“…the disaster that’s been Obamacare…” So says a Republican Congressman on NPR this morning. That hyperbole matches the language Senator Mike Rounds uses about the Affordable…
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Kevin Drum at Mother Jones nicely defends the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program from Fox News’s latest poorly sourced and exaggerated attack on our efforts to help our neighbors eat. The…
Record-breaking cold like Sunday’s isn’t stopping folks from moving to South Dakota. According to new Census data posted by Governing, South Dakota is tied with Maine for the…
David Newquist notes a high prevalence of Russian hits on his blog, Northern Valley Beacon, and wonders if Putin’s hackers might be keeping an eye on local resistance…
Last week an eager commenter submitted this Washington Post article to support the contention that Donald Trump won the Presidency on economics and change. First, look at…
The Department of Public Safety has released its 2015 Crash Report. In his cover letter, Governor Daugaard chooses to highlight two statistically insignificant pieces of data: In…
Our World in Data offers a useful series of charts on global trends in financing healthcare. Among theit data, authors Esteban Ortiz-Ospina and Max Roser offer…
Can the press not read? The Board of Regents press release says, “Fall Headcount Grows Slightly at Public Universities.” The AP headline scrolling across the…
Anti-union forces are hitting South Dakota mailboxes with their first pitch against Initiated Measure 23, the fair-share union dues proposal. An eager reader forwards this flyer funded…