Governor Kristi Noem conflates Freedom™ with guns and hunting. But an essay by Iowa researcher and author Chris Jones gets me thinking about how much…
Category: South Dakota
My Friday post on South Dakota’s non-unique work ethic got me thinking about how we might actually measure work ethic. One measure of work is…
After decades of domination by family-values Republicans, what does South Dakota get? More divorces in Sioux Falls: Judge Robin Houwman knows the “what.” She doesn’t…
Mayor Paul TenHaken joins his good friend Governor Kristi Noem in turning down free money to study climate change: “After much consideration on a short…
Jackson County has a history of trying to keep public documents away from the public. Makenzie Huber notes that Jackson County is one of eleven…
Representative Will Mortenson (R-24/Pierre) disagrees with Rick Weiland, Governor Noem, and a lot of South Dakotans about cutting the food tax. But I hope we…
Governor Kristi Noem said a lot on Twitter and on second-tier wingnut media this week. Remarkably, she did not say anything about citizens launching a…
During the 2022 Session, to deflect calls for action to prevent corrupt financial dealings in South Dakota’s trust industry, Republican legislators expressed supreme confidence in…
In another sign of market failure in South Dakota, capitalists are sitting around waiting for government handouts to build affordable housing: In Jeremy Jensen’s eyes,…
We’d better hope those rare-earth elements up in North Dakota didn’t also get sprinkled into the Black Hills; otherwise, we might have a hard time…