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South Dakota’s getting ornery again. A new Rushmore State law mandates the display of the United States motto, “In God We Trust” in every one of the state’s 697 public schools. Displaying the motto is required by law, but, schools are allowed to get fun creative with the new rule, which gives school principals the …
Minnesota’s state flag is bad. It’s simultaneously unremarkable and cluttered, ridiculously complex and altogether unrecognizable. It’s an unwanted china plate on a blue tablecloth, a design well-known to all the flagbois out there as the “seal on a bedsheet”, a design schema shared by 25 state flags all proudly flown by no one. Above all, …
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On November 2nd, 1889, Benjamin Harrison, ranked #30 in C-SPAN’s ranking of US Presidents, probably sneered as he drove a knife into the heart of Dakota Territory, dividing it forever along an East-West meridian. When he signed the documents formally creating two new states, the President famously (and cutely) shuffled them, preventing onlookers from knowing …
In 2017, the City of Minneapolis changed its map forever (maybe — facts disputed) by renaming its largest lake. Overnight, Lake Calhoun, as it’s long been known, became Bde Maka Ska, a name previously attributed to the body of water by the native Dakota people. This change resulted in fairly immediate controversy between advocates for …
Since my freshman year of college, I’ve been a big fan of both A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones. Against all the anti-hype, I still hold that Game of Thrones is one of the best television shows of all time. This season had some flaws, but I’m still a big fan. …
About a month ago, I published a set of predictions for the final season of Game of Thrones. Last weekend, the series finale aired, and looks like I’ve got some explaining to do. In this piece, I’ll be self-congratulating over the predictions that proved accurate, qualifying those which were here and there, and unpredicting anything …
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Warning: The following piece includes heavy spoilers from Season 8 of Game of Thrones. It’s also a lengthy, mostly-unedited three-page rant about a TV show. Proceed with caution.
Game of Thrones is five episodes from its end. I have a lot of predictions, and posting them online is the only way to prove I was right. If any of these are wrong, I will delete this page and deny it ever existed. Warning: The following contains plot predictions for Season 8 of Game …