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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...

Sen. Johnson In Aberdeen

Sen Johnson, touring the "hot spots" of development in South Dakota made a stop in Aberdeen yesterday: ?The community is bursting with progress,? he said. ?I congratulate Aberdeen. The town is very impressive.? The bus stopped at construction sites for...

Regents against gun rights and freedom

As South Dakota Board of Regents recommend banning guns on postsecondary campuses, Judge Roy Moore explains how wrong that would be: The right to keep and bear arms was considered by our Founding Fathers to be one of the most...

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:...

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

When Did the History Channel Stop Doing History?

Tune your television to the History Channel for about fifteen minutes and you'll see advertisements for shows on Big Foot, conspiracy theories and 9/11, some show on the universe, life after people, and their new show, Monster Quest, and the...

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...

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...

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SD MSM riding shotgun on pre-K bill

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Thursday Evening Linkaganza

Norman Podhoretz crosses the Daily Ditch: Andrew Sullivan strikes again

?People don?t say what they mean?

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Archeology Find Matches Nehemiah Account

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

Heil MicroSSoft!

The Sacred Fire Of Liberty

Populism versus globalism

Militants Overrun Pakistan Fort

Romney Takes Michigan Gold

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Jewett Drug closing

The Villany You Teach Me, I Will Execute

Elections without issues

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

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

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

B. Hussein Obama Update

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

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

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