The No Party Party is hosting a different kind of candidate forum tonight in Sioux Falls, bringing young voters and legislative candidates together for quick introductions and conversation over beverages at the Icon Event Hall on North Main in Sioux…
Posts tagged as “civil discourse”
While I was away, Nathan Johnson published a really good essay asking who's to blame for poverty. Johnson doesn't want to get personal; he wants to focus attention on the role of "educational opportunity, low wages and lack of a…
Commissioner Ericsson exhorts us to civil, respectful, intelligent conversation. In that spirit... Want to discuss downtown development? Got some ideas that the Madison City Commission didn't want to hear at last Monday's meeting? Then come chat with your neighbors tomorrow…
As I review the full twelve minutes of the "thrift store update" at last night's Madison City Commission meeting, I realize I should have stood and shouted "Point of order! The agenda says thrift store update, and we're not getting…
Journalistic machine David Montgomery beats me to the punch on some surprising backlash against Governor Dennis Daugaard from some deaf activists. The National Association of the Deaf invited Governor Daugaard to speak at their national conference this July on how…
Organic farmer and Democrat Charlie Johnson from Orland wants you to know that he has taken out petitions to run for District 8 Senate against Senate Majority Leader Russell Olson. He needs you to know: after lengthy and serious deliberation,…
Russ Olson can't take credit for Mount Rushmore; I can't take credit for intelligent blog commenters. Dear readers, thank you for a great day of commenting. In the last 18 hours, 22 of you have posted over 50 comments.(Just for…
The Watertown Public Opinion tries just a little too hard to denigrate online text. In April, their editorial board exaggerated the problems and downplayed the benefits of moving public notices online. This month, they blast Sarah Palin's self-serving, question-dodging propaganda…