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Ted Rall is a syndicated columnist and award-winning political cartoonist. He also gained some notoriety (and death threats) earlier this year for a Pat Tillman cartoon and a blog comment after Reagan’s death that Ronnie was probably “turning crispy brown right about now.” (And while others might also find this one unpalatable, my favorite recent cartoon […]
President Bush’s failure to deliver sufficient drought aid to South Dakota was considered a key factor in John Thune’s 2002 loss to Sen. Tim Johnson. News that South Dakota was left out of a federal drought relief program will likely rekindle the issue in the Thune-Daschle race. I find interesting Thune’s comment that “I […]
More details regarding the teen page on the South Dakota State Library web site raises more questions about the propriety of Gov. Mike Rounds’ decision to yank the page. Contrary to Rounds’ initial assertions, it turns out this wasn’t a page developed by just two people at the State Library. Instead, the page was previewed […]
The South Dakota State Library has now totally pulled down a teen section on its web site. The dispute started following complaints it contained a link to a Planned Parenthood site. The complaint that seems to have brought the most attention is when Robert Carlson, bishop of the Sioux Falls diocese of the Roman Catholic […]
John Thune is following standard GOP tricks. He is using the federal marriage amendment as a bogeyman to try and bash Tom Daschle, using statements that are disingenuous at best. According to a local TV outlet, Thune says Daschle should vote for the amendment to “protect South Dakotans from being forced to accept gay marriage. […]
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