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Letters to the Editor

Parrhesia as a remedy for cancel culture

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 ...

Trump, abortion are what went wrong for conservatives

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 ...

Opiate overdose awareness needed

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. ...

Economy can cause tax relief to go wrong

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 ...

Regarding raises for public employees

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 ...

Invest In Minot, invest local 

Todd Berning, President, EPIC Companies, Minot/West Fargo Over the past few years, EPIC Companies has raised capital all over the State of North Dakota for projects mainly being developed on the eastern side of the state, primarily the Fargo metro area.  A significant amount of that ...