In our discussions of officially established religion in South Dakota, we generally turn immediately to the Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of…
Posts published in June 2013
We've discussed how the inability of Congress and the President to agree on a sensible budget, along with South Dakota's own pigheaded business-über-alles priorities, is leaving South Dakota kids with less access to quality pre-school education. Those budget cuts are…
Spearfish is a city keenly concerned with appearances... to some extent, rightfully so. The Queen City's stunning panoramas are a good chunk of the reason people visit and settle here (and why houses cost so much). Several years ago, Guido…
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ah-ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Sorry: I shouldn't laugh so hard when Kristi Noem's chances of getting Jim DeMint's blessing and cash have just disappeared. Ha ha ha ha…
Given Pat Powers's hypersensitivity to criticism of the Catholic Church and his fellow believers, he might want to give the self-flogging Bosworth for Senate campaign a little more scrutiny. In a May 18, 2013, blog post, Chad Haber tries to…
I blipped Senator Lindsey Graham's doubt about the First Amendment rights of bloggers yesterday. Ken Santema gives Graham's Constitutional nincompoopery much fuller treatment in this post on bloggers, journalists, and freedom of the press. This discussion happens in the context…
South Dakota's "Medicaid Challenges and Opportunities" Task Force meets again on June 25 and 26 in Sioux Falls to further discuss expanding Medicaid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. (Hey, did you notice the Governor put the word…
KELO deems newsworthy the hubby-fanned rumors of Dr. Annette Bosworth's pending declaration of candidacy for the GOP nomination for South Dakota's open Senate seat in 2014. They also deem newsworthy the very public photos Bosworth and her husband Chad Haber…