When conservatives have disagreed with Barack Obama’s policies, they have tried to beat him at the polls and in the courts (they have generally failed). When conservatives have disagreed…
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In a week consisting mostly of responding to remarkable political news with regurgitated press releases from its patrons instead of any original analysis, Dakota War College limps forward with a question about…
Stand down from red alert! The Affordable Care Act lives, King v. Burwell is dead, and Justice Antonin Scalia is apoplectic. I open with Scalia, because he is…
The most important words I heard at yesterday’s opinion-gathering sessions hosted by Governor Dennis Daugaard’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Teachers and Students may have been the statement panel…
A couple weeks ago, Erin Ageton, VP of title-lender Select Management Resources, sued to delay Steve Hildebrand’s and Steve Hickey’s proposed ballot initiative to cap interest rates at…
Speaking of campaign fundraising fakery, Rep. Kristi Noem is begging for more cash under the guise of seeking public input. She’s floating this fake survey on whether…
Dan Lederman is lying to make money. He is citing Laure Swanson’s re-election to the Aberdeen City Council as proof of his Rushmore PAC’s effectiveness at winning elections:…
Rep. Elizabeth May (R-27/Kyle) says she wants a special session for the Legislature to address K-12 education. She complains to KCCR Radio that there’s not enough…
Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa has raised security concerns (concerns affirmed by the Department of Homeland Security) about the EB-5 visa investment program and the mostly private “regional…
Governor Dennis Daugaard has said there’s no way South Dakota could set up a state-run health insurance exchange in time to save the premium tax subsidies that the…