On the death of George McGovern, I yield the floor Kevin Woster, who came of political age in the McGovern era. Woster says McGovern made him see the value of politics: As the years passed from that defining '72 campaign,…
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Concerned Citizens of Hanson County have beat back a proposal for a 7000-head mega-dairy near Fulton. After trying for over five years to bring this development to Hanson County, Brookings-based dairy developer Michael Crinion has withdrawn his application to the…
The Agenda 21 nutfest rolls on. The local John Birchers (under the guise of "Northern Hills Patriots") are wasting the Whitewood City Council's valuable time with their propaganda campaign to make every vaguely progressive public project or expenditure sound like…
My wife has helped me realize that women exist to make sure men don't kill the offspring by doing stupid things like chasing buffalo and riding motorcycle. My confidence in women was shaken just a bit by a woman at…
As I noted in my earlier post this morning, I don't usually expect positive feedback from the Madison City Commission and the Lake Area Improvement Corporation. I'm used to hearing the defensive condescension that says, "Things are great! Madison's doing…
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…