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What to do with citizens who fought with terrorist groups is a sticky problem

One cannot blame the Turks for not wanting to be the world’s jailers for some of the most dangerous people on the planet. When Turkish forces invaded northern Syria to push back Kurdish separatists, they captured some facilities in which the Kurds were holding Islamic State terrorist prisoners. Now, Turkey holds about 1,200 ISIS members, including some it had prior to the invasion of Syria. Many of the terrorists are from outside the Middle East. Some are from the United States. But the homelands of most of the ISIS members have refused to take them back. They would prefer ...

Haley’s book raises questions about political establishment

Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is raising eyebrows with a new book that provides her take on time in President Donald Trump’s administration. The volume, “With All Due Respect,” raises troubling questions about the political establishment. Haley left her post on good terms with the president — but many high-ranking officials did not. Her memoir includes revelations about former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly. Both men attempted to enlist her to oppose some of Trump’s policies, Haley writes. Both ...

Give of yourself this holiday season

This is the time of year when people will be called upon to help the most needy among us. Different groups will be holding food drives so struggling families can put fabulous holiday meals on their tables. Angel trees will be set up and people will be urged to make a dream come true for a little boy or girl whose mom or dad might not be able to afford rent and Christmas presents too. Salvation Army bell ringers will be at store entrances seeking your spare change so they can continue to help people not just at Christmas but throughout the year. The Minot Daily News encourages ...

Saluting veterans on Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day, a day to honor all the men and women who have served in the military, whether in war or peace. Minot and a number of area communities along with others across the country will observe Veterans Day today with programs and other special ceremonies. Speakers will offer words to audiences about the day and its importance. In honor of Veterans Day, Trinity Health’s Employer of Choice Committee will display a Missing Man Table in three locations around Trinity Health in Minot – the Trinity Hospital Cafeteria, the entrance at Trinity Hospital- St. Joseph’s, and ...

Mexico should accept our help

Americans who leave our country to reside in another are outside the protection of our government in most ways. But the sheer horror of what happened in Mexico this week — nine women and children massacred, apparently by drug cartel terrorists — cries out for some meaningful reaction by Washington. A relatively large group of Americans, apparently disenchanted with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints but still considering themselves Mormons, moved to an area near La Mora, Mexico, a few years ago. It had been populated by other U.S. Mormons nearly a century ...

Bigots remind us racism still a problem

Just when you think it just may be possible that racism isn’t a problem anymore, the bigots remind us it is.     An Associated Press story this week covered two events involving the late Emmett Till.     Till was 14 when, in August 1955, he was visiting relatives in Mississippi. The black boy had been born and was growing up in Chicago.     With some friends, Till was in a small store near Money, Mississippi when a white woman accused him of grabbing her wrist and uttering a few obscenities. Many years later, she admitted that was not true.     But in 1955 in ...