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Secondhand Smoke Kills 600,000 in One Year

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…

Bloggers Killing Trees? Dutch Study Says Wi-Fi Harms Plants

Here's something to drive a stake through a green blogger's heart: researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands have found that wireless Internet signals may harm plants: The study exposed 20 ash trees to various radiation sources for a period…

Bush Tax Cuts Don’t Trickle Down: Who Said That?

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…

Moms Use Web to Share Breast Milk in South Dakota

The dairy industry probably frowns on this: a friend recently sent me a link to the South Dakota chapter of a relatively new organization, Eats on Feets. The group started just last summer in Arizona to facilitate the sharing of…

Federal Grant Boosts Beginning Farmers

Here's more federal money for John Thune and Kristi Noem to send back to Washington: my friends at Dakota Rural Action just won a $132,200 two-year grant to give new farmers a leg up: The Farm Beginnings program provides participants…