Now that the Democrats have enjoyed a pleasant if pressless evening with their national party vice-chair, Congressman Keith Ellison, and once the staff get done…
Month: April 2017
If you liked listening to Bob Mercer talk about how he got started in journalism, you’ll love listening to his stories about working for Bill Janklow.…
The payday lenders may have shut down their loan shark shops in South Dakota following the voters’ sensible and overwhelming judgment last November that charging more…
The temperature broke 90 degrees in the nation’s capital today for the People’s Climate March. Tens of thousands of Americans brought their concern about the…
South Dakota’s senior state government reporter, Bob Mercer, came to Aberdeen Friday to receive the South Dakota Newspaper Association’s Distinguished Service Award. Mercer took time after…
Among the do-nothing puffery from the White House this week is Donald Trump’s executive order telling Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to review education policies and…
I note with respect the passing of Michael Joseph Myers, Sioux Falls native, lawyer, law professor, 2014 Independent candidate for Governor, and heck-raiser. Myers died this…
Trump’s “plan” to bring back coal jobs by rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations is woefully misguided: If you’ve not been paying attention, coal has been taking…
Donald Trump has claimed credit for unemployment figures and job creation in January, February, and March of this year. Donald Trump is full of crap (we’ve discussed…
For all of you worried that a snap election for new South Dakota Democratic Party leadership could wreck McGovern Day and sow long-lasting division in the…