South Dakota’s Valiant Defense of Middle School Sports
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March 25, 2021
Imagine unironically being Kristi Noem.
Tag: South Dakota
A Brief History of “In God We Trust”
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July 26, 2019
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 …
A Tale of Two States
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July 3, 2019
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 …