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We have one brave woman who has taken extreme measures to prevent the government from taken over her children: A trial date for a homeschooling mom from Utah who fled the state when a judge threatened to take away custody...

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

In the past few days we have seen the Financial Times and Robert Samuelson in the Washington Post arguing that unless the United States makes significant reforms to entitlement programs it faces economically devastating deficits. The amount of money spent...

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...

The New Masterpiece

A revamped Masterpiece Theater (now simply Masterpiece) debuted last night with a production of Jane Austen's Persuasion. This film represents the first installment of Masterpiece's promised "complete Jane Austen." Unfortunately, I was disappointed in the production. First, they shoved the...

Glowbull Warming Notes

THere’s been more and more coming out…from the scientific world…in the nature of inconvenient truths that, contrary to AlGor et al, climate is being driven by the sun…and, global temperature seems to have peaked in 1998! SOMEBODY…ANYBODY… PLEASE HIT ALGORE WITH A CLUEBAT & SHUT HIM UP! Firstly, from the Boston Globe (not exactly a bastion [...]

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:...

Romney Takes Michigan Gold

Gov. Romney dominates collecting vote of REPUBLICAN party conservative core. Donks & Independents prefer McCain as their fave candidate for GOP. Hello!? It IS the Republican party! ’nuff said.

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

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

McGovern embarrasses again

Sorry for the light posting today... In the meantime, more on the immigration issue.

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

Rounds sides with big oil and plutocracy

Change is nearly upon us....

Rounds: For Economic Growth

Say one thing and vote another

New Blog Added

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

Populism versus globalism

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Elections without issues

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Dave Newquist: Snow Queen Chair

Britain Off-limits - to the Brits!

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

Ron Paul and New Hampshire

Government accounting fraud

American Blogs