Mr. Gerlach's first guest column this week drew an argument from one of my fellow beneficiaries of white conquest and privilege that Indians raped and killed us and each other, so we conquerors need not feel bad for raping and…
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Permit me to cast cynicism aside and cheer a political move by Team Daugaard. Governor Dennis Daugaard gets to fill his first Legislative vacancy this year, as Republican Cooper Garnos is stepping down from his District 21 Senate seat to…
South Dakota loses another job and another family, thanks to Governor Daugaard's budget cuts. Madison High School vocational-agriculture teacher Henry Kraai announced his resignation Friday. His wife Jill Kraai worked as a gifted instructor at Brandon Valley. Her position disappeared,…
[Commenter turns columnist! The spirit moves friend and frequent blog conversationalist Shane Gerlach from Yankton to contribute his thoughts on South Dakota's American Indian population. Yesterday I published Part 1 of his essay, listing many of the grim statistics on…
Strolling about the Brookings Summer Arts Festival this weekend, I met a friend who works in the Brookings School District. She reminded me that she and her fellow teachers' jobs are safe thanks to an anonymous private donation that filled…
[Commenter turns columnist! The spirit moves friend and frequent blog conversationalist Shane Gerlach from Yankton to contribute his thoughts on South Dakota's American Indian population. Here's Part 1 of his two-part guest column.] I feel for the people affected by…
Sometimes I have no idea what Governor Dennis Daugaard is saying. And sometimes, I can blame nothing but my own ignorance. Deaf citizen journalism website Signcasts presents this interview with Governor Daugaard about his experience with the deaf community and…
Medicaid works. New research says just how well. In what is being called a "landmark" study, Harvard prof Katherine Baicker, MIT prof Amy Finkelstein, and a whole bunch of other smart people look at the effects of a unique Medicaid…