When we ask the question whose to blame for the mess in our county, the most often stated response is that it is politicians. And while they bear a great responsibility, it goes deeper than that. I believe President James Garfield’s had it right in his 1876 Speech on the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

“The Cold War continues,” says retired US Navy Captain James A. Huff of Rapid City, an expert in naval intelligence who cut his teeth on Russian-American spying and surveillance activities spanning several continents near the end of the Soviet Era.

American Clarion recently submitted a list of questions to Stace Nelson, a fresh candidate for the South Dakota Senate in District 19. These questions focused primarily on bills that were considered in the 2016 legislative session, to develop an idea of how the candidate might have voted on these issues, were they in office at the time the bills were considered.

A groundbreaking new study from the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas provides state of the art data showing the benefits of school choice. The bottom line: When parents have choice where to send their child to school, their children perform better in reading and math tests.

What if I told you government’s only purpose is to secure your rights. That’s correct: our government’s purpose and mandate that God has ordained is so limited that all they are to do is protect the rights He has given you. That’s it! The Declaration of Independence presupposes that all men are created with unalienable rights, and that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men.

After leaving England on April 8, 1630, the Puritans arrived at Salem on June 12th. Salem was the place where Higginson along with a man named Skelton, had gone in 1629 after the charter was signed. They had taken two hundred Puritans with them.

All presidential options considered, the term, ‘lesser of two evils,’ has never been so fitting. At least with Trump, we know what we are getting, or at least we know that we don’t know.