I like the Stace Nelson/Gordon Howie/Lora Hubbel wing of the South Dakota Republican Party. I keep hoping they’ll get serious and run a viable statewide…
Tag: politics
Finally, Noem bucks Trump! Unfortunately, she did it on disaster relief. On Friday, Donald Trump signed the bill Congress passed in four days to fund…
Republican elitism at its best: tired of catching earfuls from regular citizens at public crackerbarrels, Rapid City-area legislators organized an invitation-only “Legislative Roundtable” to hear…
Alas, Republican representatives continue their push to undermine voters’ confidence in their own initiative and referendum process. Senator John Wiik (R-4/Big Stone City) apparently spent…
I’ve wondered if Donald Trump’s election win last year meant that we are doomed now to a cycle of emotional, demagogic, logic- and evidence-free campaigns…
Following up on his successful ploy to own the long-weekend news cycle with his usual tactic of teasing an announcement to get everyone talking about…
Democratic candidate for U.S. House Tim Bjorkman continues to speak like a budding Bernie Sanders. The judge-turned-campaigner says corporate money controls Congress, and he’s calling…
The Sierra Club of South Dakota is hosting a free(!)* screening of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power at the Coyote Twin in Vermillion on September 18…
As I mentioned, I didn’t take a lot of pictures at the South Dakota State Fair because I spent a lot more time listening to…
As promised, I spent Friday at the Fair. Most of the time, especially once the early showers ended and the sun brought the crowds out,…