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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...

One brave woman

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...

Graves candidacy on hold

From the Mitchell Daily Republic: Mitchell residents will have to wait two more weeks to hear if Superintendent of Schools Joe Graves will run for the state Legislature. In an unexpected action Monday, the school board amended its agenda and...

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...

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

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...

Change is coming....

What's New with the Blogs

Clinton and centralized control

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

And Now for Some Peter Gabriel

Is the race in South Carolina tightening?

Jerk update: Guilty troop-hating lawyer Jay Grodner to serve probation, donate to Semper Fi Fund

South Dakota Blogs

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

Glowbull Warming Notes

Beltway Insight From David Broder

One Missed Call: More J-Horror Translated

SD MSM riding shotgun on pre-K bill

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

SDP Jazz Note: (Mostly) Contemporary Jazz

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

Snow in Baghdad

California: Big Brother Alive and Well!

New Blog Added

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

Things are going well.....

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

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

Heil MicroSSoft!

Jewett Drug closing

Social Services and Education are being hogs

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