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JAIL update

The Senate State Affairs Committee decided against subpoenaing South Dakota’s “JAILer-in-Chief” and unanimously approved a resolution urging citizens to vote against the absurd initiated measure (PDF file). (Real Audio here.) Although no testimony was taken, the battle continued in the press and those backing South Dakota Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.) seem to be revealing […]

JAIL notes

Joel Rosenthal at Straight Talk has been doing a much better job than me at keeping an eye on the insane South Dakota Judicial Accountability Initiative Law (J.A.I.L.).

Perhaps the best was when South Dakota’s “JAILer-In-Chief,” Bill Stegmeier, appeared before the Senate State Affairs committee last Friday to testify against a resolution urging voters to […]

Another of my diversions

As my state loses its third soldier in three days and prepares to ban most abortions, my antipathy leads me to talk about something less dispiriting: hockey. After all, my Stampede have excelled this year line and I haven’t said much about hockey. So I figure it’s about that time to bring that diversion here […]

Book choices: eclectic or eccentric?

As I thought about the last two books I requested from publishers to review, I began wondering what they indicated about my taste in reading material. Are my tastes eclectic or simply eccentric? Do they make me “well-rounded” or weird?

The first was Jason Colavito’s The Cult of Alien Gods. It explores two themes. The […]

The Bad Plus

While it’s still early in the year, The Bad Plus made a strong showing for live performance of the year Friday night as part of the Jazz and Blues Concert Series.

It is almost impossible to describe or categorize this trio. They are a prime example of the variously attributed thought that “talking about music […]