There’s been mountains of hay made over the last few years diagnosing the causes behind the “death of discourse,” but it mostly devolves into people standing around the corpse casting blame around like a bad game of Clue. For some reason I’m compelled to join the throng and throw an ...

Many have been rushing around buying Christmas gifts for family and friends, decorating their homes inside and some outside, and enjoying cookies, candies and all those special treats. It’s the Christmas season and a time when family and friends get together. But there are many who ...

Dear Minot: I have been blessed in so many areas this year. My family has grown, my children have found careers – and my mother even moved back to Minot.  Of all the personal blessings, the highlight has to be the honor of being chosen to serve as your mayor. Honestly, there is ...

Well now, Sen. Kristin Sinema, you sure stirred up another storm in tempest-ridden Washington. But, in an attempt to make lemonade out of lemons, let’s give this most recent Declaration of Independence its due. There seems to be renewed interest — again — in an independent, or ...

Recently, two headlines in the Minot Daily News Opinion page caught my eye. The first published September 30, “America’s prosperity, charity come from entrepreneurship,” and the second published November 12-13, “North Dakotan’s are charitable givers,” prompted me to reflect upon the ...

When I read people like Steve Andrist calling for the Republican majority in the House to eschew applying the “Trump” standard to the Bidens and those protecting them, it makes me want to tear my hair out (which is unfortunate because I have so little). Andrist, the co-chair of the ...