…But We South Dakotans Like Changing Our Constitution! Senator Jim Bolin wants to make it harder to amend the South Dakota Constitution. Last Session, Senator…
Tag: history
In trivial pursuits, SDGOP spin blogger Pat Powers decides to accuse “Dems” of historical amnesia by citing a statement by one Democrat, former state secretary…
Indivisible Rapid City is responding to the rampant hatred of the religious/Republican right-wingnuts by hosting “Activist Training: How to Combat Islamophobia” this evening from 6:30…
University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier casts an occasional pessimistic glance at South Dakota Democrats (and so far, we haven’t done much to defy his…
Legislators, assemble! Governor Dennis Daugaard has called a special session of the South Dakota Legislature on Monday, June 12 (that’s next week!) to discuss who…
Tony Venhuizen maintains the SoDak Governors website, “dedicated to promoting South Dakota History, particularly through the study of our state’s governors.” Over the past few days,…
If Democratic Senator Billie Sutton has any trouble connecting with young urban voters, perhaps he can remind them of what Tom Lawrence observes—Sutton would be South…
The Gettysburg Police Department continues to display the white-supremacist Confederate flag on their uniform patch and Facebook page. We’ve hashed out the racist intent disguised…
The other day I noticed that Holabird political expert Nick Nemec claimed on Facebook that “contrary to recent reports,” he actually coined the term “priming the pump.” I didn’t…
Aberdeen history professors let us down in today’s paper. First, Presentation College history prof Brad Tennant says the six swastikas painted around Aberdeen last week are just…