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Politico: "Two-thirds say they'll do it for a year's tuition. And for a few, even an iPod touch will do. That's what NYU students said they'd take in exchange for their right to vote in the next presidential election, a...

Funeral Picketing and Free Speech

The Phelpsians, God bless 'em, are a Baptist church consisting of about seventy-five stout souls. From Fox: The group believes that U.S. deaths in the Iraq war are punishment for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. They say they are entitled...

Inconvenient Economics

More of this…as previously reported by the Chief. Firstly, Mogambo Guru continuing to sound off in his imimitable style: More generous inflation protection Around here, governments are freezing open staff positions and trimming budgets, which is bad news for an economy that depends on government spending, like America’s. And so it seems natural that we learn from Bloomberg.com [...]

The Adlai Problem

Historian David Greenberg over at Slate wonders if Barack Obama is "just another high-toned liberal doomed to failure?" Excerpt: No one would deny the admirable side of the Mugwump inheritance: the policies it helped to implement, the idealism it represents,...

New Business In Aberdeen

Apparently Mike Rounds will be in Aberdeen on Monday for the announcement of the opening of a wind turbine plant in here. I understand the plant will start with 250 jobs paying around $15 and hour. Life is good in...

SDP Jazz Note: NPR Jazz and Blues

Check out NPR's Jazz & Blues page. It is a treasure house of contemporary and classic jazz. If you go to this page you can listen to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong singing Autumn in New York. As I have...

Second Amendment on the line

The biggest impact of John Thune?s 2004 victory over Tom Daschle is in regard to the makeup of the Supreme Court. Looks like next year that impact could be in saving the Second Amendment: The United States Supreme Court today...

What's New with the Blogs

America?s lost limited legacy

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Islamist Professor Sentenced to 11 Years

Is Stanford violating the Solomon Amendment, Part Three

New Hampshire moves up primary to January 8

South Dakota Blogs

The lying left on taxes

Much ado... Much ado...

Fun, with Physics

Supreme Court set to Rule on DC Handgun Ban

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

I wonder why we haven't seen that yet....

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Nope, no shame at all!

Change is coming....

STDs on the rise

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Cory Responds

Change is nearly upon us....

New Blog Added

The why's and wheretofores of the upcoming changes at the SDWC.

American Blogs