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Letters to the Editor

Statistics, polls create liars

Ron Schmidt, Tolna Lies, damn lies and statistics. Mark Twain, HL Mencken and George Orwell, where are you now when we need you. Numbers, numbers, numbers. 7-12-23. More numbers. CNN: according to a poll, 61% of Americans support abortion in most or all instances. Really! The same ...

Congrats to Minot City Council

Bob Sanderson, Minot Recently there has been an issue raised with the Minot City Council regarding an ordinance that would have provided legal protection to the LBGTQ community. Unfortunately, that ordinance created a fair amount of controversy. After a number of meetings and testimony ...

Burgum dislikes made-in-America policies

Landis Larson, President, North Dakota AFL-CIO Co-signed by AFL-CIO affiliates: Northern Valley Labor Council, Northern Plains United Labor Council, Missouri Slope Central Labor Council In a recent interview on “Meet the Press,” Governor Doug Burgum showed his cards on working ...

Why vote for a guy like that

James Maxson, Minot Governor Burgum’s interview on Meet the Press was interesting. He seemed calm, not angry. He didn’t insult anyone. He didn’t call anyone names. He didn’t refer to his unmentionables. He has no known record of sexually assaulting unwilling women. He has no pending ...

Support PROVE IT Act in Congress

Maj. Gen. (ret) Mike Haugen, Fargo I fully support Sen. Cramer’s stance on reducing our reliance on China and Russia for energy and critical supply chains. It is time for America to take action on this pressing Issue. The PROVE IT Act, which will study the pollution intensity of our ...

GOP is lying to you

Eric Suwall Minot Many MAGA-conservatives (MAGACons) think an FBI investigation over Trump’s mishandling of classified documents is politically motivated despite the evidence uncovered, including: 1. pictures of the mishandled/stolen documents, 2. testimony by several Trump associates ...