2/21/2008 Must Reads: Creeping Crud Edition
I feel like crap.
I have the crud that is going around. My lungs and stomach hurt from coughing so much.
Still, I think I’m having a better day than Sen. John McCain is.
So, just don’t get any closer to me than my blog for the next few days unless you want to get sick.
Here are your germ-free Must Reads:
SOUTH DAKOTA/REGIONAL MUST READS:
Our View: Give influenza its due respect
21/02/08 09:20 from The Daily Republic : Mitchell
Influenza has reared its head in these waning weeks of February, and now we hear news that a South Dakotan has died from the illness. A report from the state Department of Health this week showed that as of Feb. 9…
- And speaking of the crud, the MDR takes a very brave stance editorially against the flu. What’s next, they’re against home breakins? Way to go out on a limb!
20/02/08 16:35 from South Dakota Media Club
SB 189, which would have modernized South Dakota’s Open Records law, was killed today (Wednesday, Feb. 20) in House State Affairs Committee by one vote. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Nancy Turbak-Berry, D-Watertown, passed the Senate but was…
- Gee, anyone really surprised about this result?
Exit Iraq, 2009?
21/02/08 07:12 from The Nation: Top Stories
TOM HAYDEN | In an apparent strategy shift, Barack Obama has hastened his timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq, setting the stage for an election battle with John McCain and the forces of neoconservatism…
- I’d move up that timeline by one year.
21/02/08 07:04 from Romenesko
Time.com “At a time when newspapers are trying to ensure their survival by attracting younger readers, the idea of endorsements is both counterproductive and an anachronism,” says Time managing editor Rick Stengel…
- Or if you are the Argus Leader and you make an endorsement, the other candidate usually wins. Can you say “kiss of death”?

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