A South Dakota Moderate

According to Brendan Minter from the WSJ, same sex marriage is behind the increase in out-of-wedlock births in the US.
Although advocates of same-sex marriage will deny there is any connection to extending the institution to gay couples, a recent report released by the National Center for Health Statistics reveals why this debate is worth having [...]

Legislators now know exactly what the Attorney General knows in regards to the sexual misconduct investigation of State Senator Dan Sutton.
Sen. Ed Olson, R-Mitchell, chairman of the Legislature’s Executive Board, said Sioux Falls lawyer Jim McMahon told the committee what he has learned from criminal-investigation records that were subpoenaed from the attorney general’s office. The [...]

Readers here may or may not remember that I had gone to Boston for a week last month for training on a new piece of screening equipment. In this mornings Argus there is a story on this new piece of baggage screening equipment that will be installed in the next few weeks at the Sioux [...]

The Supreme Court has dealt a blow to the religious conservatives when it refused to hear a Maine case filed on the behalf of 8 Maine families by the Institute for Justice. The case seeked to overturn a law that prevents the use of state funds to send students to private religious schools.
Last April, the [...]

Mike Mills of Sioux Falls has had enough of the Bush Administration and he wants everybody to know.
He is collecting signatures on a petition that calls for President Bush to be impeached.
“I don’t expect anything to come of it,” he acknowledged. “I just feel compelled to make these people know they don’t speak for me,” [...]

The latest SurveyUSA job approval rankings have been release and Tim Johnson continues to hover around the top 10 of all US Senators coming in at number 10 this month. John Thune by the way came in at 61 percent which was good for 42nd place.
Knowing what it’s like to be around 70 percent, Governor [...]

Just a quick drive by today to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving.
Unfortunately one of the things the sdmoderate household won’t be able to give thanks for is watching tonights game since Mediacom doesn’t carry the NFL network, though you couldn’t tell by what they charge, so I will have plenty of time [...]

Dave Kranz begins the speculation for the upcoming 2008 and 2010 elections in a piece in this mornings Argus Leader.
Much of Kranz’ speculation in the article revolves around the Governor’s chair and includes possible candidates and situations including the idea that Mike Rounds might run against Tim Johnson in 2008. That idea has been floating [...]

With the recent grumblings by Mike Rounds over his treatment by the Argus Leader which has now gotten to the point of being almost childish on both sides, former South Dakotan John Hinderaker over at Powerline is asking his readers which US newspaper is America’s worst.
Is Rounds a Poweline reader? If so I would [...]

This can only be from that bastion of liberalness, Faux News, brought to you as always by Mr. Olberman.

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I saw Mike Rounds on the news last night whining about Initiated Measure 5 which passed on November 7th. The measure requires that state aircraft be used only for state business.
Immediately after the passage, Rounds stated that he would just stop using the state planes and rent one on his own and have the state [...]

There has been a lot of debate lately about the weak campaign finance laws here in South Dakota especially in the wake of Roger Hunt’s anonymous $750,000 donor through his shell corporation to the “Yes on 6″ campaign.
Hunt at first failed to file a finance report saying he wasn’t required to and then when Secretary [...]