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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...

Who? Dems might have another possible gubernatorial hopeful

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...

What if the internet and blogs had been around earlier?

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

The Gray Lady and Vets

Roger Kimball: "I am glad that our former paper of record is getting some small portion of the obloquy it deserves for 'Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles,' the front-page story it ran on January 13 inaugurating a series...

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...

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...

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?

Monday Afternoon Linkathon

A profile of Michael Yon

A Thompson operative in Georgia moves to Romney

South Dakota Blogs

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse Caused by Design Flaw

Cyberattacks Hitting Powergrids

Things are going well.....

We're All Keynesians Now

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

Why should we be surprised?

Did I mention I liked Fred Thompson?

SB 67 UPDATE

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

Pierre Nannyism Strikes Again!

California: Big Brother Alive and Well!

Beltway Insight From David Broder

Are dirty deeds really done dirt cheap? And how did they let out the bid for that one?

The Villany You Teach Me, I Will Execute

Money In Reserve

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

Archeology Find Matches Nehemiah Account

The South Dakota Constitution & Redistricting

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