We took a Saturday drive to the Crazy Horse Memorial yesterday. During our May visit, the mountain was framed by grim grey skies one afternoon, then completely shrouded in rain and fog for the rest of our trip. Not so…
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Once again, too many tabs clutter my browser top. Time to clear the queue! The South Dakota Department of Tourism published a new report on gas prices last week. From 22,830 self-selecting respondents, we learn that folks take 3.6 vacations…
To the Divine Miss K: When you woke up yesterday, you probably wondered where Dad was. Ah. There he is: on Capitol Hill! Dad went to Congress to talk to important people about important stuff. Dad also saw the Library…
With summer vacation purportedly upon us, I note with heightened interest this CNN article about America's disinclination to take a break. According to "No-Vacation Nation" by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, we are the only advanced nation not…
South Dakota's state parks and recreation areas enjoyed a general increase in use in 2010. The statewide system enjoyed a 1.5% increase in visitorship, with Game Fish & Parks recording 6.88 million visits to their great outdoor facilities. 6.88 million:…
There are 1123 people in Madison who are not in Madison. Roll with me on this local illusion. During last week's school board election, I noticed an odd bump in the voter registration numbers: Ward 1, northeast Madison: 3211 registered…
Last week I mentioned how the cost of obtaining a driver license may make requiring a photo ID to vote unconstitutional. Sunday, a neighbor from Wilmot gave me a ring and reinforced my concerns by pointing out how hard it…
I think heroic deeds were all conceiv'd in the open air, and all free poems also.... —Walt Whitman, "Song of the Open Road" Is this Schumpeter's creative destruction at work? SDSU told over a hundred people they no longer have…