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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...

Primary Reform

The national party organizations have actually tried to impose some discipline on the state party organizations this year, which I believe is unprecedented, and may mean that serious reform is coming down the pike. Of the two parties, the Democrats...

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 [...]

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Cory Heidelberger has brought up the issue of plutocracy, and I believe that is an issue we need to understand and more fully discuss. Tony Dean has a post covering Brad Redlin?s, director of the Izaak Walton League's agricultural programs,...

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

Bank of England and Fed act to ease crisis The Bank of England this afternoon announced it is clubbing together with its fellow central banks to conduct a major rescue operation for the world’s stricken money markets. In an unprecedented move, the Bank said it and the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Canada, the European [...]

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...

Iowa Interpreted 2

How you read the results in Iowa depends a lot on how you read the New Hampshire primary and other contests, in advance. See Fred Barnes: Let's start with Obama. Pre-Iowa, polls showed him trailing Clinton in New Hampshire. He's...

More Holiday Cheer!

Crisis may make 1929 look a ‘walk in the park’ This piece from The London Telegraph’s ace reporter/commentator Ambrose Evans-Pritchard will do nothing to calm your economic nerves, but then again, it looks more and more like it’s time to be as alarmed as we have sense to be. This is only the [...]

What's New with the Blogs

Romney promotes secular humanism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Fox GOP 'Forum' Poll

My impressions of tonight's debate

Those debate rating doo-hickey thingy things

South Dakota Blogs

Graves not decided

Why should we be surprised?

New Hampshire GOP withdraws support

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

SDP Jazz Note: 2007 Obituaries

DMR Poll Puts Huckabee, Obama At Top

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

Laptops, REED, and highways

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Cultural Marxists and hate crimes

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

Abortion and Cultural Marxism

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

Reforming The Reform

Do The Dakota Women Speak For Dakota Women?

The Gay Divorcee

Study: Global Climate Unlinked from CO2

Santayana And History

American Blogs