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Yesterday?s Dave Kranz column included this: A Web site to help hold state government accountable? That is what Lee Breard, director of the South Dakota Conservative Action Council, is offering. He says that is the goal of the new information...

Huckabysmal Ignorance 2

Intrepid reader Blarney Bob, who is determined to keep me honest in spite of myself, had this to say about my post on the Rendezvous rib joint in Memphis: It is Nathan Bedford Forrest and he was the first grand...

Bankers: Recession in the Offing

Morgan Stanley issues full US recession alert Morgan Stanley has issued a full recession alert for the US economy, warning of a sharp slowdown in business investment and a “perfect storm” for consumers as the housing slump spreads. In a report “Recession Coming” released today, the bank’s US team said the credit crunch had started to inflict [...]

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

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...

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

Bill Kristol Joins the Gray Lady

Ed Morrissey: Are They That Afraid Of Bill Kristol?

Huckabysmal Ignorance on Pakistan

The Washington Post has a good test of the various candidates for President: how they reacted to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Here is the summary of results: THE ASSASSINATION of Benazir Bhutto presented U.S. presidential candidates with a test:...

What's New with the Blogs

Cultural Marxism and witchcraft

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

French Calm As Cars Burn

The Arlen Specter of the South weighs in on behalf of John McCain

More late night politicking: Hillary on Letterman tonight

South Dakota Blogs

McGovern on '72, '80, and '08

Building A Better Election

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

The Case For Thompson

Keloland backtracks on Heidepriem setup

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

Bloomberg For President?

Assault on free speech

Laptops, REED, and highways

Statistical Dead Head in Iowa

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

Reflections on Iowa

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

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

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

Plutocracy and secular humanism

Second Aquash Murder Trial Set for June

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

American Blogs