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Hate beyond all reason brings consequences

I can’t help myself here, but I’m about to bring up lore for “Warhammer 40,000,” which is itself is nothing more than the backdrop for grown men to roll dice and play with action figures. In this fiction, humanity is a faction called the Imperium of Man, a galaxy spanning empire founded ...

Gap exists between citizens, Legislature

A couple weeks ago, we discussed the different styles of legislators – “delegates” that try to represent constituents and “trustees” that use their own judgment. Because the short 80-day session moves faster than communications, legislators end up voting without knowing or ...

Science’s high priest has no robes

The faithful public servants of the fourth estate working at PBS have accidentally gone and done a work of revealing and genuine journalism. I know, I’m shocked as well. While typically committed to their stated ideological mission of giving the Biden Administration it’s daily tongue bath, ...

Fargo plans food packing extravaganza

On January 5, 2024, compassionate people in the Fargo Metropolitan area will pack 10,000,000 meals for hungry children through the ‘Feed My Starving Children’ program. The logistics are incredible. In a 10-day run in the FargoDome, organizers expect that 50,000 volunteers will be ...

It’s time for education to finally sober up

After the Revolution, the 13 independent colonies realized that nationalization was the only solution to their problems and wrote a constitution within which important powers were delegated to a central government. We have been going through more nationalization of American life through the ...

Magic City whinery and how technology governs us

When I first moved to Minot, I did what most new arrivals do and subscribed to a variety of local social media pages and groups. Naturally, the infamous Minot Whiners and Complainers 2.0 page was amongst them, and since coming to work at the paper, it’s often how I check in with my fellow ...