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Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam This is the latest in a tit-for-tat argument between Daniel Pipes, and Media Matters for America. Based on the prima facie evidence, Pipes has the point, which raises an interesting point that he passes on: All this matters, for if Obama once was a Muslim, he is now what Islamic law calls a [...]

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

Pat Powers has given out some political advice regarding my last post on issues and elections: In our imperfect world, people base their votes on several factors. And the truth is, whether they know a candidate or not is the...

Minor Correction

Prof. Blanchard and I seem to agree on the constitutional issues regarding apportionment of South Dakota's legislative districts. I just offer one minor correction to Prof. Blanchard's post. He writes: I disagree with Professor Schaff only in so far as...

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...

The South Dakota Constitution And Apportionment

How's that for a sexy title? Pat Powers takes Rep. Bill Thompson to task for submitting a bill (pdf alert) that requires South Dakota legislative districts be drawn by an independent commission rather than by the Legislature. Pat thinks this...

VDH & McCain

Victor Davis Hanson: "After reading most of the McCain animus on conservative blogs, I?m a little worried that some of it goes over the top. . . . McCain?s past support for the flawed immigration bill, McCain-Feingold, and opposition to...

Change is nearly upon us....

Clinton and centralized control

From WorldNetDaily: Was Hillary Rodham Clinton's health-care plan really a proposal for broad, unprecedented, sweeping, centralized control over a sector of the economy as critics called it back in the 1990s? Yes, according to a June 18, 1993, internal memo...

What's New with the Blogs

What is a Nanny State?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Saturday Morning Linkatorium

Fred Thompson, in or our?

Fred speaks: ?Stand strong?

South Dakota Blogs

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

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

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

No politics in this post...

Elections without issues

SD MSM riding shotgun on pre-K bill

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

Sigh

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

Glowbull Warming Notes

California: Big Brother Alive and Well!

Beltway Insight From David Broder

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

Social Services and Education are being hogs

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

Obama's Minister Of Hate

Stimulating Thoughts

SDP Jazz Note: Brad Mehldau & The Art of the Trio

American Blogs