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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 [...]

A Few Other Notes on the Primaries

The Republican candidates are off to Wyoming on Saturday. Everybody thinks that the Granite State is next in line on Tuesday, but Wyoming holds its caucus on Saturday. It's getting very little attention, but some candidates are taking it seriously:...

SD Regents go anti-gun

HB 1086 is being proposed for the 2008 South Dakota legislature at the request of the Board of Regents. Here is the content: FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to extend to postsecondary campuses certain protections relating to the possession...

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Peggy Noonan on Huckabee's Victory

Today's OpinionJournal piece by Peggy Noonan, "Out With the Old, In With the New" makes a key point about Huckabee's win last night in Iowa: From the mail I have received the past month after criticizing him in this space,...

Building A Better Election

A couple days ago I noted the virtues of Fred Thompson as a candidate. Now Glenn Reynolds directs us to this piece that argues that Fred Thompson is the only sane candidate as he is the only one dismissive towards...

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

SDP Jazz Note: 2007 Obituaries

The past year saw the passing of a number of great jazz artists. Ken Laster does a nice tribute to them at In The Grove: Jazz and Beyond. You can hear selections from Oscar Peterson, Max Roach, Alice Coltrane, Michael...

What's New with the Blogs

Populism versus globalism

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Duncan Hunter Counterattacks

Incorrect change

Bush to expand housing bailout, Baltimore to sue mortgage lenders

South Dakota Blogs

Mrs. Clinton on Pakistan

Do The Dakota Women Speak For Dakota Women?

Much ado... Much ado...

TAR Camp is almost here.... Are you signed up?

McGovern, Impeachment, and The Constitution

Obama, McCain Ahead in New Hampshire

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

Change is coming....

Britain Off-limits - to the Brits!

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

On The Religious Right...And Left

Romney Takes Wyoming

Romney promotes secular humanism

Change is nearly upon us....

Things are going well.....

Bloomberg For President?

Pro-family goes to Huckabee and Paul

More Holiday Cheer!

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