South Dakota Lieutenant Governor Dennis Daugaard will make his case for promotion here in Madison Monday (that's tomorrow!). He's coming to the windowless cavern that is Nicky's to shake hands and field questions from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. An insider says there may' [...] 
Sam Hurst is not the typical blogospheric barroom brawler. His thoughtful prose generally floats above the combative, poke-in-the-eye polemics that Sibby and I goof around with. I thus hesitate to use words like hammers, skewers, or other such violent metaphors to describe his writing.
I wonder if ads like this in the Madison Daily Leader spoil Pat Prostrollo's breakfast:
The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index for 2009 is out, and South Dakota Tourism will not be trumpeting the results. According to this survey, we have a lower happiness score than any neighboring state (click image to enlarge):
Scott Heidepriem addresses a campaign rally at the Sioux Falls VFW Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, with former Nebraska governor and senator Bob Kerrey (left) and Jim Beddow.Gee, what is it about Heidepriem that keeps winning him these endorsements from medal-winning war veterans?
Jon Hunter, publisher, 
