"When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles.” I would tell you, dear reader, who this quote is attributed to, but unfortunately its ...

As the principal author of home rule used by cities and counties, I have taken a proprietary interest in the development of home rule. North Dakota now has over 100 cities and around 15 counties with home rule charters. In 1969, my graduate assistant, Dave Gipp, and I collected the charters ...

I can’t help myself here, but I’m about to bring up lore for “Warhammer 40,000,” which is itself is nothing more than the backdrop for grown men to roll dice and play with action figures. In this fiction, humanity is a faction called the Imperium of Man, a galaxy spanning empire founded ...

A couple weeks ago, we discussed the different styles of legislators – “delegates” that try to represent constituents and “trustees” that use their own judgment. Because the short 80-day session moves faster than communications, legislators end up voting without knowing or ...

The faithful public servants of the fourth estate working at PBS have accidentally gone and done a work of revealing and genuine journalism. I know, I’m shocked as well. While typically committed to their stated ideological mission of giving the Biden Administration it’s daily tongue bath, ...

On January 5, 2024, compassionate people in the Fargo Metropolitan area will pack 10,000,000 meals for hungry children through the ‘Feed My Starving Children’ program. The logistics are incredible. In a 10-day run in the FargoDome, organizers expect that 50,000 volunteers will be ...