Via Jezebel... Given how often Paul Ryan said he rereads Ayn Rand, I wonder how he could have missed Rand's position on abortion: An embryo has no rights. Rights do not pertain to a potential, only to an actual being.…
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If I'm going to spin a tenuous hypothesis that Governor Dennis Daugaard is using his veto of HB 1228 to take a swipe at us green Lefties, then I am obliged to recognize his veto of HB 1248 as a…
New York's legalization of same-sex marriage makes clear that this land was made for you and me and that nice gay couple down the block. U-S-A! U-S-A! Please pardon my goosebumps. Those cheers make clear that the dreaded "radical homosexual…
The night time is the right time... I generally avoid Bob Ellis's "Dakota" Voice in part because it is not a "Dakota Voice." Ellis's regurgitations of Tea Party talking points could come from anywhere. With nothing original to say, he…
My neighbors say some nutty things. In a message to Congresswoman Kristi Noem, Ed Kohl of Madison laments taxes on ammunition: May 26, 2011 Dear Rep. Noem, Please support Paul's bill to protect gun rights from more infringement, infact the…
J.C. Palmer of Huron raised the issue of public employee residence in an earlier comment section. Now New Jersey Governor Chris Christie raises the question of public employees' freedom to live where they want by signing a bill requiring public…
Good grief: can we work anywhere anymore without giving up our basic Constitutional rights? Mr. Ehrisman alerts me to the Sioux Falls School District's effort to nullify the Fourth Amendment for its teachers: The local teachers union opposes a proposed…