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Daring the Argus to walk the walk

Hats off to state Rep. Tom Hennies of Rapid City for pointing out the weak spot in the Argus Leader’s stance on the smoking ban legislation.

Today’s Argus editorial chastised the House for tabling a bill that would have banned smoking everywhere but in private homes and designated hotel and motel rooms. As this is […]

South Dakota (Conservative) Public Broadcasting

I’m generally a pretty big fan of South Dakota Public Broadcasting. I think Statehouse has done more to bring the workings of the state legislature to the general public than anything. Still, there are times when you gotta wonder.

Recently, SDPB announced it would not air an episode of Postcards from Buster, in which the […]

The Argus-Leader’s self-inflicted wounds

You don’t need to look to guess the right and pro-Thune people are crying “bias” over this morning’s Argus-Leader article headlined “Debates may not sway election.” The headline is one more example of the Argus setting itself up for this type of criticism.

Quoting an SDSU poli sci professor, the thrust of the story was […]

Hitler as blogger follow-up

Randell Beck tries to explain but does not do it well.

Hitler as a blogger

Anyone who reads this knows how much I disagree with the circle jerk bloggers and their fellow travelers. They are correct, though, in calling Randell Beck of the Argus Leader to task for comments he made in announcing an Argus Leader political blog in his weekly editorial column. What they found most offensive was the […]