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Argus article

Yes, the Argus Leader article on South Dakota political blogs ran this morning and, yes, I was in it. Quite frankly, much ado (largely beforehand) about little. Political blogs are hot items now and recently but I still think they may have jumped the shark and collapse of their own weight after the election. If […]

Worth the time

Bob Harris, guest blogging at Tom Tomorrow’s This Modern World, tells us about National Preparedness Month. Isn’t it surprising the run-up and announcement are scheduled to coincide with the GOP convention and the anniversary of September 11? Juan Cole is indispensable on how we outed an al Qaeda double agent and the potential ramifications. […]

Political Catholicism update

As a follow-up to an earlier post, the August Bishop’s Bulletin of the Catholic Diocese of Sioux Falls indeed contains (on pages 2 and 3 of the print version) Bishop Carlson’s “instruction” that Catholics who vote for pro-choice candidates commit a mortal sin and are not Catholics in good standing. The material published by the […]

In need of a chill pill

Let me first say I have never been a Gannett/Argus Leader fan. With that, it appears the circle jerk bloggers are working themselves into a frenzy about the Argus again. Gazing intently at each other’s navels, they are starting to cry censorship, echoing each other’s claims that the Argus is engaged in a “major make […]

Terror and politics

The media jumped on whether the recent increase in the terror alert level was politically driven. That’s something I’ve wondered about for a few months and even spent some time digging around trying to find info on just when the alert levels changed and terror-related Homeland Security press conferences were called. A friend, though, pointed […]