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South DaCola
ADVOCATE ALERT – Pool fees and Bus service: Guest Post, Cathy Brechtelsbauer (I will be posting later tonight the very troublesome agenda for the entire city council meeting-DL. Pretty much Items 70-89 suck!) Sioux Falls advocates; Two items th…

2024.05.06

South Dakota News Watch
Immigration hurdles harm labor trafficking crackdown: 'We've only scratched the surface': South Dakota's agricultural, construction and tourism industries draw people and companies seeking profit through the involuntary servitude of others.…

2024.05.06

SoDak Governors
Farewell to Jim Burg: The news comes that Jim Burg died last night, at the age of 82. Burg spent 30 years in state … More…

2024.04.17

Northern Valley Beacon
24 former Trump associates who denounce him: Many people think that if Americans voted Donald Trump into the office of president again, it would effectively be a vote to end the democracy. Some think that he doesn't know the difference of…

2024.03.24

The Displaced Plainsman
Who Are You Going To Hate Next?: The 2001 film Conspiracy has stuck with me for nearly two decades. It's based on the Wannsee Conference where the Nazis developed what became known as The Final Solution. The script is taken from…

2020.07.27

Prairie Perspective
The scoop on the stolen story: It wasn’t the first time and likely won’t be the last. But the sheer gall exhibited by KELO TV and its “investigative” reporter Angela Kennecke will be hard to top. They were inspired by, borrowed ...…

2020.04.26

Michael Wyland – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Civil Society and the Rules of Impeachment in the Age of Trump, Revisited: A little more than two years ago, our consulting editor wrote an article on the impeachment process—just in case we, as a people, ever had occasion to use it. Here it is, updated for 2019.…

2019.09.25

Dakota Rural Action
Grant County Revokes Manure Pipe Permissions; Upholds Private Property Rights: A unanimous decision by the Grant County Commissioners yesterday revokes permission for Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) operators to run force-main manure disposal pipes through the right-of-…

2018.07.04

Greater SD Blogosphere

SleuthSayers
Measure once, cut, correct and amend forever.: There’s this great scene in the old Star Trek TV show where McCoy treats a silicone-based life form by whipping up some kind of cementitious slurry, which he uses to heal the creature’s wound. When i…

2024.05.06

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass: New Single from Laurie Lewis, Long Gone.Laurie Lewis on guitar and vocal, Brandon Godman on fiddle, George Guthrie on guitar, Patrick Sauber on banjo, Andrew Marlin on mandolin, and Hasee Ciaccio on…

2024.05.05

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #618: New Releases (Pt. 1): As we have done all throughout 2024, this month's new release show is once again a two-part extravaganza. This thrills me, as that obviously means it's a super great year so far, and I hope…

2024.05.04

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Rejection: RejectionIt's important to feelThe pain of rejectionBecause it's the only wayI can control my thoughtsAnd feelingsI reject myselfI don't belongBeing is punishmentBarry G. Wick…

2024.05.02

Mark Haugen
Notes: Remember when I said I'd be blogging more? Ha. Suckers.I think of things to write about, but when I sit down to blog, I forget. Like going into a room and forgetting why I went in there. Getting…

2024.04.30

Minister to the Heart
Trans Day of Visibility + Easter: I can’t think of a better day to have Trans Day of Visibility fall on than a Sunday, much less Easter Sunday. A day where Christians see that even those with the most authority, those who claim to be…

2024.03.31

Native Hope Blog
Native Hope’s 2023 Impact: 2023 offered many opportunities for us to impact our community and meet tangible needs on reservations. Because of your support, we were able to change lives and improve circumstances. Thank you for y…

2024.02.02

OMG Center » Blog
Sermon on the Radical Prayer of Hannah, the Courage of Samuel’s Speech, the Humility of Eli’s Response, and the Invitation That It All Offers to Us: Dear OMG’ers,…

2024.01.18

Horseshoe Seven
My Poetry Book is at the Printer!: Yes, I've been publishing poetry in small magazines since the 80's. I may have been wearing a mullet when I wrote some of them. And I always dreamed about having a book collection out the…

2023.12.02

Notes from a Western Life
Celebrating the Prairie’s Spring Birds: At 4:45 am, the first sounds I hear awakening are low murmuring chirps. When I open my eyes, the room is hazy gray with first light before sunrise. A breeze sighs through the open windows. I close my…

2023.06.19

Jeff Barth Makes MSNBC, Emphasizes Equal Rights, Political Class Warfare

By caheidelberger on 2012.06.04

Jeff Barth gets more free media, with five minutes on MSNBC with Chuck Todd this morning. Chuck Todd says that on a busy primary Tuesday, he says Barth's video and challenge to Matt Varilek deserve the attention of political junkies…

Sioux Falls Paper Picks Varilek; Real Liberal Media Does Not

By caheidelberger on 2012.06.01

That Sioux Falls paper is telling us to vote for Varilek. That by itself should be enough to make me vote for Barth. As I note in my May 31 South Dakota Magazine column, I thought the Democratic primary for…

Daugaard-Johnson Equivalency: Varilek Endorsement Violates State Dem By-Laws

By caheidelberger on 2012.05.30

Update 14:45 CDT: The eminently reasonable comments below by TWU and SDDP rules expert Nick Nemec point out the error of my interpretation. Only an endorsement by a committee, not by an individual member like Senator Johnson, would violate party…

Jeff Barth Says the Magic Words: Single-Payer

By caheidelberger on 2012.05.29

Yeah, yeah, U.S. House candidate Jeff Barth can make a good campaign video. But here's a signal to us Wellstone-Kucinich-McGovern Democrats that Barth can make good policy on health care. On SDPB's South Dakota Focus last Thursday, Jeff Barth and…

Blog Poll: Barth Ties Varilek; Readers Reject SD Same-Sex Marriage Ban

By caheidelberger on 2012.05.22

The latest Madville Times double-whammy poll posed two burning questions to you, dear readers. Here are the results of the voting, which ran from Saturday morning to Tuesday morning (today!): #1: Do you support South Dakota's ban on same-sex marriage?…

Madville Times Poll Double-Whammy: Same-Sex Marriage Ban and Barth vs. Varilek!

By caheidelberger on 2012.05.19

Double your fun: the Madville Times offers not one but two fun-filled polls! Discussion of our Democratic House candidates' positions on same-sex marriage has raised the question of just how unpopular same-sex marriage may be in South Dakota. So let's…

Gay Marriage Fallout: Varilek Loses Hildebrand, Barth Seeks Traction

By caheidelberger on 2012.05.18

I've been committed to my partner for just over ten years. Steve Hildebrand has been committed to his partner for twice as long. My partner happens to be a lady. Steve's partner happens to be a dude. Because Steve Hildebrand…

Varilek Wrong on Same-Sex Marriage

By caheidelberger on 2012.05.17

Last week President Obama declared his affirmation of same-sex marriage. Former Obama campaigner and prominent South Dakota Democrat Steve Hildebrand said that declaration marked "a great day for America": It's something that's been in his heart a long time. What…

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