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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...

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,...

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

Fun, with Physics

Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything This in from this weekends Sunday Telegraph: An impoverished surfer has drawn up a new theory of the universe, seen by some as the Holy Grail of physics, which has received rave reviews from scientists…. …his proposal is remarkable because, by the arcane standards of particle physics, it does [...]

Teacher Pay And Teacher Recruitment

See this story in the American News about local schools struggling to recruit people to the teaching profession. Not surprisingly, pay is identified as a key variable: Officials attribute the shortage problem to teacher salaries that are at or near...

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

The Argus goes after State Government. Again.And the evil part of me hopes they succeed.

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?

Ron Paul Courts the Troofers Again

Imagine that

New Hampshire moves up primary to January 8

South Dakota Blogs

Be thankful for our Christian Nation

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

The Strategy that Beat Al Qaeda

SDP Jazz Note: NPR Jazz and Blues

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

Science supports religion

Sci-Fi TV: Heroes and Torchwood

Cory Responds

Should this bother us? RC Council votes to give Cabela's a carrot. A really, really expensive carrot.

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Change is coming....

Why should we be surprised?

Supreme Court set to Rule on DC Handgun Ban

SDP Jazz Note: Joe Lovano Coming to Sioux Falls

"Money is a good soldier, sir, and will on"

Iraqis Call on Christians to Come Home

Todd Epp quotes

Barry Bonds: Record Breaker

American Blogs