It had to be a grim Fourth of July for Pat Powers and his friends. He lost his Bosworth-boosting freedom, his texting-while-driving freedom, and his animal-beating freedom. Among the new laws enacted on Tuesday was South Dakota's overdue animal cruelty…
Posts published in July 2014
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…
Ah, the Fourth of July, when we all come together as Americans with a shared love of country and dedication to our common cause in building a free and democratic community... ...unless you're in Rapid City, in which case the…
Dakota State University recently announced that it is searching for a new dean of the College of Business and Information Systems. The press reported that former dean Tom Halverson and associate dean Wayne Pauli had "stepped down" to pursue full-time…
On Monday, Pat Powers bemoaned the loss of his "texting freedom" as South Dakota inched toward common sense in enacting its ban on texting while driving. Christopher Weber of Madison shows us what "texting freedom" really means: One minute Christopher…
Via Northern Plains News, the Black Hills Knowledge Network reports Census data showing increased racial diversity in South Dakota's population. The Native American population is holding at 8.9% of the population, while Hispanics and blacks are increasing their population shares.…
This week's Hobby Lobby ruling gives District 33 residents all the more reason to vote for Robin Page to replace Phil Jensen as their State Senator. Last session, Senator Jensen tried to legalize anti-LGBT discrimination under the risible guise of…
Tasiyagnunpa Livermont reminds us that returning the Black Hills to the Great Sioux Nation as a gesture of religious justice and restoration of treaty is not as simple as the wasicu writing this blog may think it is: The Black…