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Up until now, Senator Obama's race, like Senator Clinton's gender, has played only a marginal role in the campaign. There is no doubt that race was always part of Obama's resume, but as Black Americans originally seemed incline to stick...

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...

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

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...

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:...

Beltway Insight From David Broder

In the Washington Post today, David Broder discovers what the rest of us have already been talking about: none of the leading Democratic candidates for President have executive experience, putting them at a serious disadvantage to their Republican counterparts: It...

Defending The Nanny (Sort Of)

Pat Powers goes on a rant against Sen. Sandy Jerstad for a bill to require those who "sell, distribute, or use obscene material or provide obscene material" to be licensed by the state. I have not considered the full implications...

Hyperion to turn SD into a dump site?

From the Argus Leader: The head of a group opposing the planned Hyperion oil refinery in Union County suggests it might really be a front for a series of landfills to bury trash from the East Coast - information that...

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?

Spencer on the Eurofascists

Bylines of brutality

The end of Mike Huckabee

South Dakota Blogs

The South Dakota Constitution & Redistricting

United Way, Planned Parenthood and Preschool

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

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

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

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

SB 67 UPDATE

When Did the History Channel Stop Doing History?

New Blog Added

Jewett Drug closing

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

Dems Battle It Out Over Race

Say one thing and vote another

The Ides of Michigan

Change is coming....

No politics in this post...

A challenge from Stan's employee

VDH & McCain

American Blogs