Abortion rights protect women’s fundamental equality, not just philosophically (women are as smart as men and deserve the dignity of controlling their bodies—good grief! do…
Month: July 2022
An eager reader asks what I think about Andrew Yang’s Forward Party, an attempt to unite disaffected Republicans, Democrats, and others under a new banner.…
In a letter to the Rapid City Journal, Senator Lee Schoenbeck (R-5/Lake Kampeska) accuses fellow Republican legislators of voter fraud: Scorecards that fairly report elected officials’ voting…
In other candidate withdrawals this month… Libertarian Kurt Evans of Wessington Springs withdrew his candidacy for Secretary of State on Wednesday, leaving a two-way race…
Judicial elections don’t usually draw much interest. But Judge Kevin Krull’s withdrawal from the ballot has drawn lots of interest to the Fourth Circuit bench…
A good chunk of South Dakota’s $115.5-million budget surplus for Fiscal Year 2022 came from collecting $36.6 million more in sales tax than expected. But…
We continue to have a spirited debate over whether South Dakota law as rewritten by the Alito Court will allow prosecutors to charge women who…
Candidate Kristi Noem rode her Phony Express to Washington, D.C., yesterday to bore some young brownshirts and promote her book on national fascist TV. In her Newsmax…
We understand that Republicans don’t really care what’s in the Schumer-Manchin budget deal. To cry constantly for Democrats to do something about inflation only to…
Last month, both of South Dakota’s Senators voted against the PACT Act, the measure to expand assistance for military personnel poisoned by toxic burn pits…