A president's influence is not measured only by how many candidates accept his endorsement. It is measured by whether his leadership makes his party stronger. By that measure, Donald Trump's political choices are putting Republican control of the Senate and the House at risk. The warning ...
"We will always protect Social Security, Medicare!" says President Donald Trump. That would be nice. But when I look at these programs' balance sheets, I don't see how he's protected anything. Both Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money. Politicians mostly ignore ...
If as president you are presiding over a dark period in America's history, complete with divisions, a never ending war, political corruption, affordability issues for the average American family, a slew of broken promises, and a favorability rating that barely hits 30%, I do not think it would ...
Julie Reiten Minot The proposed pig iron plant has me pondering the industrial disasters Minot has experienced in the last 40 years and how they have affected our respiratory health. On April 4, 1987, the Westchem agricultural chemicals company’s warehouse on South Broadway caught fire. The warehouse contained 54 different chemicals, many of them toxic. It was the United State's first major agricultural chemicals fire, and it featured 40 foot flames and a mile-wide cloud of black smoke that drifted north over the city. 10,000 people in Minot were evacuated, and there were numerous ...
In August, Mary Peltola told Alaskans, "It should be a criminal offense to lie or mislead the electorate. YES!" Her campaign might have wanted to check its own text messages before she said it. According to a New York Times investigation published Wednesday, top Peltola aides in the ...
Don Morrison Bismarck When I was young, our school in Minot had a drill. We would crouch down under our desks and put our hands above our heads to practice how to survive in case of a nuclear attack. It was called “duck and cover.” It was the height of the Cold War and we were preparing against the possibility of the Soviet Union launching nuclear missiles at us. North Dakota was Ground Zero because we had bombers and fighters – as well as a couple hundred nuclear-tipped missiles located in bunkers under our topsoil. That meant the Russians would hit us first. ...
