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Opinion

Nation reflects on 250 years of freedom

Local Columnists

When people across North Dakota and this nation celebrate on July 4 this year, they will be marking a significant milestone – 250 years of independence. Events observing the 250th anniversary of America's independence, officially the Semiquincentennial, will be held across the country, ...

Founders could define right from wrong

National Columnists

Two hundred and 50 years ago, self-evident truths meant something. Today, for some, things appear far less self-evident and truth has become subjective. Freedom from tyranny was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Today, freedom has been transformed into license, the right to do ...

America at 250: History we rarely tell

National Columnists

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, we will rightly remember the familiar names and places. We will speak of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Valley Forge and the birth of a republic unlike any the world had ...

Anti-cryophilic bigotry is killing people

National Columnists

PARIS – That's it, I'm starting a new human rights movement: the Cryophilic Freedom Front. Because rampant discrimination across Europe against cryophilic people – defined as those who are physically incapable of tolerating extreme heat – has no place in polite European society. Yet not ...

Birthright for illegals is insane

National Columnists

Weeks after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump looked to cut straight to the heart of birthright citizenship – the notion that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen – through an executive order titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American ...

Rent freeze threatens owners of anything

National Columnists

Tenants' groups and leftwing activists are cheering New York City's newly announced multiyear rent freeze. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent scheme is headed for a judicial smackdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2023 and twice in 2024, a hesitant Supreme Court declined to hear challenges by ...