This week, in an article at Salon.com, I was named, along with Tim Tebow, as one of five Christian “hipsters” trying to make fundamentalism look cool. Fundamentalism is defined in Webster’s 1828 dictionary as “a leading or primary principle, rule, law or article, which serves as the ground work of a system; essential part; as the fundamentals of the Christian faith.”

Breitbart highlights the latest Gallup results which found the overwhelming majority of the uninsured aren’t interested in this socialist scam known as ObamaCare in the first place. So Democrats trampled the U.S. Constitution and people’s religious and general freedom, and “Republicans” shamelessly caved on their stated principles…all for this???

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli and Bishop E.W. Jackson ran on the GOP ticket in Virginia for governor and lieutenant governor, respectively, and lost this past week. So why did they lose, and what does that loss mean for the GOP, for Virginians, and for the American people?

Glenn Beck did an interesting segment a couple of days ago on the Virginia gubernatorial race, the “libertarian” spoiler in that race, and the propaganda being manufactured and spread like manure by the RINO establishment of the GOP about the Tea Party. He had on his show John Cardillo, President of PsyID which specializes in social media and actionable intelligence. They gather their intelligence primarily not through polling, but by playing “fly on the wall” and monitoring social media discussions.

South Dakota’s fourth grade and eighth grade scores for math and reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress have remained steady since the test was first administered in the state in 2002. South Dakota’s eighth grade math and reading scores on the recently released 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress remain above the national average.

Music legends Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will appear on the Mount Rushmore’s American Pride float in the 87th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®. “We’re excited to have such a well-known artist perform on our float this year. Joan Jett is a legend in rock music, especially among the generation of visitors South Dakota is looking to attract,” said South Dakota Department of Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen.

I’ve written on the death penalty a number of times because there are few issues more pertinent to the health of a society, and few circumstances where the opportunity to demonstrate or diminish the value of innocent human life are in such sharp focus. Dennis Prager has some interesting an compelling things to say about the death penalty.

A man known as Josh Billings, one of the leading American humorists during the second half of the nineteenth century, once said this: “It ain’t what a man don’t know that makes him a fool…It’s all the things he does know…that just ain’t so.” I think we can heartily agree that it’s a problem when a man or woman takes action based on beliefs that are flawed. It’s really a recipe for disaster.