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Opinion

Many changes have happened in world in 10 years

National Columnists

Ten years ago this month, Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for president, with a platform that was vastly different on trade and foreign policy from other recent presidents, Republican and Democratic alike. How fares America – and the world – 10 years later? In ...

AI CEO’s are their own worst enemy

National Columnists

Much of our rising energy costs comes from a decades-long campaign of progressive environmentalists and Democrat backed regulators to tear down coal-fired power plants, block nuclear and natural gas expansion and make America reliant on wind and solar. Data centers get blamed for higher ...

Minot shines through storm

Letters to the Editor

I was in Minot for the funeral of MSU Professor and fellow Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Board member Dr. Brent Askvig on Thursday, May 14th. We'd taken a break from Quarterly meetings in Bismarck to attend. If I heard correctly, for the first time ever the NWS issued a Blowing Dust Warning ...

Political violence should not become acceptable

National Columnists

A society that begins to excuse political violence should not be surprised when political violence multiplies. Once you create a moral framework in which violence is not merely understandable but righteous – once you argue that certain institutions are so corrupt, so "murderous," ...

Consequences matter over compassion

National Columnists

One of the most frustrating aspects of contemporary conversations about politics and public policy is how often the deleterious effects of terrible programs – local, state and federal – are brushed aside with distracting (and even deceitful) claims that the intentions behind the ...