration data from the South Dakota Secretary of State’s office, as well as other leading economic indicators for South Dakota business activity.

Shallow minds we have thinking November is about the next four years. No. This is about the remnants of our productive lives. This election will define our productive lives. It will set the tone. We can build the home of economic prosperity or sand and stain its casket. By choosing to keep what we have, we’ll live out what we deserve. As pollster John Zogby would say, we’ll remain, “college educated, not going anywhere.”

“If you want to change big things, you pay attention to small things.” That was how former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani described his approach to crimefighting to CSPAN during his tenure in office from 1994 to 2001. Called the broken windows theory, it was originated by James Wilson and George Kelling in a 1982 article for the Atlantic Monthly, “Broken Windows.” The idea is that cracking down on petty crime and even keeping streets cleaner will lead to an environment that fosters a decline in major crimes.

It’s not like it is the only mistake in my life, but my 2008 mistake was a mighty big one and not soon to be forgotten. In the year of the previous presidential election battle, I focused on Hillary Clinton and her campaign. I spent so much time reading, watching and listening to anything to do with Hillary’s adventures, that I rarely noticed what the Barack Obama candidate was up to.

Let’s put Rep Todd Akin’s (R-MO) stupid, naively foolish and grossly ill-timed statement aside so that we may delve into the possibilities of it all. I venture down this path since it just seems too pat, too quick with this slam the door shut reaction. And above all, it stinks as media glee sets the tone.

General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently criticized former military members for expressing their political opinion. I am ultra-surprised that now General Martin Dempsey wants to join the call to curtail the US Constitution’s guarantee of free speech. Dempsey’s comments were especially surprising, given the politicization to which the Obama Administration has subjected the military, and even encouraged among active duty military personnel.

Unaware of printing technology in China and Korea, Johannes Gutenberg invented the Western world’s first moveable type printing press. His masterpiece, the Gutenberg Bible, was printed AUGUST 24, 1455. No longer copied by hand and chained to pulpits, Bibles were mass produced. Unfortunately his business partner sued and took his rights.