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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.

Graves not decided

The Mitchell Daily Republic did cover Representative Mike Vehle?s official announcement that he is running for district 20 Senate. They also reported that Dr. Joseph Graves has not officially made a decision, as they mentioned the newly adopted policy that...

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

The Dead Shall Rise Again

This is not one of Blanchard's zombie posts. Fox News is calling New Hampshire for Hillary Clinton, as I see Prof. Blanchard notes below. Being humble I will not point out that both Prof. Blanchard and I (see here and...

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...

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,...

Huckabee Finn Tries Tom Sawyer Maneuver

Huckabee’s Nutty Flip-Flop One of the most vivid incidents in Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer was the inimitable fence-painting incident (commemorated annually in Twain’s boyhood home of Hannibal, MO - but I digress) in which Tom managed to present the job in such a light to his passing friends that they ended up “bribing” him to do [...]

What the MSM doesn?t want you to know

WorldNetDaily?s underreported 2007 top 10 list: 1. Developments moving U.S. and continent closer to a North American Union 2. Bush's refusal to pardon imprisoned Border Patrol Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who were prosecuted by the president's friend, U.S. Attorney...

What's New with the Blogs

Education is breaking the bank

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

GOP Post-Debate Open Thread

The battles within the debate

Here comes Housing Czarina Hillary to the rescue

South Dakota Blogs

On The Religious Right...And Left

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Political Poetry

Change is coming....

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

Things Fall Apart for Ms. Clinton

Headlines Worth Noting

Fraudulent Numbers on Iraqi Deaths

Romney promotes secular humanism

More News We Don't Want To Hear

Impeachment 2: A Reply to Professor Schaff

Huge Turnout in New Hampshire

Ron Paul: A Bigot?

McGovern embarrasses again

Dave Barry Does the Campaign

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Turnaround is fair play?

Think You Know Barack Obama? Think Again

American Blogs