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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...

Mrs. Clinton on Pakistan

Last week, observers were quick to jump on Mike Huckabee for his response to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He offered "apologies" to Pakistan (later clarifying he meant "condolences") and then placed Afghanistan on Pakistan's eastern border rather than western....

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

The Denver Post joins Ken Blanchard, USA Today, and South Dakota party officials in advocating regional primaries. Excerpt: Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, the Democratic Party presidential nominee in 1988, describes the current system as "nuts." Few Americans living outside...

Ron Paul On The Civil War

OK, this is very late, but that's what Christmas vacation can do to you. A couple weeks ago Ron Paul was on Meet The Press when he was asked about comments he had made about the Civil War and the...

Abortion and Cultural Marxism

Pat Powers put up an interesting post has he pointed out the Dakota Women web site going after Shantel Krebs. Here is an excerpt from Dakota Women: The Krebs MO: promoting an agenda of women?s equality in business?not to be...

Current politics has gone astray

Donald Simmons, director of the George and Eleanor McGovern Center for Leadership and Public Service in Mitchell, is in Iowa this week and said this in yesterday?s Mitchell Daily Republic: While watching the events of the past two days unfold...

Laptops, REED, and highways

Bob Mercer has a report in today?s Mitchell Daily Republic that shows the expensive laptop program of Governor Rounds is not improving school performance. And as Rounds propose to spend millions more in Higher Ed?s Internet (that the general public...

Religion Becomes Bigger ?Non-issue? in GOP Race

A couple of items out on this today, firstly concerning Huckabee performing a good demonstration of Orwellian double-speak. Huckabee Questions Mormons’ Belief One has got to assign credit where credit is due. In this case, Huckabee Finn floats a statement that, “Shucks, gee-whiz, I don’t know nuttin’ about Romney’s religion…but ain’t they the ones that say…?” [...]

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DBA was propaganda?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Thursday Night Link Depot

Horton hears a boo

Lame Duck Watch: President Bush ?exploring economic stimulus package?

South Dakota Blogs

Lesson From Pakistan: Foreign Policy Is Hard

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

Bill Kristol Joins the Gray Lady

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

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

No Illusions About Pakistan

The Gay Divorcee

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

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

Pander Bear

Santayana And History

Blognote

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Study: Global Climate Unlinked from CO2

A Bhutto Successor

Benazir Bhuto

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

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

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