Barack Obama gave a heck of a speech in Johannesburg yesterday, a real speech, an honest and inspiring speech celebrating Nelson Mandela’s centenary. South African President…
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Last week, Representative Susan Wismer and the rest of the Democratic caucus voted Aye on House Bill 1320, the 4.69-billion-dollar Fiscal Year 2019 budget. Rep. Wismer, a…
Here’s what Aberdeen’s xenophobes are afraid of: Taneeza Islam is an American, a South Dakotan, a Muslim, and a neighbor. She understands the danger to…
I heard another good speech by Senator Billie Sutton yesterday. Our Democratic candidate for governor told a capacity crowd (46, by my count) at the…
Speaking of snowflakes, Jeff Flake is no flake. The junior Senator from Arizona gave this important speech on the floor of the United States Senate…
The most vile speech of the week in Pierre comes from Rep. Steven Haugaard (R-10/Sioux Falls). Speaking in favor of overriding Governor Dennis Daugaard’s veto of…
Today was not a good day in the South Dakota Legislature. Social media is aswirl with the ignorance, dissemblage, sexism, and spite displayed by the Republican majority…
Subtitle: Best Darn Speech of 2016. Jerry Falwell, Jr., required 12,000 Liberty University students to listen to Senator Bernie Sanders make a speech today. A conservative fundagelical…
Why bother driving to Pierre for the Bosworth trial? You already know what the prosecution will say, what the defense will offer as distractions, and…
Ballotpedia makes word clouds of the 48 gubernatorial “state of the state” addresses delivered so far this year. For your Rorschachian diversion, here are the visual representations of…