July 14 was the last day Police Officer Jake Wallin went to work. And it terrified the loved ones of police officers all across the country. Jake was killed in the line of duty as he struggled with others to bring order to the streets of Fargo.  Jake and his fiancee, Winter, had just ...

It’s no secret that recent years have been tough on small businesses and on newspapers. A bipartisan bill, the “Community News & Small Business Support Act,” that has been introduced in Congress would offer relief to both newspapers and local businesses. For too many newspapers, help ...

"This here emergency meeting of the Homeland Security Committee will come to order,” Chairman Ork Dorken demanded as he pounded an old Coke bottle on his table – a makeshift hallow core door. The raucous crowd of 12 electors quickly seated themselves under the biggest community hall ...

CRT (Critical Race Theory) is the latest acronym to be added to the American vocabulary by state legislatures that lack the courage to admit the streak of bigotry that permeates the phrase. The North Dakota legislature has fallen in line and teachers are not allowed to talk freely about ...

The Fourth of July came and went, and fortunately we all were spared a sunburn on what proved to be cloudy and windswept. While the lake goers fled to their favorite body of water, we found ourselves moseying across the bridge on Burdick for the first annual Minot Shrine Club parade. I grew ...

e have just passed the greatest annual event in civil religion when we all – even some atheists – joined the chorus “God Bless America” to honor the United States, believing somehow that God is still dealing with countries even though the New Testament made faith a personal rather than ...