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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…?” [...]

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

Statistical Dead Head in Iowa

A new McClatchy-MSNBC poll shows a statistical dead head in Iowa in the Democratic presidential race and a shift in the Republican race. John Edwars leads with 24%, followed by Sen. Hillary Clinton with 23%. Since the last poll in...

America's Challenge

I post this 2004 piece by Chuck Missler today as I believe it should be inspirational for the mission that I embark on for 2008. I hope you too: Our review of the final trend, America's Challenge, can be summarized...

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...

Do The Dakota Women Speak For Dakota Women?

This is the question posed by Mr. Powers. Does the site Dakota Women actually speak for the women of the Dakotas? He notices the preponderance of abortion/reproductive freedom talk at that site. Don't women care about more than these issues?...

Lesson From Pakistan: Foreign Policy Is Hard

When I teach American Foreign Policy this coming term I aim to stress one important point: foreign policy is hard. When attempting to set the nation's policy toward the world the president and other decision makers are faced with so...

What's New with the Blogs

Fox News bars Ron Paul

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Yon: The Battle Over Body Armor

The real loser last night

The search for Yaser Abdel Said

South Dakota Blogs

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

Pat Powers is a liar?

More Holiday Cheer!

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

Happy New Year

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

I Admit That Ioway I Owe A Lot To You

Cultural Marxism in Malaysia

Property Taxes Lead Issue For South Dakota Legislature

Study: Global Climate Unlinked from CO2

SanFran Nan: ?I?ll be good?later.?

Intel Report Status

Reflections on Iowa

Huckabysmal Ignorance 2

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

Slouching Toward Second Rate

Bloomberg For President?

No politics in this post...

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