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Perhaps because the nominations still seem so much in the air, the Iowa caucus is receiving an unusual amount of criticism on procedural grounds. Some, but not all of this is fair. First this from Christopher Hitchens at Slate: It...

A challenge from Stan's employee

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 [...]

Bloomberg For President?

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is considering a run for presidency. I don't know what kind of an impact such an effort might have, although I suspect it would be minimal. The mayor is apparently being urged to run...

Happy New Year!

To all our readers! I hope everyone is having a great and safe celebration. Thanks to all of you. Without you, this site wouldn't be possible. May 2008 be a good one and best wishes to you and yours. UPDATE:...

Teacher Pay In South Dakota

The Argus editorializes in favor of higher teacher pay: This is how far behind we've fallen: There is no realistic raise in the amount of money spent on K-12 education that this year would vault South Dakota out of its...

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Why T.R. Claimed the Sea This relates to our current and future circumstances, as well as to an earlier posting concerning the sad decline of the Royal Navy. On Dec. 16, 1907, the 16 battleships of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet sailed from Hampton Roads, Va., on a 43,000-mile journey around the world. The occasion was immediately understood [...]

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...

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Romney promotes secular humanism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Fox GOP 'Forum' Thread 2

The Huck stops here

Sunday night roundtable: The Fox News/GOP debate

South Dakota Blogs

Things are going well.....

The Case For Thompson

Primary Reform

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

Bill Kristol Joins the Gray Lady

Waterboarding: The Adult Speaks

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Statistical Dead Head in Iowa

SDP Jazz Note: The Bible of Jazz

Intel Report Status

Reforming The Reform

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

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

Push-Polling in Iowa

I Admit That Ioway I Owe A Lot To You

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