My neighbor Joe Berns offered a solid critique last week of the Koch Brothers’ flunkies’ claims that American capitalism works great for everybody. New Harvard…
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The nonmeandered waters legislation passed in yesterday’s special session of the Legislature is so bad— —how bad is it?— —it’s so bad that the biggest…
As if to underscore David Newquist’s point about his pathological lying, Donald Trump made the following false statement at the opening of what he called…
University of Minnesota political scientist Eric Ostermeier casts an occasional pessimistic glance at South Dakota Democrats (and so far, we haven’t done much to defy his…
As Democrats recruit and organize Indian voters, they should be looking for themes around which to mobilize those voters. Dakota Rural Action has one suggestion: focus…
Beyond my general distaste for the jockocracy, you know what the problem is with having political fundraisers with big sports stars? They make you look shrimpy:…
Anti-Muslim fearmonger organization “Act for America” is bringing another team of hucksters to whip South Dakotans into fear and donations. With the help of the Family…
Today’s smartest fiscal policy headline comes from John Tsitrian, who writes of the Kansas Legislature’s repeal of Sam Brownback’s failed tax-cut plan, “The Laffable Curve Flatlines in…
Thinking he has a good thing going, upcoming KSOO radio host Patrick Lalley extends his argument that South Dakota Democrats erred in holding Billie Sutton’s campaign announcement at…