Representative Elizabeth May may not be testing SNAP recipients for drugs, but she and her fellow conservatives continue to aim more suspicion than compassion at the poor. May’s House…
Category: South Dakota
I must still be a conservative: most of the time, I end up measuring the success of the South Dakota Legislature by what they don’t do…
Another corrupt Republican bites the dust: The former state’s attorney for Bennett County has been charged in U.S. District Court with evading business taxes and…
Representative Larry Rhoden’s criminal political stunt Monday—hitting the panic button in a Capitol committee hearing room just to see how long it would take the…
A key part protecting voters and progressive values from corruption in Pierre (not to mention fascism in the White House) is ballot initiatives. Our Republican…
Betsy DeVos is such a bad choice for Secretary of Education that even Aberdeen Catholic Schools president Jeff Simmons is concerned: Roncalli school district President Jeff…
On November 4, in our only one-on-one public debate during our campaign for District 3 Senate, Al Novstrup bragged about spending less on his campaign than…
I’ve expressed my tepid “better-than-nothing” support for two Republican bills today. Now let’s turn to a Republican bill that needs to be killed: House Bill 1130,…
Senator R. Blake Curd did something nice this week. The Republican Majority Leader had the opportunity to appoint a replacement for fellow Republican Drew Duncan on…