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The non-excepted
A comment supporting the dedicated Capitol Police on Facebook reads: But [the Capitol Police] won't stay home, and those that decided who was "nonessential" know that. They have too strong a sense of...
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Charity is good, but we can do more
I shared this on FB:A long time family friend, who had a very economically tough upbringing, and now is a conservative Christian who is dedicated to helping those in need, responded: Thank you, this...
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First ever Dakotas Equality Summit
(I'm reposting this on behalf of Equality South Dakota.) Judy and Dennis Shepard, and friendsThe Black Hills Center for Equality hosted a wonderful first annual Dakotas Equality Summit January 16/17 in...
View ArticleFear and Loathing in South Dakota
The South Dakota 2015 Legislative session is in full swing. This is my 21st winter in South Dakota, and it still kind of makes my hair stand on end when Pierre gets rolling.This year, Republicans...
View ArticleUrban Violence On the High Plains
I live in Rapid City, South Dakota, a place of incredible contrasts. We have an amazing artistic community and the most repressed culture this side of Alabama. We have great wealth and extreme poverty....
View ArticleBernie is here in South Dakota
Bernie Sanders has been having a great day here in South Dakota.My biggest hope is that he gets more of our young people out to to vote. Especially here where I live west of the Missouri, many new...
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A telling response from the whitehouse.gov contact page
I sent a message to the White House (“Please re-open the government now and fix immigration”) on the whitehouse.gov contact page. The response was interesting (editorial marks mine, though honestly, if...
View ArticleKristi Noem answers TransCanada's call
South Dakota’s new Governor, former US Rep Kristi Noem, just dropped two bills on the Legislature, at the absolute last minute. These are lobbyist written bills, given to the legislator well after the...
View ArticleSouth Dakota Embarrasses Itself Again
Today the South Dakota Legislature forwarded a bill to the State House floor (HB 1057) that attacks health care of transgender children in the State. It has been scheduled for a floor vote on Monday,...
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South Dakota continues slipping into darkness
As our COVID cases continue to go through the roof, and Governor Noem is busy serving Dear Leader as she campaigns for the President*’s re-elect with Cory Lewandowski. She’s in New Hamphire — no doubt...
View ArticleKristi Noem Faces the Nation and asks it to look elsewhere
Well, it happened. Our Governor, Kristi Noem, in her continued quest to raise her national GOP profile ahead of 2024, visited a non-Fox, non-OANN platform to engage with a national audience on Face The...
View ArticleDennis Kucinich is running for Congress again
I hadn’t heard from Dennis Kucinich since his long shot Presidential ambitions, which included interesting ideas like a “Department of Peace” and truly left of center economic policies. I have always...
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