TransCanada has to do something with all that pipe they stockpiled for the doomed Keystone XL. So now they want to build a pipeline to carry oil…
Category: national
SDGOP delegate-alternate William Beal repurposes for his Facebook readers conservative Allen Ginzburg’s provocative thought experiment from last July: “If Donald Trump was actively trying to hand Hillary…
Yesterday I suggested the ongoing job creation of the Obama recovery could tamp down the Trump vote. Obviously I need to read more Internet. Trump voters are…
While South Dakota’s Republicans use stealth vouchers to undermine public education and line the pockets of their friends in the insurance industry, Arizona Senator John McCain…
If part of Donald Trump’s appeal is his promise of strength and prosperity to an economically anxious middle class, then we could really use an upswing in the…
Bernie Sanders earned three big caucus wins yesterday, taking Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington by 70% or more. [Update 2016.03.28 09:37 CDT: I originally said all three were over 70%; the…
When I heard the news about Speaker Paul Ryan’s speech Wednesday on the state of American politics, his rejection of “makers vs. takers” rhetoric and…
Hillary Clinton appears to have edged Bernie Sanders by one delegate in yesterday’s three Western primary/caucus votes. By Politico‘s count, Clinton won 59 delegates while Sanders won…
The New York Times features a new economic risk calculator that tells me my white, educated family has only an 8.4% chance of falling into poverty over…
Bernie Sanders gets a teeny-tiny youth-vote boost in Ohio today, thanks to a court ruling allowing 17-year-olds to vote. An Ohio judge ruled last Friday that young voters…