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Asking Santa for a few Christmas gifts this year

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 nothing I want for myself this year, but I will ask Santa for a few gifts for others: To the City Council: I would like Santa to bring us vision, collaboration, respect, and continued stewardship of the peoples’ money. There are big things ahead for us to tackle in 2023 and beyond. We will ...

Colorful thinking could boost third party

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 third-party movement. Interest that almost never seems to get anywhere. But heck, if a three-class system for high school basketball can finally get its running legs in North Dakota after decades of crawling, perhaps some colorful thinking can boost the legitimacy of a third party. Colorful, because ...

MACF helps donors better local communities

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 history of Minot and the Minot Area Community Foundation, which recently marked its 22nd year of being the center for community giving. First, being a 3rd generation entrepreneur and past businessowner allowed me to reflect on the rich heritage of the greater Minot area business community and ...

Trumpus Contra Mundum

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 North Dakota News Coopertive, says in his Dec. 6 opinion piece that any Republican pushing for investigations in the next session is stepping outside their mandate, and should get back to the basics of “passing laws.” His lack of curiosity is not unique in this business, but it is nonetheless very ...

LGBTQ is personal matter for God to judge

First of all, I am not gay, lesbian, a transvestite or any of the other sexual deviations from the norm but the North Dakota legislature will be meeting in a few weeks and it is likely that negative legislation will be introduced to demean sexual deviants. In some cases, it is blatant persecution. Scripture is really tough on sexual deviation. Numerous verses of Scripture in the New Testament make it very clear that Christ-followers should not adulterate the line of procreation. Because of the Bible’s declarations, many Christians have participated in condemnation of sexual ...

Remembrance: From Pearl Harbor to WASP

As Dec. 7 approaches, we remember the worst aerial attack in American military history — Japan’s surprise attack on our U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On Pearl Harbor Day we celebrate the spirit of unity and patriotism of all Americans as they came forward to support President Roosevelt, our military, and each other. It’s a day to remember and honor our Greatest Generation, but especially those who were there at Pearl Harbor that day, and those that lost their lives; there were so many. If you have seen the 2001 movie “Pearl Harbor,” you might remember the clip of ...