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Posts tagged as “culture”

Nielson Brothers: Sioux Falls Event Center Vote Anyone’s Game

...and demographic musing! Mr. Ehrisman posts the results of a new Nielson Brothers poll on the upcoming Sioux Falls event center vote. The voting public remains evenly split, 42% in favor, 41% opposed, and a whole bunch of votes still…

Right-Wing Fear, Gun Fetish Demands Carrying Weapons Everywhere

I shouldn't pay any more attention to The Right Side, part of Gordon Howie's pretend blog empire. Ed Randazzo has closed the comments, which means he isn't really writing a blog anymore. However, I keep an eye on his rantings,…

Vital Public Spaces: How Does Your City Measure Up?

Via Grist and Smart Planet, I find the Project for Public Spaces has published a guide for determining whether your city is doing development right. The criteria seem to focus on larger cities rather than small rural communities, but we…

Fight Jock Culture: Fix Your School, Build a Library

The erudite Mr. Gebhart directs my attention to this fine essay on jock culture, which reminds me of the deep cultural reason I don't want to see our high school renovation swallowed up in another plan to build a new…

White Night Enlivens Prairie Village

I'm a terrible concert-goer. I go to White Night 2011 at Prairie Village. I have good South Dakota bands playing live for me... and I end up talking to people the whole time. I chat with an old neighbor lady…