Troy Johnson, Williston Well it’s that time of year again,  when we find out how much we owe renting our property from the county and the school. I worked 30 years to pay off my property, now once it’s finally paid off, is really, truly when you find out that you never own it. It’s ...

Andrew Allis, Granville I propose the use of parrhesia in 2023 as the remedy for cancel culture and the twin sins of apathy and cowardice that are proving the death knell of these United States and Western Civilization at large. Parrhesia is a Greek term for a type of speech that ...

Dan Reinhard, Minot I know that the New Year lies ahead, that there are promises of a better day –yours for the asking. I am not certain about that however. We have been through Midterm elections where conservatives around the country wondered what went wrong –where was the ...

Georgia R. Krein, Burlington I work with opiate abuse disorder clients. The number of fatal and non-fatal opiate overdoses in Minot and the surrounding area is phenomenal. There are many organizations working on opiate awareness, yet I feel overdoses are minimized or ignored in the news. ...

James Maxson, Minot The next legislative session will be interesting to observe. Thanks to forces of nature beyond our control, North Dakota has been blessed with abundant oil and gas reserves. As a result, over the last decade, a substantial percentage of North Dakota’s tax revenues have ...

Rilie Morgan, Horace Mercifully another election season is in the review mirror, and a big thank you goes out to all the people who ran for elected office. Congratulations, also, to those of you who were elected to serve the great state of North Dakota. The time to get to work for the ...