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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 [...]

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Say one thing and vote another

That was what Senator Dave Knudson did yesterday. SB 59 was a request from the Board of Regents to increase the Opportunity Scholarship amount to $6,000. Knudson said this: Republican Sen. David Knudson of Sioux Falls said perhaps additional value...

McGovern, Impeachment, and The Constitution

I have a mild disagreement with my colleague Prof. Blanchard over the meaning of "high crimes and misdemeanors" when it comes to the impeachment of presidents. Prof. Blanchard reacts to George McGovern's call to impeach President Bush. Prof. Blanchard writes:...

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

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

Snow in Baghdad

Some of us have been hopeful about the surge strategy in Iraq. But no one expected that, in addition to defeating Al Qaeda, it might also prevent global warming. Yet here is evidence! From AFP: Light snow fell in Baghdad...

Romney Takes Wyoming

Mitt Romney won the first state race in the 2008 primaries, an achievement nobody outside political junkies are paying attention to since the Granite State dominates headlines: Mitt Romney captured his first win of the Republican presidential race, gaining most...

What's New with the Blogs

One brave woman

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

ElBaradei: 'The Syrian Brothers'

The case against John McCain

Operation Phantom Phoenix, Operation Marne Thunderbolt, Operation Iron Harvest

South Dakota Blogs

Impeachment 2: A Reply to Professor Schaff

SD Regents go anti-gun

Global Warming Gives Me the Shivers

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

Romney promotes secular humanism

Government accounting fraud

Clinton, Obama, 08

Things Fall Apart for Ms. Clinton

Bad News In Aberdeen

Juno: The Best Movie in Years

The Dead Shall Rise Again

Fraudulent Numbers on Iraqi Deaths

Huge Turnout in New Hampshire

Turnaround is fair play?

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

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

Political Poetry

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

American Blogs