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I voted for Initiated Measure 15 , the extra-penny sales tax to fund K-12 education and Medicaid. I'm not deeply enamored with IM15. The...

Mr. Ehrisman's passionate advocacy of snowgates and our weekend winter wonderland got me wondering why Madison's public works dep...

Father Tyler in Rapid City marks Guy Fawkes Night with the provocative contention that the Catholic persecution against which Fawkes was re...

At some point, Patricia Stricherz may cease to amaze me. But not tonight. My wife and I got to wondering when the last time was that Lake Co...

The latest Madville Times poll finds a majority of you gentle readers agreeing with me on the use of Peter Norbeck's "Valhalla...

Pierre has been putting out press releases promoting the "Year of Unity" declared by Governor Rounds to revive the reconciliation ...

Ah, Ross Perot . Those were the days. I got all giddy when Perot talked about taking a shovel and scooping out the barn (the barn was Washin...

It seems like we get an awful lot of orders from Governor Rounds to fly the flag at half staff. Today's grief: remembering the 15th anni...

I can't make up this stuff. Koch Industries, with its ties to the John Birch Society , climate science denial , and the Tea Party , buil...

At best, Gordon Howie's failed petition drive to nullify health insurance reform was futile political grandstanding. At worst, it was t...

German pastor and theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer is a too-much-ignored hero of the 20th century whom Pastor Steve Hickey and I respect immen...

Who is that man with the face too good for radio? Guys used to wear neckties on the radio. Really! And they didn't even have webcams bac...

The Rooted Pasque of Sioux Falls draws our attention to a fragment of social history with a South Dakota connection on Letters of Note , a ...

Hat tip to Rebecca Blood , who points us toward a pointed essay by freelance writer Bob Simmons from Bellingham, Washington, on the public o...

Atchison County Memorial Building, downtown Rock Port, MO Reading up on Rock Port, Missouri, the first 100% wind-powered town in America, I...

Hat tip to AllGov.com ! Marketing rule #1: Know Your Customers. That might include knowing your history. It might stop you from doing silly ...

What's worse: liver or beets? Judge Judy or infomercials? Warren G. Harding or George W. Bush? Professor Blanchard's fair reading ...

U2 performs at the Lincoln Memorial, 2009.01.18 [Doug Mills, New York Times ] By the way, I'm listening to the "We Are One" In...

An eager reader alerts me to the Dakota 38 Reconciliation Ride , a project started by Lakota spiritual leader Jim Miller to commemorate. Mil...

Faithful reader and local historian John Hess sends some wonderful historic photos of Madison's bustling downtown. I've posted the f...