Despite an empty record of inattention to her duties, Rep. Kristi Noem handily won re-election to Congress this week. Her first big move following her victory: lighten her work load even more by abdicating her leadership role. Tom Lawrence posts…
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Wow, haven't hit that button for a while! While I continue to repair the MadvilleTimes.com database, I can't resist posting this remarkable video, in which Matt Varilek demonstrates that he's not only well-educated and well-traveled, but also bilingual: In…
...and I'm just talking English, not policy! Taking their cues from their boss, Kristi Noem's proofreaders also aren't showing up for work. The South Dakota Republican Party has paid for Kristi Noem to send me three glossy campaign flyers so…
Beef Products, Inc., the South Dakota inventor and purveyor of "lean finely textured beef," has filed a $1.2-billion lawsuit against ABC News and others for calling that product by the visually and physically accurate term "pink slime." BPI has not…
My Lake Herman neighbor Gene E. Kroger pops up on SDPB-YouTube to introduce himself to District 8 voters. He has only been in the race for three weeks, as he took the ballot spot of Rep. Patricia Stricherz, who withdrew…
Senator Russell Olson has a really thin skin. He can't stand debate and criticism on his Facebook page. He still blocks me from following my state senator on Twitter. And now he calls critics of his voting record "terrorists": Senate…
Lakota activists and allies from Deep Green Resistance and Occupy organizations blockaded Whiteclay, Nebraska on June 9. They are following up that action with a Women's March on Sunday, August 26, to further protest beer sellers' exploitation of the neighboring…
In light of the Madison City Commission and LAIC's action Monday night, I'm working on a post about downtown and retail development. But in my reading, I find this gem of a quote in Nathan Johnson's extended article from Yankton…