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Your vote makes a difference

North Dakotans will go to the polls on Election Day, Tuesday, June 14. Election Day this month falls on Flag Day, a day to honor the U.S. flag. The day commemorates the adoption of the Stars and Stripes on June 14, 1777, as the official flag of the United States. Voting on Flag Day is most appropriate. Voting is one of the most important rights of American citizens and taking part in elections is one of the key freedoms of our lives. If you are satisfied with a candidate or issue, or if you are not satisfied, this is your opportunity to cast your ballot. Before voting you ...

Let us never forget our solemn pledge

We must believe in our ability to work together to solve our toughest problems. On Memorial Day 1945, the war in Europe had ended but the fighting in the Pacific continued, Lt. Gen. Lucian Truscott voiced remarks at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery at Nettuno, Italy. Turning his back on the assembled VIP’s he faced the rows upon rows of headstones and apologized to the 20,000 fallen Americans who had been laid to rest far from home. He was quoted as saying, “All over the world our soldiers sleep beneath the crosses. It is a challenge to us – all allied nations – to ensure ...

Proposed ND Military Museum benefit to this state

Today is Armed Forces Day and an appropriate time to announce a major proposed project to honor and preserve the heritage and history of the military in our state. The North Dakota Military Museum is still in the proposed and planning stages but we believe it would be an important asset to this state. The proposed up-to-60,000-square-foot facility, a joint effort of the State Historical Society of North Dakota and the North Dakota National Guard, would be an addition to the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum on the Capitol grounds in Bismarck. There are many good ...

Term limits, Super PACS, and our billionaire governor

In a letter circulated last week, Secretary of State Al Jaeger definitively put to bed the ongoing saga over the petitions for the proposed initiated measure to add term limits to the North Dakota Constitution. The measure would have added term limits to the governor and the state Legislature, which currently have no limitations on terms of service. While sponsoring committee chairman Jared Hendrix decried the decision and claimed 82% of North Dakotans favored such a measure, the controversies and issues surrounding signatures ultimately doomed the measure from appearing on ballots this ...

ESGR beneficial program in ND and local area

There’s a program in North Dakota and nationwide that is doing great work largely under the radar. Designed to gain and maintain employer support for the National Guard and Reserve, the aptly named Department of Defense program, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. June 22 is the program’s official birthday. The program was established by the Pentagon in 1972 under the President Richard Nixon administration. North Dakota has been a strong supporter of its military members, including its National Guard and Reserve, but ...

North Dakota’s road toward the repeal of Roe v. Wade

With the unprecedented leak coming from the Supreme Court, the 2022 midterms now have their flashpoint issue, as it appears that the landmark Roe v. Wade decision of 1973 will be overturned. The motivations behind the leak are surely as cynical as they are political, and aren’t likely to preserve the status quo around the issue that has cemented abortion as a wedge issue between voters and political parties for decades. Roe v. Wade was a landmark for a number of reasons, but most significantly, it will be remembered as the one that transformed Supreme Court appointments into a ...