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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 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...

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...

No politics in this post...

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

Anyone who is honestly trying to assemble a respectable jazz library, as I am, will be torn, with each selection, between the classics (works recorded more than, lets say, thirty years ago) and contemporary jazz. The former have one distinct...

Elections without issues

Dave Kranz covers the latest developments in District 20: State Rep. Mike Vehle, a Mitchell Republican, has cleared some of the air on what is going on with the District 20 Senate race that includes Aurora and Davison counties. With...

Militants Overrun Pakistan Fort

Some bad news in Pakistan.

What is a Nanny State?

Pat Powers responded to my previous post on the pre-K legislation and the Nanny State. Excerpt: When I look at things and quantify them as being part of the nanny state, one of the key things I look at are...

What's New with the Blogs

Plutocrats to met in Davos

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

New York Times Profiles Michael Yon

A profile of Michael Yon

The MSM declare Rush dead?again

South Dakota Blogs

Cyberattacks Hitting Powergrids

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

Money In Reserve

Sen. Johnson In Aberdeen

New Blog Added

B. Hussein Obama Update

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

Sibby for Senate to Serve you

Pierre Nannyism Strikes Again!

SB 67 UPDATE

Hillary?s pre-K Nanny-statism

Jewett Drug closing

Liberal Fascism: A (Really Long) Review

One brave woman

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

Yet Another Call For Entitlement Reform

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

Sigh

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