KOTA TV spotlights some ledger-demain by accountant Richard Barrington, who says North Dakota and South Dakota are the best states in America for young people aged 20 to 24 to get their start. The fact that Barrington thinks North Dakota…
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We're all clear by now that texting drastically impairs driving... right? But would you believe teens might be making our roads safer by adhering to the converse? Bouncing from Mark J. Perry to USA Today to the University of Michigan…
Speaking of young people not knowing how to have a good time, I chaperoned the Spearfish High School prom last night. No more than 10% of the students in attendance wore their expensive formal dresses and full tuxedos until the…
Yesterday I mentioned America's declining teen birth rates and wondered how that improvement squares with the cries of moral decline that we hear from our alarmist right-wing neighbors. That improvement is relative. Compare birth rates in the U.S. with our…
If you are one of the conservative culture warriors who is certain that America's moral fabric is unraveling, then how do you square your sense of doom with the news that the U.S. teen birth rate is at an all-time…
If we're trying to identify the worst idea of the Legislative session, HB 1221 needs to get in line behind 10% budget cuts, corporate welfare, mandatory anti-abortion lectures, the personal gun mandate, and secession. Nonetheless, the stink of bigger turds…