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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...

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

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...

The Ides of Michigan

This just in, from correspondent Casca: Are not you moved, when all the sway of earth Shakes like a thing unfirm? O Cicero, I have seen tempests, when the scolding winds Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen...

A challenge from Stan's employee

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

Social Services and Education are being hogs

The Argus leader has another State department asking for more money: A $3,000 bump in starting pay is needed to stem a high turnover rate in the state's child protection staff, Social Services Secretary Deb Bowman says. Bowman pitched the...

Government accounting fraud

From WolrdNetDaily: The real 2007 federal budget deficit was $4 trillion, not a previously reported $163 billion, an economist contends, based on data from the Treasury Department's annual financial report. "The federal government's fiscal woes continue to careen wildly out...

What's New with the Blogs

Hyperion to turn SD into a dump site?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Video: Terrorist 007

Remembrance of embarrassments past

Shamnesty birds of a feather?

South Dakota Blogs

Look Out Barack

Much ado... Much ado...

Progress in Iraq

ELECTION NOTE

Change is coming....

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

Fraudulent Numbers on Iraqi Deaths

Dave Newquist: Snow Queen Chair

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

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

Sigh

One Missed Call: More J-Horror Translated

Populism versus globalism

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me

Kranz Blunder

Michigan: The Election Without Meaning

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

Change is nearly upon us....

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