TransCanada has put in motion the official process to renew its expired construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline. On Monday, the Canadian pipeliner asked the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission to recertify its project. While TransCanada and its dupes…
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As Bearcreekbat rightly reminds us, we should not attack politicians for expanding public assistance, at least not when that public assistance promotes the general welfare rather than corporate cronies. That's why we should cheer four Republican-controlled states that are likely…
Ah, the Tuesday after Labor Day, when the reality of September hits us full force, and when school starts in a humane and moral society. As I take my little one to her first day of school and then zoom…
Of all the things I could be reading, Pastor Steve Hickey gets me to read the loathsome wingnut screed World Net Daily and cite it as reporting accurately and authoritatively on the most honest theological statement ever made by someone…
How can Democrats improve their batting average in South Dakota? Campaign like Jon Hoadley. The Vermillion HS debate alumnus won his Michigan legislative primary Tuesday, beating a 20-year member of the local county board and another challenger by taking 59%…
We now present Halbig v. Burwell, the court challenge by which two D.C. Court of Appeals judges would destroy the Affordable Care Act, thanks to one selfish dolt. First, let's understand the grounds for the ruling. The plaintiffs don't like…
I may agree with 52% of the Libertarian platform, but I'm in 99.5% agreement with Senator Elizabeth Warren's progressive principles, which she offered Friday, July 18, at Netroots Nation in Detroit. Let's do some line by line! 1. "We believe…