South Dakota loves its democracy! Following up on discussions last July, the Minnehaha County Historical Society has launched a double-barreled petition drive to right a toponymic…
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The Pennington County Democratic Party is taking a stand for indigenous rights over colonialism. In a resolution passed at their Tuesday meeting, the Pennington County…
Listening to South Dakota Public Radio this morning, I think I heard Secretary of Education Melody Schopp say that the new K-12 social studies standards approved by…
Mr. Kurtz roasts Allen Unruh for the conservative chiropractor’s anti-gay, anti-Supreme Court screed in that Sioux Falls paper. Analyzing Unruh’s words is usually a recipe for heartburn,…
Which story is bigger: George McGovern had two children outside of marriage, or J. Edgar Hoover used the powers of the FBI to dig up…
Sorry, Leo…. On Thursday, columnist Lawrence Diggs of Roslyn advised the Gettysburg Police Department to stop displaying the Confederate flag on its uniform patches. Diggs said apologists for…
The Aberdeen American News asks its reader panel whether the Gettysburg Police Department should be displaying the traitor flag of the Confederacy on its official…
A healthy, democratic petition mania continues to grip South Dakota. The Sioux Falls Historical Society is hosting a meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) night at 7 p.m. at the Sioux…
Brad Ford continues his tradition of bring to Gordon Howie’s blog ramblings ranging from coded to incomprehensible. In this week’s offering, Ford says something about the…