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Legislature wants to relieve us

Dan Rice, Fargo The North Dakota Legislature is proposing and approving a trove of bills that could eventually lead to the elimination of these state and local government entities, among others: 1. The ND Board of Higher Education 2. The ND Department of Public Instruction 3. The ND Board of Social Work Examiners 4. The ND Board of Medicine 5. Your local school board 6. Your local city council 7. Your local county commission 8. Your local library board This legislature knows better than any of these ...

Use Legacy money to build real legacy

David Schwalbe, Bismarck North Dakota has a legacy of public enterprise to develop and ensure the future of our rural economies through wise nonpartisan investing. Our elected officials have become dangerously frugal, now relying on foreign and out of state corporate investors to mill our farm commodities and refine our natural resources. This frugality is costing the state and taxpayers billions in lost revenue. The Fufeng corn crushing plant near Grand Forks was one example of the disturbing trend of foreign countries taking over the US food supply. Stopping the plant’s ...

New coordinator sought for WAA

Richard Reuer, Minot I want to begin with this letter to the editor in first thanking all who have in the past nine years help bring and make Wreaths Across America as special time of honoring the lives of our service men and women and their families, by giving the Gift of Remembrance, through sponsoring a veteran’s wreath each year to ensure an American hero was honored. Each year as we would present this event through the mission of Wreaths Across America (REMEMBER-HONOR-TEACH). It was our hope each year to educate our community as wreaths were laid in Sections 12 & 16, Medal ...

Thank you Robinwood neighbors

Sue Bruns, Bemidji, Minn. Thank you to the Robinwood good neighbors!  Last weekend I visited Minot to stay at my daughter and son-in-law’s house and take care of my grandson while his parents were out of town. While his other grandma stayed with our grandson, I ventured out on a cold afternoon to pick up a few items at Target. On my way back, just a block from my daughter’s home, I took a corner on the icy road and skidded into a snowbank. By the time I got out to assess the situation, one neighbor had already come to my aid, shovel in hand. My CRV, even with ...

Medical free choice needed

Patricia Ann Marquard, Minot We have had three years of wondering how to treat new diseases especially Covid-19. I am not writing a statement about Covid-19 but about medical treatment in general. There is a difference in medicines prescribed in different states by various medical centers. There has been fear on the part of doctors and medical centers in following the CDC protocol to the letter. Doctors have lost their practicing licenses for straying from Dr. Fauci. The “Frontline Doctors,” a professional organization including some of the most celebrated doctors and ...

Autopsy of MAGA movement

Wale Bablo, Fargo As many on the progressive side would like to disagree, there is no denying that the so called “MAGA” movement was, indeed, a significant crusade in American political history. Therefore, I`m of the opinion that it is imperative to dissect through the body of this movement in order to understand the source of the frustration and anger that heralded the MAGA mist into air mainstream politics. As for now, we can simply assume the MAGA movement is dead or at best, in a persistent vegetative state. From descending the escalator to numerous campaign trails and ...