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If Jazz if America's great contribution to music, and the Europeans certainly think it is, Barbecue is America's great contribution to the global kitchen. The best pork ribs I have ever tasted in a restaurant were served to me Thursday...

More RC Mayor Stuff - On the net, and in the paper.

Populism versus power elites

The Argus Leader editorial board again brings up the Republican/Democrat love feast that we have in the South Dakota Senate: The parallels between the South Dakota Senate's Republican and Democratic leaders almost are as easy to see as the differences:...

Clean up our act, or more inflation? Inflation wins!

Bank of England and Fed act to ease crisis The Bank of England this afternoon announced it is clubbing together with its fellow central banks to conduct a major rescue operation for the world’s stricken money markets. In an unprecedented move, the Bank said it and the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, the European [...]

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

Study: Global Climate Unlinked from CO2

Sun, Not Man, Main Cause of Climate Change, New Study Says The Chief has been following the science on this for some time. In spite of the scientific mantle assumed by the IPCC, its much-ballyhooed major “scientific” paper cited ad nauseum by AlGor and others selectively ignored science that ran counter to its pre-determined and [...]

Benazir Bhuto

The assassination of Ms. Bhutto may well be the tragedy that finally brings down the Musharraf regime. It is certainly a great blow to U.S. policy, since we "brokered" her return. From the Washington Post: Bhutto's assassination leaves Pakistan's future...

More Holiday Cheer!

Crisis may make 1929 look a ‘walk in the park’ This piece from The London Telegraph’s ace reporter/commentator Ambrose Evans-Pritchard will do nothing to calm your economic nerves, but then again, it looks more and more like it’s time to be as alarmed as we have sense to be. This is only the [...]

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Pat Powers is a liar

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

New Year's Supertankers

Happy New Year...

Ringing in 2008

South Dakota Blogs

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

The Higher Ed scam

A challenge from Stan's employee

Much ado... Much ado...

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

Statistical Dead Head in Iowa

Government accountability

A global example

Things are going well.....

Slouching Toward Second Rate

SD Delegation Had A Good Year

McGovern on '72, '80, and '08

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

One vote on deck for South Dakotans' view on immigration, Herseth Sandlin votes NO.

Santayana And History

Tolerance of a Christian Nation

No Illusions About Pakistan

American Blogs