South DaCola Kingmaker Paulson; Mr. Vanilla Ice Cream : So after spending thousands and thousands of dollars getting people elected in Sioux Falls, Matt Paulson decided to run a victory lap (even though Thomason didn’t win by much, and if the campaign was… 2024.05.02
South Dakota News Watch Monument Health: Rapid City hospital ratings have risen : "It shows progress on our quality journey and using the same measurement with today’s data would result in higher ratings."… 2024.05.01
SoDak Governors Farewell to Jim Burg : The news comes that Jim Burg died last night, at the age of 82. Burg spent 30 years in state … More… 2024.04.17
Northern Valley Beacon 24 former Trump associates who denounce him : Many people think that if Americans voted Donald Trump into the office of president again, it would effectively be a vote to end the democracy. Some think that he doesn't know the difference of… 2024.03.24
The Displaced Plainsman Who Are You Going To Hate Next? : The 2001 film Conspiracy has stuck with me for nearly two decades. It's based on the Wannsee Conference where the Nazis developed what became known as The Final Solution. The script is taken from… 2020.07.27
Prairie Perspective The scoop on the stolen story : It wasn’t the first time and likely won’t be the last. But the sheer gall exhibited by KELO TV and its “investigative” reporter Angela Kennecke will be hard to top. They were inspired by, borrowed ...… 2020.04.26
Michael Wyland – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Civil Society and the Rules of Impeachment in the Age of Trump, Revisited : A little more than two years ago, our consulting editor wrote an article on the impeachment process—just in case we, as a people, ever had occasion to use it. Here it is, updated for 2019.… 2019.09.25
Dakota Rural Action Grant County Revokes Manure Pipe Permissions; Upholds Private Property Rights : A unanimous decision by the Grant County Commissioners yesterday revokes permission for Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) operators to run force-main manure disposal pipes through the right-of-… 2018.07.04
SleuthSayers Where's the Documentary?: RFK Jr. Edition - and Kristi Noem : It's amazing how many people here in South Dakota do not know that on September 28, 1983, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. was arrested in Rapid City, South Dakota for possession and ingestion of heroin. S… 2024.05.02
Mark Haugen Notes : Remember when I said I'd be blogging more? Ha. Suckers.I think of things to write about, but when I sit down to blog, I forget. Like going into a room and forgetting why I went in there. Getting… 2024.04.30
The Poetry of Barry G. Wick Exit : Exit“There's only one life and this is it.” --Allen GinsbergYou got yer exit hereYou got yer exit thereYou dance all aroundUntil yer body's foundBarry G. Wick… 2024.04.29
Idle Hands Dep't Geography Div (Hello, how are you subsection) : … 2024.04.29
Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson The Ledge #617: Record Store Day : I know the event has plenty of naysayers, but I absolutely love Record Store Day. I love the ritual of standing in line with other record nerds of all ages, and discussing exactly what treats we'… 2024.04.27
Minister to the Heart Trans Day of Visibility + Easter : I can’t think of a better day to have Trans Day of Visibility fall on than a Sunday, much less Easter Sunday. A day where Christians see that even those with the most authority, those who claim to be… 2024.03.31
Native Hope Blog Native Hope’s 2023 Impact : 2023 offered many opportunities for us to impact our community and meet tangible needs on reservations. Because of your support, we were able to change lives and improve circumstances. Thank you for y… 2024.02.02
OMG Center » Blog Sermon on the Radical Prayer of Hannah, the Courage of Samuel’s Speech, the Humility of Eli’s Response, and the Invitation That It All Offers to Us : Dear OMG’ers,… 2024.01.18
Horseshoe Seven My Poetry Book is at the Printer! : Yes, I've been publishing poetry in small magazines since the 80's. I may have been wearing a mullet when I wrote some of them. And I always dreamed about having a book collection out the… 2023.12.02
Notes from a Western Life Celebrating the Prairie’s Spring Birds : At 4:45 am, the first sounds I hear awakening are low murmuring chirps. When I open my eyes, the room is hazy gray with first light before sunrise. A breeze sighs through the open windows. I close my… 2023.06.19
All right, turkey's out of my system—let's get back to work! While I was enjoying the grand American consumer bacchanalia in Lincoln, I read that Nebraska banks are having a great year. The FDIC says so far in 2010, Nebraska's…
In the debate over South Dakota's new smoking ban, I've occasionally run across some dedicated pro-tobacco trolls who throw out pre-fab arguments claiming there's no evidence that secondhand smoke causes significant health harms. Does 600,000 deaths a year sound significant…
The following indictment of trickle-down economics comes from someone of a little higher pay grade your favorite liberal South Dakota blogger: "The rich are always going to say that, you know, 'Just give us more money, and we'll go out…
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