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SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

First let me do my best Jon Schaff imitation: headphones are no good for the young and the legislature should scrap all plans to distribute them to innocent school children. Gee, that did feel good! Anyway, I decided I wanted...

Education is breaking the bank

There were two events yesterday by Democrats that promoted more taxpayer funding of education. Senator Tim Johnson was in Mitchell covering the federal government?s role: U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson said during an education roundtable Wednesday in Mitchell that money being...

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

On The Religious Right...And Left

Joe Knippenberg has some thoughts on the essentials that divide the religious right and religious left. Joe sees the religious conservatives as wishing to use public policy to strengthen the family and the institutional church (making the essential public policy...

Obama, McCain Ahead in New Hampshire

A new poll out today shows some interesting developments for tomorrow's New Hampshire primaries. Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton, both seen as front-runners in the state early on, are being challenged by John McCain and Barack Obama, respectively. USA Today...

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

The Democrats, Race, & Honest Talk

Up until now, Senator Obama's race, like Senator Clinton's gender, has played only a marginal role in the campaign. There is no doubt that race was always part of Obama's resume, but as Black Americans originally seemed incline to stick...

Progress in Iraq

The Iraqi National Assembly passed one of the two most critical benchmarks that the American government had pressed for Baghdad to adopt, the de-Baathification reform that will allow Sunnis to enter government jobs and take Iraq forward in national reconciliation:...

What's New with the Blogs

Elections without issues

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Taliban Commits Mass Murder, AP Publishes Their Press Release

A letter to the editor of the Times

Selective moral outrage at the NYTimes

South Dakota Blogs

Property Taxes versus Sales Taxes

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Bad News In Aberdeen

Possible ChiCom Olympic Spectacle?

Soros Funded Lancet "Study"

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead

B. Hussein Obama Update

There's A Tear In My Beer

Clinton by a Nose in New Hampshire

McGovern embarrasses again

My Messiah Is A Suit From Massachusetts

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

Glowbull Warming Notes

More Holiday Cheer!

One brave woman

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Dave Barry Does the Campaign

American Blogs