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Shedding tears as we shed our common sense on guns
It’s enough to make a grown man cry. And one of my friends did just that during a recent school board meeting here in Rapid City as he was trying to offer public comment about a pending board decision on guns in schools. Yes, guns in schools. How’s that for dissonance? Remember those “What doesn’t […]
The unsaid words that matter most in Noem’s feud with tribes
Words matter. And for Gov. Kristi Noem and her relationship with Native American tribes, two words could matter most of all: “I’m sorry.” I’ve been thinking about the importance of apologies and their potential value to state-tribal relations since the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe decided to ban the governor from tribal lands. Flandreau was the […]
What Noem’s shot heard around the world says about her approach to problems
Cricket might have turned out to be a fine hunting dog, or just a good companion. We’ll never know, because Kristi Noem killed her, with a shot years ago that is now being heard around the world of politics in South Dakota and beyond. At least, that’s one of the stories our governor tells in […]