A South Dakota Moderate

This ruling will surely get the religious right going.
The California Supreme Court has overturned a ban on gay marriage, paving the way for California to become the second state where gay and lesbian residents can marry.
The case involved a series of lawsuits seeking to overturn a voter- approved law that defines marriage as a union [...]

As the fight continues over retooled FISA laws that would give the US Government more power to legally spy on us without warrants and that would give telecommunications companies retroactive immunity for what has already occurred, the LA Times tells us just how much losing some of our civil liberties has helped to this point.
The [...]

2008 is turning into the year of the gun. First the South Dakota legislature tries to allow college students to carry guns on our college campuses. Then some of our more Conservative friends wanted to board up all the Pizza Hut franchises because they had the gall to discipline one of their delivery drivers for [...]

Just 10 days ago PP over at the War College proclaimed the death of the 2nd Amendment when a Pizza Hut delivery driver in Iowa was suspended for carrying a gun on the job. The driver ended up shooting a would be robber with that gun but PP and many of his readers decided that [...]

Dave Kranz has a column in this morning’s Argus that tries to explain why South Dakota “matters” and how we could now play a big part in deciding the Democratic Presidential nominee. He goes on to explain that Obama and Clinton finally now seem to know where we are on a map with their recent [...]

We as a state and a country are facing a lot of issues, unfortunately too many think that these top the list.
The current riot in the Democrat Party is which candidate cares more about guns and religion…Obama or Hillary. Neither, they both care about government too much to care about gun and religious rights.
Another Legislative [...]

Looks like we have another election season filled with Kate Looby, Leslie Unruh and the abortion debate to look forward to.
Abortion Measure Will Be On Ballot
State Election Supervisor Kea Warne says a measure to ban most abortions in South Dakota will be on the November ballot.
Warne said Friday that more than the required 16,776 petition [...]

I may not be as edumacated as my esteemed blogging professor colleagues from the north whom seem to think that passing FISA reform without Telcom immunity is a compromise that will weaken the legislation. Nor am I as smart as those that consistently blame the Democrats for holding up this legislation and are in turn [...]

A couple of days back I wrote on how South Dakota’s senior Senator, Tim Johnson, voted along with 17 other Democrats to give our government almost free reign to spy on us without needing to have warrants. As expected, the Democratic Party mouthpiece blog, Badlands Blue, was eerily silent on that vote though they did [...]

As our legislature debates whether to allow our college students to bring guns on to colleges, the Brady campaign report card shows just how bad our gun laws already are in South Dakota as far as letting the bad guys get a hold of guns.
Out of a possible 100 points with 100 being the best, [...]

Jason Heppler over at South Dakota Politics links to a Glenn Reynolds piece about our legislature’s attempt to allow guns onto South Dakota universities (HB1261). Following the usual NRA talking points Reynolds proclaims that being able to carry guns into the classroom could have saved lives at Virginia Tech, you even got to love Reynolds [...]

SB185, the bill that sought to toughen regulations on personalized plates was shot down in committee yesterday.
A state law that says personalized license plates in South Dakota must be in “good taste and decency” will not be changed by lawmakers.
A bill that would have set tougher guidelines for messages that are displayed on vanity plates [...]