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Local Columnists

It’s your community – get involved

ear Minot: Since being elected as your mayor in June 2022, I’ve learned a great many things. I’ve learned there is a lot going on in Minot that involves the mayor. I’ve learned residents want their voices heard. And I’ve learned that no matter how much I learn, there is always ...

We are seeing weaponization of the 4th Estate

Earlier this week I found myself cuddled up on the couch with my toddler watching a “Nixon”-movie double-feature. I needed a break from “Peppa Pig.” The first was “The Post,” a Spielbergian telling of “The Pentagon Papers” and its pseudo-sequel “All the President’s Men,” ...

America was never founded as Christian nation

America was not founded as a Christian nation. If you believe that it was, you have no knowledge of the history of the founding. You have never read the nation’s basic documents that testify otherwise. All you know is what other people have told you and most of them have a religious ...

‘Infinity Pool’ and accountability in Hollywood

As much fun as it is watching society crumble into the most boring dystopia imaginable, it is reassuring to know that Hollywood will always be there to showcase how much fun we could be having. If you’ve moseyed on over to your local multiplex in the last year or just booted up your favorite ...

Vouchers steal funds from public education

A bill introduced in the legislature by Rep. Claire Cory of Grand Forks would pave the way to diverting money away from public schools and give it to a variety of nonpublic education institutions through a voucher system. Under the voucher system, the state would give public money to ...

The controlled demolition of the Biden Presidency

If there is one word that has come to define the behavior of the permanent managerial class, it is overreach, willing as they are to stretch the limits of common decency and their supposedly strongly held democratic principles. While this willingness has had brought them great success in ...