My Madison blog neighbor Dakota Diner usually keeps her blogging close the kitchen. But a bad bowl game and bad pepperoni rolls occasioned this seasoned political observation: Alas here on the eastern prairie of South Dakota, authentic pepperoni is harder…
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Doug Wiken was right: in her "exit interview" with Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour last night, Congresswoman Stephanie Herseth Sandlin did not mention losing her Democrat base with her Blue Dog politics as a factor in her defeat in November.…
Dr. Blanchard tasks me as usual. He presents the following chart as evidence that the wealthy pay "way more" than their fair share of federal income taxes: On its own, the graphic is compelling. The top 1% collect 18% of…
There are many ways to determine an annual "Top Stories List." In the blogosphere, one useful measure is the amount of conversation provoked by a story. So here's my list of the this year's big conversation starters, as measured by…
Glenn Beck exhorts his little 9-12 clubs to shout "We surround them!" In Iowa, once a month, the Glenn Beck clubs will get to shout, "We surround the governor!" WingNUTT Mike Studer of the Spencer Tea Party reports that Governor-Elect…
The Congressional redistricting that will arise from the 2010 Census won't help Dems, but I figured that, since South Dakota's already as low as it can go in House representation, there's not much to get excited about. Then one of…
Last week I noted the difference in fiscal politics between Minnesota and South Dakota. That essay arose from a conversation with my neighbor and outgoing state legislator Gerry Lange. In the following guest column, he exapnds the view to include…