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From Pat Buchanan: On immigration, the center is now behind tough enforcement of the law and stronger border security. The Republicans have all moved to the Tom Tancredo position. Hillary Clinton saw her campaign almost derailed by her temporary support...

NYT: Returning Troops are Murderers

This week the New York Times started a series called "War Torn: Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles." Their first 6,253 word installment creates a negative impression of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and, by extension, the mission they...

Kranz Blunder

On Monday, Argus Leader political columnist Dave Kranz wrote: Sen. Tim Johnson decided not to support anyone for the nomination. He said he had four Senate colleagues running for the job and thought it was best for South Dakota if...

Dave Barry Does the Campaign

And he does it better than I am prepared to. From the Seattle Times: There are many unanswered questions about the races in both parties. On the Democratic side: Is Barack Obama for real? Or is he, as sources inside...

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

From Keloland: The Sioux Empire United Way set the bar high with an $8.6 million goal for 2008. The organization did better than that, surpassing $9 million. Campaign Chair Ray Trankle says it can only mean good things for the...

Possible ChiCom Olympic Spectacle?

Animals torn to pieces by lions in front of baying crowds: the spectator sport China DOESN’T want you to see You’ve got to read this to believe it. Great shades of the Roman Circus! The smiling children giggled as they patted the young goat on its head and tickled it behind the ears. Some of the more [...]

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One Missed Call: More J-Horror Translated

Beginning in the 90's, a number of horror films were produced in Asia that would have a big impact on American cinema. The most important of these were Ringu (98), Ju-on (03), Kairo (01), Uzumaki (00), and Jian gui (02)....

What's New with the Blogs

Graves candidacy on hold

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Romney Wins Michigan

Mitt Romney, Ronald Reagan, and the Election of 2008

Fidel Castro: Real or wax?

South Dakota Blogs

San Fransicko Gun Ban Shot Down

Ron Paul and New Hampshire

What's the talk in DC today? I hear it's this article...

Should this bother us? RC Council votes to give Cabela's a carrot. A really, really expensive carrot.

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

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

New Efforts In Energy

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

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

Get out of Sioux Falls way.

Juno: Worth Seeing, And Seeing Again

Headlines Worth Noting

Government accounting fraud

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

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

American Blogs