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Government isn't entitled to our emails

When a government agency comes to an internet service provider demanding information about Americans because of what they have said on social media, the provider should discard the demand, close the door or hang up the phone. The government is not entitled to rummage through the political ...

Embrace life’s deviations

My husband graduated with his bachelor's degree this summer at the age of 56. We ordered a cake and celebrated with friends and family. He had earned his associate's degree in accounting literally decades ago and had plans to continue his education, but life detoured him, as it likes to do. ...

Technology limits benefit students

I have been reading with great interest the recent stories regarding the use of technology in North Dakota’s K-12 classrooms. While the issue is rightly beginning to receive the attention it deserves, it is an issue that both the National Education Association and the American Federation of ...

AG's one promise is dishonesty

Todd Blanche was Donald Trump's personal attorney, so it was natural that when he was elevated to attorney general, a journalist asked whether he would "pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House?" The correct answer to such a question is obvious: The ...

Florida ground zero for political wars

Florida, you might have heard, is no longer a swing state. Since Ron DeSantis became governor, Republicans have gained nearly 2 million registered voters on Democrats in the Sunshine State. It is an astonishing change in partisanship for the state that famously decided the 2000 presidential ...

Letter to the Editor

As the National Walleye Tour prepares for its Aug. 27-29 championship on Lake Sakakawea near Garrison, anglers will have a chance to watch some of the country's best walleye fishermen compete. I'm interested in more than who wins. I wonder if we're seeing a generational shift in walleye fishing. Nineteen-year-old Jayden Wendel became the youngest angler ever to win an NWT event this season at Bay de Noc. Dylan Nussbaum, another young angler, rallied from 40th place to finish second at the Lake Erie opener. Those results don't prove younger anglers are better fishermen. They may ...