PIERRE, S.D. — Governor Kristi Noem likes the idea of expanding South Dakota to absorb western Minnesota. South Dakota, she said, will “roll out the red carpet for people who love personal responsibility and freedom. She is a Republican. A bill is floating in the Minnesota House to allow border counties to secede. Gee, imagine a Winona, Wisconsin? Or reciprocally, a LaCrosse, Minnesota? How would this step further tipple off the tongue: Duluth, Ontario?
Noem. A literally larger South Dakota a darn tootin’ good idea. Like Manifest Destiny, ordained to be?