Bigotry and heat
Will the human species destroy ourselves with bigotry and heat? The most inspiring of our leaders in the last century was Prime Minister…
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A business arrangement of interest: ‘I’m actually a soybean farmer”
by Darrell Dorgan | Dec 18, 2025
I’ve been digging around for information on a company called High Plains Acres. High Plains, which has a presence in Jamestown, Bismarck and five…
Read NowStanding united with our Somali neighbors
by HPR Contributor | Dec 18, 2025
To the editor, By now, we have all seen the reports of President Trump disparaging our Somali communities — specifically, those in Minnesota —…
Read NowWealth without wisdom
by Ed Raymond | Dec 9, 2025
Will he world’s billionaires gain enough human empathy to save the world from themselves?
Read NowA gold throne for King Donald
by Ed Raymond | Dec 2, 2025
Why not put all of our gold at Fort Knox to common good? With all of the gold and marble Donald Trump has been…
Read NowFrom Terrible Trujillo to Tempestuous Trump
by Ed Raymond | Dec 2, 2025
Will the Divided States of America end up selling bananas? Sixty-nine years ago, I was in charge of an advance party of the…
Read NowCharge of the lost Democrats
by Ed Raymond | Nov 24, 2025
Democrats have MAGA, MAHA, MAWF, and Trumplicans to fight My favorite analyst of things religious and political is Finton O’Toole who uses plain English,…
Read NowThe impact of tariffs on North Dakota farmers and related industries
by Vern Thompson | Nov 18, 2025
These tariffs have disrupted farms, businesses, and communities across North Dakota.
Read NowPeople are people, but they’re powerful in numbers
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 18, 2025
We need to unplug and stop fueling the fire. Division is a tactic.
Read NowVatican perplexed by vexatious sex
by Ed Raymond | Nov 18, 2025
Christians have been hot and bothered by sex for 2,000 years and Catholic popes, cardinals, bishops, priests and nuns have been flummoxing Catholics
Read NowOnward fake Christian soldiers
by Ed Raymond | Nov 12, 2025
Both churches hate their non-white neighbors and love the smell of green money and what it can buy, like superyachts and thousand-dollar dinners.
Read NowWhen an umpire strikes out
by Ed Raymond | Nov 3, 2025
John Roberts has demonstrated he is a white nationalist and a white supremacist.
Read NowEmpathy and sympathy creates harmony
by Ed Raymond | Oct 28, 2025
Remember: the absence of empathy creates moral atrophy — and so does stupidity and ignorance
Read NowThe new time religion
by Ed Raymond | Oct 20, 2025
In making millions from politics, Kirk also helped Trumplicans to create a new religion to replace Christianity.
Read NowSome doors will never close: keeping the Spirit alive
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 15, 2025
At the end of September, downtown Fargo said goodbye to another old friend; the Spirit Room closed its doors, marking the end of an…
Read NowIs this the way our democracy ends?
by Ed Raymond | Oct 6, 2025
The United States of America became the Divided States of America about a half century ago when tax cuts, public debt, national debt and…
Read NowKennedy Jr. is no remedy for future
by Ed Raymond | Sep 29, 2025
John Roberts: What will you do about the monster you’ve created? Like Dr. Frankenstein, you and your Trumplican cohorts in the operating room of…
Read NowAccountability counts
by Vern Thompson | Sep 23, 2025
My greatest fear is that under this administration, we are slipping toward authoritarianism. A dictator-style leader demands obedience, not debate.
Read NowThe Lyin’ King and sickofans
by Ed Raymond | Sep 16, 2025
President Donald John Trump has demonstrated his four freedoms: Freedom from truth, constitutional law, empathy and freedom of Christian Nationalism, cruelty an
Read NowThe good news: happy birthday to the High Plains Reader
by John Strand | Sep 16, 2025
The High Plains Reader just turned 31, which means we are now launching our 32nd volume of The Little Newspaper That Could.
Read NowDemocracy is being disappeared
by Ed Raymond | Sep 8, 2025
In 2025, what are conservatives conserving? Fossil fuels? Energy? Water? National Parks? Christian religion? Free speech? Books?
Read NowA felonious assault by sandwich
by Ed Raymond | Aug 25, 2025
The “major” problem is, deadly crimes are not making the streets dangerous; the serious crimes are taking place in his White House.
Read NowExtincting the disappeared
by Ed Raymond | Aug 19, 2025
The Trump administration is forcing women to move to other states, or to travel to other states, or killing them because of inadequate medical…
Read NowHow our communities send their own champions to serve them
by HPR Contributor | Aug 19, 2025
I will always stand for the Voting Rights Act because it’s not just law. It’s how our communities send their own champions to serve…
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