Ask me to give, not give back
I hate being asked to give something back this time of year. Before I explain why, let me tell you that what I like…
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Merry Christmas Joseph Campbell
Or why the Star Wars queue at Christmas makes me smile
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Beyond Scrooge: The Golden Calf “Trumps” The Golden Rule
Donald Trump may be the worst of those currently peddling xenophobic paranoia, racial and religious hatreds, he is by no means the only one
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Drunk driving law may get overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court Imagine you stand accused of stealing items from your neighbor and the police…
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It’s time to get Breathe ND out of our state budget
North Dakota may find itself short on revenues in coming bienniums, but the state could ease that pain by getting out of the anti-tobacco…
Read NowRepublican “Weapons of Mass Distraction” drown children of science and democracy
“See no Science, Hear no Science, Speak No Science”
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The First Amendment is in trouble
To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law,” columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote in 2002. “Conservatives think liberals are…
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Bob Valeu looks at ND ID law
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Your dignity is worth more than a black Friday discount
“It’s become a Thanksgiving holiday tradition,” a colleague told me recently. “We eat the turkey, and then we watch videos of people being trampled…
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Riders would change the CFPB’s structure, funding and independence;
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Medical Marijuana: no armored cars needed
Rilie Ray Morgan responds to Lloyd Omdahl column
Read NowNo state may be hurt more by the Clean Power Plan than North Dakota
The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan is expected to have a dramatic impact on how Americans get their power across the U.S. Or, perhaps…
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Leave it in the ground isn’t a sane option
On Sept. 19, 2008, TransCanada submitted a permit request to the U.S. State Department to build a pipeline across the United States/Canada border. The…
Read NowInterest groups lobbying on the taxpayer dime
Like every other state in the union North Dakota has a host of state boards and commissions that were created to administer licensing and…
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Mad dads making the lawyers move
The proponents of family law reform in North Dakota are having an impact. After ballot measure efforts in 2006 and 2014 aimed at changing…
Read NowDon’t be angry, be thoughtful
HBO comedian John Oliver aimed his considerable polemical skills at North Dakota recently, much to the delight of the state’s critics. “Be angry,” was…
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The folly of opposing due process revealed at UND
At the University of North Dakota last week a policy passed by state lawmakers, but opposed by North Dakota University System lobbyists, was vindicated.…
Read NowWe need to stop talking about gun control
We got horrible news out of Oregon last week where another group of people were shot down by a murderer who ignored the prohibitions…
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Close down the campus police departments
Earlier this year the North Dakota Supreme Court found that it is illegal for campus police departments to be patrolling off campus. The jurisdiction…
Read NowIt’s time for North Dakota to register voters
One laugh-out-loud moment from the 2014 election cycle saw Democrats releasing polling showing state Senator George Sinner with a lead in the U.S. House…
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The biggest problem with Heitkamp’s Iran vote was the hypocrisy
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp’s position in the Iran deal may end up being a big deal for her political career. A big deal on a…
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Being someone who challenges the status quo in a state filled with generational bias is similar to not understanding what the fuss is behind…
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A disturbing free speech in North Dakota
“I don’t agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” That famous and wonderful quote…
Read NowProud to be a Neanderthal with cleaner air than Minnesota
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, had some sharp words for the approach to climate policy taken by his state’s Republican-led western neighbor. “These…
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