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Sanction or reward?

The report that SD GOP workers who resigned because of absentee ballot investigations will now work for the Bush-Cheney campaign in the swing state of Ohio is made a bit more interesting by today’s Paul Krugman column opining on “a Republican Party culture in which dirty tricks that distort the vote are rewarded, not punished.”

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Locating the mainstream

I didn’t watch the Kerry-Bush debate Wednesday but heard an excerpt of Bush’s comment that Kerry is on the left bank of the mainstream. But let’s see where the “mainstream” really is on some of the key issues facing us.

When it comes to abortion, an ABC News/Washington Post poll indicates only 20 percent believe […]

SFJB

I was pleasantly reminded again last night of the importance of the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society to cultural existence in Sioux Falls.

While best known for its JazzFest each summer, SFJB kicked off the sixth year of its Concert Series Friday night with jazz singer Dianne Reeves. Each year, the series brings in […]

Vote for Change on TV/radio

I don’t usually post press releases but this arrived via e-mail today from brucespringsteen.net:

On Monday, October 11, 2004, the Sundance Channel will broadcast a television special titled “National Anthem: Inside the “Vote for Change” Concert Tour”. “National Anthem” is a documentary film by acclaimed filmmakers Albert Maysles and D.A. Pennebaker who are known for […]

Kerry and Minnesota

Over the last four weeks, I’ve made four separate trips to St. Paul, always along the same route. I noticed on the first trip a number of large Bush-Cheney signs in Minnesota farmyards but that there were no Kerry signs.

Shorly before making the trip again Tuesday, I read the cover story of the October […]