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Blogging has been off lately - yeah, of course, the holidays, right? That hasn’t been too bad…but the touch of pneumonia has been another story. Things are on the upswing…and hopefully will continue to be so.

Santayana And History

Faithful reader Gary writes in to offer a mild correction to this post of mine on Churchill and the study of history. I?ve just read your post for December 19th on Winston Churchill and I feel I must digress and...

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....

Why should we be surprised?

SDP Jazz Note: The Bible of Jazz

I have frequently mentioned my friend Ken Laster, DJ at WHUS in Storrs, Connecticut, and host of my favorite radio show/podcast, In The Groove: Jazz & Beyond. I listened to Ken's holiday post yesterday, on the way back from Arkansas....

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...

Waterboarding: The Adult Speaks

Mark Bowden has a rare sober and cogent analysis of the use of waterboarding as a means of coercing information from terror suspects. Bowden is responding to critics of his position that waterboarding is acceptable in rare circumstances. His conclusion...

Prince of the Ozarks

Todd Epp and Pat Powers have some kind of inside joke of "Prince of the Ozarks. So I thought I would promote a 2008 event that is happening in the Ozarks: Aside from the incredible beauty of the rolling Ozark...

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?

Friday Morning Linkage

Recalculating

The search for Yaser Abdel Said

South Dakota Blogs

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

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

Obnoxious South Dakota

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

A challenge from Stan's employee

Pat Powers is a liar?

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

Why America's in the Gulf

Change is coming....

More Holiday Cheer!

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

The Case For Thompson

Pander Bear

Cultural Marxists and hate crimes

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

New Blog Added

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Cultural Marxism and witchcraft

American Blogs