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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...

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead

The Golden Globes award show is reportedly being canceled due to the writers' strike. Could this happen to the Academy Awards? I dare not even dream something so delicious.

Juno: Worth Seeing, And Seeing Again

I recall leaving the movie theater after seeing the fantastic Almost Famous and remarking to a friend, "I don't know what I just saw, but I know I just saw something really good." I had a similar reaction after having...

Change is nearly upon us....

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...

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:...

Think You Know Barack Obama? Think Again

This piece from the American Thinker gives some useful background on Barack Obama's radical past. As to his present, the author points out that Obama's church recently gave an award to Louis Farrakhan, the proto-fascist head of the Nation of...

Tax Reform Coming To The Legislature

As I indicated recently, property tax reform is going to headline this year's legislative session in Pierre. See this article from the American News for some background. You can ignore the bit about Jim Hundstad's threat of an income tax...

What's New with the Blogs

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

A Prize Fit for a King

In other sports news

We interrupt the campaign season for a border reality check

South Dakota Blogs

Britain Off-limits - to the Brits!

Ron Paul: A Bigot?

No politics in this post...

More Holiday Cheer!

Obama, McCain Ahead in New Hampshire

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Plutocracy, the Farm and Energy bills

Turnaround is fair play?

What the MSM doesn?t want you to know

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

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Change is coming....

Denver Post Advocates Regional Primaries

WSJ: The importance of a strong Navy

Pander Bear

Why should we be surprised?

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

American Blogs