Monthly Archives: March 2012

The Leadership of the Boll Weevil

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

One of my favorite stories is about the destruction of the cotton industry in Southern Alabama around the turn of the 20th century: Beginning in about 1890 the Boll Weevil started what would be a 20 year migration from Mexico … Continue reading →

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Violence Against the Police

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

I remember drinking coffee on a Saturday morning in January 2011 while reading the Officer Down Memorial Page website.  It seemed like officers around the country were dying nearly every day that month.  I hadn’t seen that rate of L.E. deaths … Continue reading →

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House Bill 1248. Carrying Concealed Pistols

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

The South Dakota State Legislature just passed House Bill 1248, which will make a legal correlation between possessing a drivers license and carrying a concealed pistol.  I recently remarked in the Rapid City Journal that I thought the law was … Continue reading →

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