I don’t know what the story is in District 33, but I’m sure there is one. Looking just at the Republican side of the ticket,…
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O.K., I’ll admit it: I enjoy talking about poop. For one thing, poop is one of the funniest words in the English language. It’s right up…
Some Republicans didn’t get the memo that Republicans were going to leave the gender war alone this year and wait for Governor Kristi or Ayatollah…
Senator Phil Jensen’s crackerbarrel-roiling likening of LGBT South Dakotans to pedophiles extended the offensive diversionary tactics he and other Republicans took in pushing Senate Bill 149, the discrimination-in-adoption bill,…
Muhammad Ali died last night. The greatest 20th-century fighter, an athlete in a sport that most directly celebrates our lust for war, was a year and change younger…
Let me be clear: conscientious objectors do not forfeit their right or ability to participate in government. When our country has had a draft, we…
When Pat Powers doesn’t want to talk about important conflicts within his party, he pretends those conflicts are boring. He’s done it with the co-optation of his…
Several days after Rep. Rev. Scott Craig (R-33/Rapid City) saw the light and withdrew his ill-informed, fear-mongering, and unconstitutional anti-refugee bill, his reliably reason-impervious neighbor…
The uncompassionate, unconstitutional conservatives of the South Dakota Legislature just keep trying to kick the poor in the teeth. A week after seeing the DiSanto-Olson…