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US should help Mexico in war against COVID-19

In many respects, COVID-19 is all the U.S. health care system can handle, and more. By Sunday, nearly 155,000 Americans had succumbed to the disease. Though enormous progress has been made since the pandemic first breached U.S. defenses last winter, challenges remain. Among them is processing of COVID-19 test kits. Some states have reported delays of as much as two weeks in informing people whether they tested positive or negative. In many ways, we in this country are better equipped than those in most other countries to battle the disease, however. Even some developed countries are ...

Dropping of atomic bomb 75 years ago brought peace to world at that time

Seventy-five years ago today, the Enola Gay, a B-29 Superfortress bomber, dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. It was 8:15 a.m. Hiroshima time and the first time a plane had dropped an atomic bomb. Pilot Paul Tibbets Jr. led the crew of men on this mission that would change the history of the world. They took off from their base in Tinian, near Guam, and headed for the city of Hiroshima in southern Japan, with the plane carrying the top-secret bomb. Three days later, another atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. Japan surrendered, bringing World War II to an ...

Some RNC officials need to go

Republican Party leaders have one obvious step to take this week: Fire the party personnel who came up with the crazy idea of holding the party convention behind closed doors. It was a blatantly bad idea — almost a gift to Democrats. GOP leaders from throughout the nation will gather later this month in Charlotte, North Carolina, for the party’s presidential nominating convention. President Donald Trump will get the nod. Recently, it was reported that some Republican National Committee officials favor holding the nomination vote in private, with no members of the press or public ...

Skepticism bet defense against misinformation

Russia and other foreign foes continue to probe both election mechanisms and the political network in this country in attempts to find ways to commit mischief electronically, it is being reported. With the presidential election less than three weeks away, that comes as no surprise. There is little most Americans can do to prevent foreign operatives from hacking into digital election systems, though it needs to be noted the vast majority of those in the U.S. appear to be relatively secure. Still less can we influence candidates and political organizations whose communications may be at ...

Verendrye, Enerbase bring electric car charging station to Minot

Verendrye Electric Cooperative and Enerbase are celebrating having one of the first electric vehicle superchargers in North Dakota. These companies are forward thinkers in this effort to bring a fast car charger to Minot. For this project the two companies got the approval for a grant from the North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality to pay for 80 percent of the cost of the project. The project is estimated to cost $72,000 The companies scheduled an open house and ribbon cutting starting at 2 p.m. today at the Enerbase Travel Plaza at 4750 Hwy. 83 North. During the event ...

Hydroelectricity has not been forgotten

With all the talk about renewable energy in America, we have heard little about one old reliable source — hydropower. Fortunately, though hydroelectricity seems to have been sidelined by emphasis on technologies including wind and solar power, it has not been forgotten. More than a year ago, U.S. Rep. McKinley, R-W.Va., introduced HR 3361 — the RIVER Act — in the House of Representatives. Finally, earlier this month, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the bill. HR 3361 would increase the stream of federal funding to aid hydropower projects. As McKinley’s ...