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Learning to love Roko’s Basilisk

The following text contains an information hazard, which could inspire dread and existential discomfort. Read at your own risk: Recently, I took a chance on a Peacock streaming series called “Mrs. Davis,” which is the latest offering from former “Lost” showrunner Damon Lindelof, a ...

Legislator-citizen gap unhealthy for state

There is an unhealthy gap between the North Dakota legislature and the citizenry. This should not be. Legislators are elected to represent the views of the people. North Dakota has just gone through a legislative session that veered off course. Governor Douglas Burgum saved the state on a ...

New Trinity campus is healthcare transformed

Dear Minot Community and the Region at Large: This is the final letter in our series about transforming healthcare in western North Dakota and eastern Montana as tomorrow, April 30, 2023, we officially open the Trinity Health Healthcare Campus and Medical District. Our staff has worked ...

Hyperreality and hologram Joe Biden

With his recent Twitter video announcement commencing his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is now once again being sold to us as a champion of democracy, whose heart bursts with love for freedom and liberty as much as it does for soft serve. He’s a moderate who has no interest in ...

North Dakota Legislature waging class warfare

If little else, the North Dakota Legislature is giving us a classic example of class warfare. Of course, those benefiting from the conflict are quick to deny its existence because it reveals their greed and selfishness. Intelligent observers untouched by the issue have confirmed that there ...

Fifth Estate strikes back against State powers

Ten years ago, the NSA launched a spy satellite into orbit that came with a mission patch dominated by the image of a massive octopus enveloping the Earth in its tentacles, emblazoned with the slogan, “Nothing is beyond our reach.” This satellite had been sent to the heavens in December, ...