Doug Allen column: Nearly all of your information is up for sale
The purpose of advertising is to sell us something. Today, the first thing many advertising platforms attempt to sell us…
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Doug Allen column: Technology is creating dumb people
At a recent Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London, Sophie Winkleman called for an evidence-based rethinking of the role…
Doug Allen column: Foodborne illnesses rise as cabinet expertise falls
A couple weeks ago I happened to be in a meeting where, in response to a routine “how’s it going”…
Doug Allen column: Free press presentation worth repeating
The most recent presentation at the Codington County Historical Society’s monthly History Club meeting featured board member Mark Roby discussing…
Doug Allen column: Words matter, so pay attention to them
In “On Writing,” American author Stephen King, identified the central connection between reading and writing. “If you don’t have the…
Doug Allen column: Striving for the common good
As Watertown continues its “Summer of Red, White and Blue” to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, I’ve been…
Doug Allen column: With all they know about us, are we really free?
This week America will celebrate her independence – on July 8, 250 years will have passed since Col. John Nixon…
Doug Allen column: Artificial intelligence draining us of actual intelligence
There’s been a lot in the news lately about further consolidation in the news media. You may know the names:…
Doug Allen column: Traveling is the best way to get educated
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustine of Hippo I…
Doug Allen column: Will machines rob us of the human experience?
The 2026 South Dakota Historical Conference featured a wide variety of topics of historical interest, as it usually does, but…
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