This administration is preparing to implement an immigration plan that could provide legal protection for up to 5 million illegal immigrants and give them work permits as well. This seems like a lot of rule-breaking, but what are the rules, and just who is the one breaking the rules? Well, the answers are easy to find when we study the rulebook…

Make them bake cake! That’s the verdict of an administrative judge in the case of Oregon bakers Aaron and Melissa Klein. The couple, who became the brave face of America’s religious liberty clash, were informed yesterday by the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries that in the battle over marriage, their First Amendment rights no longer counted.

Studies suggest that those who watch reality shows tend to view what they see as the “norm.” Thus, those who watch shows characterized by lying, aggression and meanness not only come to see such behavior as acceptable but find it entertaining. It’s a phenomenon called “humilitainment,” a term coined by media scholars Brad Waite and Sara Booker to refer to the tendency for viewers to take pleasure in someone else’s humiliation, suffering and pain.

The Bergdahl swap will no doubt go down in history as one of America’s darkest hours. We traded so much more than men. We traded our integrity as a nation. A poignant image surfaced last year that depicted his exchange and homecoming with complete precision. In it a soldier’s boots are seen crossing the Atlantic, using American flag-draped coffins for footing. Caption: Bergdahl makes his way home.

To cry peace, peace, when there is no peace, as the Jewish prophet, Jeremiah, taught long ago, is not an expression of hope but a foolish and dangerous abrogation of reality. It dulls the mind and the aspiration of a nation, which then becomes lost and blinded under a veritable veil of deception.

The First Amendment is a beautiful thing isn’t it? It’s the cornerstone of a free society. It gives us the right to speak as we please and worship as we choose – or not at all. But don’t kid yourself. Not everyone values equally the right to all forms of worship and expression.

The $3.99 trillion latest budget is available from the White House, and once again it is time to put on your rose-colored glasses. Apparently, when it comes to the budget and the economy, there’s Obama, and then there’s reality.

Depression and narcissism are the two extreme signs of the self-love coin. When we gauge our self worth by worldly achievement and public adoration, failure can be fatal.

These are some of the important bills being considered today by the South Dakota Legislature. They include bills dealing with abortion, student privacy rights, government mandates on employers, concealed carry permits, over regulation, domestic abuse and the homosexual agenda, and tax increases.