https://redstate.com/author/stu-in-sd/feedConservative News & Politicsen-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 19:54:49 -0400<![CDATA[Using the manufactured crisis of the “scamdemic,” the Democrats have been pushing gargantuan spending bills since The Hologram entered the Oval Office in January. Currently at issue is a $3.5 trillion measure that they advertise as being focused on “social welfare and family aid.” HuffPo refers to it as a “’human’ infrastructure bill” that Democrats seek to pass through budget reconciliation (the reconciliation process is explained here in detail) in order to get around the Republican filibuster in the US Senate by requiring only a simple majority vote instead of the normal 60 votes needed:]]>Wed, 28 Jul 2021 09:30:51 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[debt ceiling]]><![CDATA[Democrat Party]]><![CDATA[RINOs]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/28/use-the-debt-ceiling-to-stop-the-democrats-in-their-tracks-n417196<![CDATA[This is the seventh in a series of articles from FreedomFest 2021, an annual libertarian-oriented conference hosted by Dr. Mark Skousen, an economist and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University in California. This article covers a panel discussion on The Hologram’s America Last agenda and its adverse effects on businesses. The panel included Alex Salter (associate professor of economics at Texas Tech University), Hannah Cox (libertarian-conservative writer, activist, and commentator), Guy Bentley (director of consumer freedom at Reason Foundation), and moderator Elizabeth Nolan Brown (senior editor at Reason magazine).]]>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:30:23 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[The Hologram]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/24/freedomfest-2021-bidens-anti-business-agenda-n415597<![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of articles from FreedomFest 2021, an annual libertarian-oriented conference hosted by Dr. Mark Skousen, an economist and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University in California. This year’s venue is Rapid City, SD (God’s country), a short distance from Mount Rushmore. This article covers a panel discussion about freedom (or lack thereof) in Communist China with a panel consisting of Director of External Relations—Asia Pacific for the Acton Institute Li Zhao Schoolland, technology futurist and co-founder of the Discovery Institute George Gilder, and author and moderator Joshua Philipp of Epoch Times.]]>Fri, 23 Jul 2021 13:30:55 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[ChiComs]]><![CDATA[China]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/23/freedomfest-2021-the-great-wall-of-china-debate-n415057<![CDATA[This is the third of my FreedomFest 2021 articles. Breakout session number two is being moderated by Mark Skousen with a panel that included Patrick Newman (professor of economics at Florida Southern and a member of the Mises Institute; also, editor/translator of Rothbard’s fifth volume of “Conceived in Liberty”, Anastasia Boden (Pacific Legal Foundation), and John Norton Moore (professor at Univ of Virginia, in absentia).]]>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 16:30:19 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Libertarian]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/22/murray-rothbard-on-the-us-constitution-conceived-in-liberty-or-a-constitutional-coup-n414278<![CDATA[Greetings from FreedomFest 2021 in Rapid City, South Dakota! This is the first of several posts covering selected sessions at the “greatest libertarian conference in the world” (according to Founder Mark Skousen). The below is an excerpt from their press release from today to give you an idea of what this is all about:]]>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 09:30:41 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[democratic socialism]]><![CDATA[Libertarian]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/22/mark-skousen-at-freedomfest-2021-my-most-successful-technique-to-change-the-minds-of-students-about-socialism-n414250<![CDATA[Military institutions are being destroyed from the inside out by critical race theory – by design! SECDEF Lloyd Austin and the rest of his racist crew have been on a mission for months, as previously reported here, here, here, and here. That last one targets my Navy, but even closer to home is the cultural rot that has been cultivated and promoted at my alma mater, the US Naval Academy. The cancel culture there failed in an attempt to cashier a midshipman for protected speech with which they didn’t agree (as previously reported here in the last of a series of articles exposing the perfidy of USNA “leadership;” MIDN Standage graduated and was commissioned on time with the rest of his class). But their defeat doesn’t mean that the cultural Marxists who tout critical race theory among the faculty and elsewhere at the Academy have magically changed their tune, no siree.]]>Thu, 15 Jul 2021 09:30:41 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Critical Race Theory]]><![CDATA[cultural Marxism]]><![CDATA[Military]]><![CDATA[US Navy]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/15/us-naval-academy-full-speed-ahead-on-critical-race-theory-n410697<![CDATA[In Montana, as in much of the rest of the country, conservative freedom-loving people have been meeting in churches, hotel/motel convention rooms, and household kitchens with increasing frequency since the beginning of the year. They have been discussing every facet of the encroaching socialist-Marxist agenda and the loss of traditional American values, especially liberty. Everyone at these meetings knew that nothing that had been done so far had effectively stopped, or even meaningfully slowed, the Left’s drive toward an all-powerful central government and its dubious promises of their version of “safety” and “equality” – the same kinds of promises that have led to the rise of every totalitarian government in modern history. Something new had to be done, and quickly.]]>Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:30:34 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Tenth Amendment]]><![CDATA[The Federalist]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/14/restore-liberty-one-new-group-is-attempting-to-save-america-by-bringing-out-an-old-strategy-n410443<![CDATA[It was very likely Celeste Wallander, a former National Security Council staffer for The One, and her smile gives it away. Perhaps the reason she is smiling these days is that she is The Hologram’s nominee for assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs.]]>Tue, 13 Jul 2021 18:30:40 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Fiona Hill]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/13/who-was-the-leaker-who-fingered-general-flynn-n409487<![CDATA[We are seeing an increase in black Americans expressing disagreement with the woke culture and recognizing the damage it is doing. Back on 9 May, a retired Marine friend weighed in on the dangers of woke culture being forced on the military. Here is his take on the negative impact of woke activist-athletes who might seek to use the upcoming Olympics as their platform. His insights are truly outstanding!]]>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 08:30:30 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/12/get-ready-for-the-wokest-olympics-ever-n408252<![CDATA[My wife and I visited her family in Montana over the Independence Day holiday (and beyond). I was interested in contrasting conditions and sentiments here with those back in South Dakota. My home state never shut down because of the ChiCom virus, thanks to a wise governor, Kristi Noem (R), who understood that the Bill of Rights trumps authoritarian mandates that infringe on those rights. And most South Dakotans (except for those Minnesota ex-patriots who bailed out of their People’s Republic to escape the Democrat-Farm-Labor Party’s draconian malarkey) sensibly took responsibility for their own health and welfare and acted accordingly, as should be the case for all Americans.]]>Thu, 08 Jul 2021 08:30:06 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[Greg Gianforte]]><![CDATA[Montana]]><![CDATA[South Dakota]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/08/a-little-americana-montana-style-n407496<![CDATA[Oh, I guess I misspoke, as the latest iteration of CAGW is “climate change” since the previous labels used by climate alarmists didn’t seem to have panned out for the climate alarmists in the public’s consciousness. Never mind, as the names are all of a piece in the Left’s never-ending quest to pervert science in order to control the US (and ultimately the world’s) economy. And you can bet your bippy that everything the alarmists breathlessly bleat is all aimed at convincing (scaring) people that the only way to “save the planet” is through government-mandated economic controls.]]>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:30:58 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[AGW]]><![CDATA[Climate Change]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/07/is-catastrophic-anthropogenic-global-warming-really-really-the-cause-of-the-great-pacific-northwest-heat-wave-n407111<![CDATA[A month ago, newly commissioned Ensign Cameron Kinley, USN, was denied permission to delay his military commission to play in the NFL for Tampa Bay by Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Harker. From the Secretary’s spokesman:]]>Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:30:05 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[The Hologram]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/07/05/usna-alumni-and-other-vets-push-back-on-marco-rubio-and-fox-news-grandstanding-about-ensign-cameron-kinley-and-the-nfl-n406537<![CDATA[FreedomFest 2021 will be held in Rapid City, SD, 21-24 July. And what better place to hold a libertarian-oriented conference than in South Dakota, one of the freest of free states in America? Except for a few local mask mandates, Gov. Kristi Noem has kept the state open for business throughout the past year. And she was right:]]>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 09:30:34 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Conservatism]]><![CDATA[Libertarian]]><![CDATA[South Dakota]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/29/freedomfest-2021-n404039<![CDATA[A 21st-century version of Lysenkoism has become the dominant pseudoscience of the American Left, with ever-changing theories associated with anthropogenic global warming having shaped Democrat control policies and crackpot economic schemes for over a generation.]]>Mon, 28 Jun 2021 09:00:30 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[AGW]]><![CDATA[climate alarmism]]><![CDATA[green new deal]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/28/a-scientist-scientifically-uses-science-to-debunk-global-warming-alarmist-pseudo-science-n403201<![CDATA[The Democrat-media complex have been hiding the unmitigated disaster that their open borders policy has become, thanks in part to The Hologram’s immediate repeal of President Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy. The deluge of illegal immigrants across the US southern border continues unabated, with projections of 2 million illegals having entered the country this year by the end of December according to Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA).]]>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:30:00 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Biden border crisis]]><![CDATA[Border Crisis]]><![CDATA[Doug Ducey]]><![CDATA[Greg Abbott]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/23/the-real-solution-to-the-border-crisis-n399316<![CDATA[On 6 April 2021, the Arkansas General Assembly passed Act 626 into law, overcoming Governor Asa Hutchinson&#8217;s veto less than 24 hours prior. The Act states that &#8220;a physician or other healthcare professional shall not provide gender transition procedures to any individual under eighteen (18) years of age,&#8221; nor refer any individual to another healthcare provider for the same purpose.]]>Mon, 21 Jun 2021 22:00:07 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Arkansas]]><![CDATA[cultural Marxism]]><![CDATA[gender dysphoria]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/21/this-transgender-lawsuit-will-go-to-the-us-supreme-court-n399312<![CDATA[In the early 1960s, Soviet-controlled East Germany was hemorrhaging people to the West, as Germans fled the Communists and the Stasi (the East German secret police). Berlin was located in East Germany but was partitioned after World War II into four sectors: a Soviet sector, and three sectors controlled by the Americans, British, and French. The blue districts in the below figure (those controlled by the Americans, the British, and the French) became “West Berlin,” while the red districts were called “East Berlin”:]]>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:30:29 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Communism]]><![CDATA[Domestic Terrorism]]><![CDATA[JFK]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/17/if-biden-wants-to-paint-trump-supporters-as-domestic-terrorists-ich-bin-ein-inlandischer-terroristischen-n397482<![CDATA[The National Education Association needs to be dismantled and repurposed from top to bottom. It has been totally taken over by cultural Marxists and social justice warriors. Is that over the top? Read on….]]>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:00:38 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[BLM]]><![CDATA[cultural Marxism]]><![CDATA[National Education Association]]><![CDATA[nea]]><![CDATA[public education]]><![CDATA[Woke]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/16/its-not-your-parents-national-education-association-n396724<![CDATA[Watch these three, short videos. No words are necessary.]]>Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:00:18 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]><![CDATA[G7]]><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]><![CDATA[The Hologram]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/13/biden-versus-trump-a-video-comparison-n396198<![CDATA[Planning ahead for a Republican-controlled Congress after the 2022 landslide, here is an amalgamation of planks in a conservative (ostensibly Republican) platform from a variety of sources. Frankly, I’d like to see most of these in a new “Contract with America” in order to help screen candidates for next year’s congressional elections.]]>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:00:43 -0400<![CDATA[Stu Cvrk]]><![CDATA[2022 Elections]]><![CDATA[Politics]]>https://redstate.com/stu-in-sd/2021/06/10/planks-for-a-new-contract-with-america-n394212