More evidence that Nebraskans are serious about their opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline: over a hundred citizens rallied at the Nebraska State Capitol on the Legislature's opening day last week to call for limits on eminent domain and tougher…
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I got home a little while ago from the wonderful safe sanctuary of a high school debate tournament, where arguments are all civil, waged with nothing more than evidence, big words causing brain-growing pains, and occasional flashes of youthful passion…
Let's see if Kristi Noem will vote to put money in my pocket.... The new GOP majority in the U.S. House includes some members who would like to give homeschooling families a tax break. The New York Times is hosting…
The economic recession (which ended 19 months ago) coincided with a democratic recession. No, not the Dems' beating in the 2010 elections; we're talking small-d democracy. The Economist Intelligence Unit has issued its Democracy Index 2010, a report glumly subtitled…
Representative-Elect Kristi Noem will get her first chance to grandstand on her campaign promise to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act next week. Noem's GOP bosses will bring the "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act" to a…
Basin Electric's proposed NextGen plant near Selby wasn't the only coal-fired electrical generating station to get the red light in 2010. For the second year in a row, no one in the United States started building a new coal-fired power…
Dr. Blanchard tasks me as usual. He presents the following chart as evidence that the wealthy pay "way more" than their fair share of federal income taxes: On its own, the graphic is compelling. The top 1% collect 18% of…
South Dakota's budget crunch is coming in part because of increased enrollment and costs in Medicaid. It's funny, then, that South Dakota is trying to block one way to fix that fiscal problem: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.…