Yesterday the principal of Spanish River High School of Boca Raton attempted to kick off its premises nationally known Christian speaker/musician Bradlee Dean after his having been invited by the student group, “The American Club.” In this surprising move, on the actual day of the speaking event and with no notice, the principal acted arbitrarily since that same student club had invited other conservative speakers recently but without incident, including singer/entertainer Victoria Jackson.

Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) today announced he would be holding town hall meetings in Spearfish and Mobridge next week to discuss the recently passed tax relief package, the debt ceiling negotiations, and the need to cut spending in Washington.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way. It was supposed to be an easy integration of progressive thinking on human sexuality into the United States military. It would be the right thing to do. Despite the overwhelming protests from within its ranks, the administration pressed on with its agenda, and the military did what it always does: salutes and moves forward. Of course it hasn’t been easy. It hasn’t been progressive. And it isn’t right. But everything just got a little more complicated — make that: a lot more complicated.

From my mailbox today, the latest in exposure for our “Republican” South Dakota government officials who can’t seem to trust the citizens of their state to exercise their Second Amendment rights without government supervision.

Father Nathan Sparks of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Rapid City sent a great letter to the Rapid City Journal, published in the paper today. Thank God for clergymen like Fr. Sparks who fears God more than he fears men (or the tax man), who will boldly do what is right and not surrender to the intimidation of tyrants.

For most of the last century, leftists have been infiltrating positions of power in our local, state and federal governments, our schools and every major institution. With the extreme, homosexual pressure being brought against this Christian organization, we see that the Scouts are wavering.

It’s high time – no, it’s way, way past the time when “we, the people” should begin holding our politicians accountable for the mess this country is in. They blather on about how complex our problems are, but then why are they always able to figure out how to turn those problems to their advantage, either politically or personally?

Did you know that Senator John Thune (R-SD) and 21 other Republicans want women to be beaten? That seems to be what the New York Daily News wants you to think, with their vote against the Violence Against Women Act. It couldn’t have anything to do with any of the troublesome provisions of the bill, could it?