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What vengeance?

Kari L. Conrad, Glen Ullin I was surprised by one Minot area Republican’s comments in a recent Minot Daily News article about the presidential candidate debate. There were the usual candidate horse race observations and the concerns about party unity after a primary election, but then ... Roger Neshem talked about the “vengeance a lot of [Trump supporters] feel”. VENGEANCE??? Vengeance is a punishment inflicted or extracted because of severe injury. I know we live in dynamic political times, but I don’t see Republicans, especially MAGA Republicans, being severely ...

Get involved: climate movement needs you

Ron Sadler, Carrington So, you are concerned about the Climate Crisis and are not sure what to do about it. Know that you are not alone. Also know that the Climate Movement needs you. It needs everyone to do everything we can to address this crisis. Here are some ideas: – Learn more about how our world is warming; the causes, consequences and actions that need to be taken to stop it. Start by visiting NASA’s website on climate. https://climate.nasa.gov. – Talk about it, a lot, with friends, family, neighbors, everybody and anybody. – Get involved; join a climate group ...

Join ND senators in supporting American veterans

Frank Larkin, COO, Troops First Foundation, Chair, Warrior Call, Mt. Airy, Md. New data from the CDC shows that suicide rates in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2022. Nearly 50,000 of our brothers and sisters died by suicide last year alone. As troubling as those numbers undoubtedly are, consider that veterans in this country – men and women who admirably served and protected us – die by suicide at a rate 60 percent higher than the general population. In other words, within the overall tragic number, a significant number of those deaths are veterans, not on battlefields ...

AFL-CIO: ‘It’s better in a union’

Landis Larson , President, ND AFL--CIO, West Fargo This Labor Day weekend, the North Dakota AFL-CIO, the federation of labor unions in North Dakota, wants working people to know: “It’s Better in a Union.” Life is better in a union. When we join together with our co-workers, our unions make a big difference in our day-to-day lives, on and off the job. Because we are in a union, we can bargain with our employer for higher wages, better healthcare benefits, safer working conditions, job security, and a retirement with dignity. Being in a union means building a better future for ...

APC law needs repeal

Andrew Allis, Granville In the 2002 Spielberg-directed futuristic science fiction movie “Minority Report,” set in the year 2054, Tom Cruise stars as the chief of the “Precrime” unit, a specialized police force which arrests would-be future criminals from information provided by prescient psychics (called “precogs”) before a crime is even committed. This movie is science fiction for a reason: in a dystopian world, people are punished for something that hasn’t even happened yet. Unfortunately, we have such a law on our books today, which has been around since 1973. It ...

Paying taxes is everyone’s responsibility

Lianne Zeltinger , Minot For the last few days, I have been collecting signatures for the initiated measure to eliminate property tax for the citizens of North Dakota. This past Sunday I was at the Food Truck Festival. I want to thank everyone who signed the petition or politely declined and/or engaged in dialogue. Did you know that North Dakota is the ONLY state in the Union that can afford to eliminate property tax? We have fracking to thank for that, not the prudent actions of elected officials. In 2024 we will once again be given the opportunity to vote to eliminate this tax, ...