Uh oh—Satanists. Like many observers, Tim Gebhart wrote in June that the Hobby Lobby decision opens the door to exemptions from law for members of all sorts of religious sects on the basis of religious claims that the Hobby Lobby…
Posts published in July 2014
Scott Ehrisman notices the latest evidence of Jason Gant's unfitness for the office of Secretary of State. In response to Independent gubernatorial candidate Mike Myers's claim that Secretary Gant is using his office to advance partisan interests, Secretary Gant snorts…
I can think like Chad and Annette. It makes me ill, but I can do it. Annette Bosworth may have just found her next attorney. After betraying Joel Arends and monkey-wrenching Brandon Taliaferro's best efforts to defend her, the former…
Along with a pair of nifty ads, U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland also released a poll which celebrates the fact that he's five points behind Undecided and ten points behind Mike Rounds. Go ahead, Republican readers, laugh it up. I'll…
Senator Larry Tidemann chided Rep. Susan Wismer yesterday for only talking about the bad side of the EB-5 scandal. In that spirit, I am happy to point out that, contrary to the examples of Chairman Tidemann and Governor Daugaard, some…
Kevin Woster thinks Rick Weiland's new 15-second ads hit the mark. "In 15 seconds, Rick Weiland engages in ways that many much-longer political ads don’t," says Woster. "He’s having fun. Getting his message acrosss. Quickly." Weiland takes an apt swipe…
Republican John Tsitrian digs America's two-party system. He thinks three or more parties make a paralyzing muddle, but he thinks one-party rule is even worse. Tsitrian thinks South Dakota labors under harmful one-party rule. He blames, in part, the abdicant…