Rep. Kristi Noem's latest crusade becomes even more imaginary. Last week she issued a bold call to Stop the Coin, the trillion-dollar platinum coin by which the U.S Treasury could harmlessly circumvent any effort by Rep. Noem and her House…
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Congresswoman Kristi Noem clearly lives in a fantasy world. Instead of getting her empty head around real problems, South Dakota's lone voice in the House keeps shouting about things that don't exist. Her proudest achievement of her first term was…
...and other, less important spaces. Last September, Madison High School principal Sharon Knowlton claimed that gym space is as vital to education as science labs. A local fundraising committee agrees with The Displaced Plainsman and me that Knowlton's claim is…
The Black Hills Pioneer runs the following courtesy photo in last Friday's edition to promote the Bella Pregnancy Resource Center's 10th annual benefit Dessert Gala: Bruce Byrum and his bank staff must like ice cream more than I do. $40…
Strolling about the Brookings Summer Arts Festival this weekend, I met a friend who works in the Brookings School District. She reminded me that she and her fellow teachers' jobs are safe thanks to an anonymous private donation that filled…
Here's weekend rich guys report: The Displaced Plainsman finds us redistributing wealth up the ladder to General Electric, which made $5.1 billion from U.S. operations alone in 2010 but paid no income tax. Among other lessons to be drawn, my…
I by no means presume that reading South Dakota's pastor blogs makes up for not going to church. But it is good for my brain... and for everyone's financial thinking. Father Tim bends our brains a bit by pointing out…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has published results of its nationwide Financial Capability Study. KELO follows the order of the press release for South Dakota and puts the good news first: we South Dakotans are third best at "financial literacy."…