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Blog Roll: SD Mostly Political

The South Dakota Standard
South Dakota's Department of Health has been turned into a sloganeering outlet for the Noem administration.: I couldn’t get the full text of the South Dakota Department of Health’s gratuitous announcement of its “no mask” policy on our home page, but it’s really a doozy. Here it is, as posted on X (formerly…

2023.09.20

South DaCola
Closed Government Issues in Sioux Falls: I know I have been preaching about this since I started the blog, but closed government has repercussions; Lenin’s Tomb at the Zoo. Casualty of Closed Government. Rejected ‘censored’ public art. Casua…

2023.09.20

South DaCola
Why is the City of Sioux Falls hiring a marketing firm?: Besides the city being run(?) by a successful marketing mogul and international doxxing champion 🙁 they have a fully operational and funded media department, Convention and Visitors Bureau, Developmen…

2023.09.20

The South Dakota Standard
Thanks to support from our readers, The Standard is an independent voice that stands up to power. Can you help us keep at it?: Tom Lawrence and I make it our business to speak up, not just on our own, but with many knowledgeable, passionate writers from throughout the area who use The Standard as a platform for getting import…

2023.09.19

SoDak Governors
Back to the Future: Huron’s Karen refugees recall SD’s settlement by ethnic communities: One doesn’t need to live in South Dakota for very long to see the legacy left by the European immigrants … More…

2023.09.18

SoDak Governors
“The Eighteen-Day Running Mate” recalls a strange chapter in SD political history: During one of my recent appearances on “The Dakota Town Hall” podcasts, I mentioned a book that I read several … More…

2023.09.18

South Dakota News Watch
‘Freedom Works Here’ has spent millions to promote S.D. jobs. Now businesses are being asked to pitch in.: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem unveils a “Freedom Works Here” branded NASCAR car on July 27 at Falls Park in Sioux Falls. The partnership is estimated to cost $130,000. (Photo:... The post ‘Freedom Wor…

2023.09.18

South Dakota News Watch
Book chronicles how a frontier woman’s life in South Dakota morphed into a national scandal: South Dakota native Chuck Raasch wrote the book “Life Painted Red.” Editor’s note: Chuck Raasch is an author and journalist. A native of South Dakota, he was a national correspondent... The post Book…

2023.09.14

Bluestem Prairie
Iowa utility regulators want to finish Summit pipeline permit hearing by month’s end: Ethanol carbon pipelines haven't done so well her in South Dakota, as Bluestem noted Monday--via the South Dakota Searchlight--in State denies Summit permit; both ethanol carbon pipelines propose…

2023.09.12

Bluestem Prairie
On September 11, US Army began disinterment project to return remains of more children buried at Carlisle to tribal communities: Bluestem's been following the effort to return Edward Upright, from the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota, and Amos LaFramboise, from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation…

2023.09.12

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Beneath This Minute: Beneath this MinuteBeneath this minuteAre the lies I tell myselfI think I’m okayNo better and no worseThan others around meThe truth is that I’m bothI don’t read enoughBut I read more than mostI’m fat…

2023.09.20

SleuthSayers
That San Diego Treat: I am writing this on the plane back from San Diego after having enjoyed the 2023 Bouchercon. It is, I think, the eighth I have attended and it was at least as well-run and fun as any of the others.…

2023.09.20

Mark Haugen
When the ban isn't really a ban ...: I'm against book bans, but let's not over-hype the problem. Here are some interesting findings from a couple researchers who looked into claims of censorship.As it turns out, almost three q…

2023.09.19

SleuthSayers
Bouchercon takeaways: being a successful panelist: Like some of you reading this, I recently attended this year's Bouchercon, which is touted as the world's largest mystery convention. It's held in a different city each year. This year,…

2023.09.19

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Earthquake subsection): If you thought the recent earthquake in Morocco was bad .......…

2023.09.18

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
The. Plastic Bag of Youthful Death: The Plastic Bag of Youthful DeathI threw away my journalsAfter many years of writingTiny letters upon painful pagesJust as I was making the meSo public that required IDestroy my life before itWent any…

2023.09.17

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Willie Div0: Don't much care for Billy Strings, but this with Willie is getting a lot of airplay. Kind of a fun song.As Willie is said to have on his birthday, " I've outlived my d***" Mickey…

2023.09.17

Mark Haugen
Finished: Robert B. Parker's 'Bye Bye Baby': This is a continuation of the late RBP's Spenser series but written by Ace Atkins, chosen by Parker's estate to do so. This is Atkins' tenth and he does a really good job of keeping th…

2023.09.16

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #585: Hudson Compound Playlist: This week's show is another of those broadcasts where I simply air some of the records I've been playing around the house the last few weeks. There's no real format outside of that, but…

2023.09.16

Native Hope Blog
Native American Boarding Schools and Education History: The earliest schools for Native Americans were most often mission schools, founded by different religious groups in the United States, Mexico and Canada. In 1819, Congress passed the Indian Civilizati…

2023.09.12

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