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Opinion

Bison are America’s national mammal

National Columnists

My sister Erica and I returned to Montana just a few days after the Bureau of Land Management revoked grazing permits for bison. American Prairie, a nonprofit working to create one of the largest nature reserves in the United States, was the target of that decision. Erica and I bounced along ...

Once is chance, three is propaganda.

National Columnists

Hamas is winning the propaganda war against Israel. And it's picked up an important ally in The New York Times, supposedly America's newspaper of record. The New York Times has repeatedly supported Hamas propaganda with misleading stories. Here are three egregious examples. First, on Oct. ...

Do looks really matter?

National Columnists

It's the controversy that has launched a thousand X posts. Elon Musk, who is a fan of Homer, has kicked up a fuss by objecting to filmmaker Christopher Nolan casting the black actress Lupita Nyong'o as Helen of Troy in his forthcoming movie version of "The Odyssey." The epic production ...

Many changes have happened in world in 10 years

National Columnists

Ten years ago this month, Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination for president, with a platform that was vastly different on trade and foreign policy from other recent presidents, Republican and Democratic alike. How fares America – and the world – 10 years later? In ...

AI CEO’s are their own worst enemy

National Columnists

Much of our rising energy costs comes from a decades-long campaign of progressive environmentalists and Democrat backed regulators to tear down coal-fired power plants, block nuclear and natural gas expansion and make America reliant on wind and solar. Data centers get blamed for higher ...

Minot shines through storm

Letters to the Editor

I was in Minot for the funeral of MSU Professor and fellow Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch Board member Dr. Brent Askvig on Thursday, May 14th. We'd taken a break from Quarterly meetings in Bismarck to attend. If I heard correctly, for the first time ever the NWS issued a Blowing Dust Warning ...