In a remarkable double-header this morning, Greg Belfrage interviewed liberal blogger me at 8:05 and Republican State Senator Stace Nelson at 8:35 as his first guests of 2017. Holy cow—that’s…
Month: January 2017
J.J. Perry reports a strange trend in participatory democracy—fewer letters to the editor in 2016: This year, 280 Public Voice letters, guest columns and thank you letters were published in…
A Bloomberg report leads me to the Eurasia Group, a consulting firm that advises investors how politics will affect business, and its report on the Top Risks of 2017. The…
Boy, if there’s one thing Republicans who control the Legislative and Executive Branches hate, it appears to be independent ethics commissions. South Dakota Republican legislators sued to stop…
The South Dakota Opportunity Scholarship offers $6,500 (raised from $5,000 by 2015 HB 1147) over four years to reasonably intelligent South Dakota students who pursue post-secondary…
My friend The Displaced Plainsman doesn’t predict his own return to regular blogging (alas!), but he does offer some pessimistic predictions about the 2017 Legislative Session, including continued…
I suppose I should take heart that eight out of nine of my fellow South Dakotans haven’t been scared into thinking they need to carry a pistol. But after…
Jerry Apa is not happy with the state’s proposal to turn Spearfish Canyon into a state park. Seconding a complaint posted by Spearfish Canyon Owners Association member Jim Nelson in November,…
Ah, memories! Here are my past Top Ten Wish Lists: 2016 2011 2015 2010 2014 2009 2013: no list! Distracted by trip to France! 2008…
We can break down the top stories of 2016 many different ways. I like to crowdsource the analysis. First, let’s look at viewership stats. Out of…