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Senate Bill 154 was started yesterday and it adds 3 and 4 years to the state aid formula for schools. As Senator Ed Olson has stated, it is time for taxpayers to "Pony Up". And also time for private Daycares...

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today we celebrate the birthday of one of the most influential men in American history. The son of a reverend born in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began the campaign for civil rights in 1953 by helping to...

Why should we be surprised?

The Negative Side of Affirmative Action

My Keloland colleague, Todd Epp has a piece on his primary web site calling for more minority lawyers. It is a serious argument, and I sympathize with the premise: that more minority lawyers (doctors, computer technicians, etc.,) would be in...

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...

Bush administration goes anti-gun

From WorldNetDaily: A Second Amendment advocacy organization is asking the Bush administration to withdraw a legal brief that leaders fear could be used to support "any gun ban ? no matter how sweeping," as long as some court somewhere determines...

Clinton, Romney Win Nevada

Media outlets are calling the Nevada caucuses, giving Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney victory. With about twenty percent of precincts left to report in, Hillary edged out Obama and Edwards 50-45-3%. Romney won with 52% of the vote. Battles over...

The New York Times' Jaundiced Reporting on Veterans

Once again Powerline is on the beat. The Old Lady of American journalism celebrates Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers in its own way: not with a yellow ribbon but with yellowed journalism. It has run a story about a crime wave...

What's New with the Blogs

Tax breaks for the wealthy few?

Selling Real Estate over at www.patpowers.com

What's Next For Blogs For Bush?

Blood Ritual in Queens

Coming soon: Power Line Book of the Year

Hillary and Barack: The photo album

South Dakota Blogs

Glowbull Warming Notes

SD MSM riding shotgun on pre-K bill

Waiting for Reagan

Michigan: The Election Without Meaning

Sex indoctrination

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

A challenge from Stan's employee

We're All Keynesians Now

Beltway Insight From David Broder

Elections without issues

SB26, SB154, and liberal fascism

HRC and the Economy

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

Heidepreim: Republicans are the party of hate

The Republic & Nevada

Argus Leader: Gorilla Revealed

The South Dakota Constitution And Apportionment

B. Hussein Obama Update

American Blogs