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SD Job and Income Growth Falling Behind National Figures; Housing Slows

The Bureau of Finance and Management issued it latest report on South Dakota's economy Wednesday. How're we doing? As of November 2014, our non-farm employment was up 3,000 jobs, 0.7%, over November 2013. Financial activities, education and health, and leisure…

Vancouver, Nazis, Polarization, Denial… Enjoy the Parade!

I'm spending my Fourth of July in exile from the land I love. There will be no fireworks for us tonight; we saw our fireworks on Tuesday, Canada Day, over English Bay in Vancouver. We will spend our America Day…

Daugaard to Future Philosophers, Historians, Teachers: Drop Dead

O.K., neither Gerald Ford nor Dennis Daugaard actually said "Drop dead." But South Dakota's Governor may as well have said that to future philosophers and other aspiring devotées of the humanities at Girls' State yesterday at USD: “I’m not saying…

Potpourri: Ugly Politics, Wage Theft, Job Growth, and the Underdog

Too many tabs open: time to clear the queue! Here's a potpourri of my weekend reading: 1. My friend The Displaced Plainsman offers his take on a fascinating study that finds beautiful people rationalizing their genetic good fortune into a…