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Local Columnists

COVID authoritarians deserve reckoning not amnesty

Toward the end of 2019, the whole world was watching as the people of Hong Kong took to the streets in protest of the Chinese Communist Party dissolving the last vestiges of the island enclave’s separation from the mainland government. People were beaten, arrested, and even killed, ...

Republicans have chance to end Trumpism

As Donald Trump’s star dims on the horizon, Republicans have a chance to restore order to our political system. Trump has been an aberration. He stormed onto the political scene and rallied a following before most people knew who or what he was. Because he won in the primaries, the rational ...

Legacy of Artemis and North Dakota in Space

The Artemis I rocket launched into space (Nov. 16), and is the next step to returning humans to the Moon for the first time since 1972. This mission will build the foundation for further exploration of the Moon, as well as lay the groundwork for sending astronauts to Mars by the 2030s. The ...

FTX and the myth of billionaire altruism

The collapse of crypto wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) and Elon Musk’s anarchic management of Twitter are two stories that have had ownership over a lot of headlines recently. One is being described as a danger to society and of our treasured “democracy” for leaning into free speech ...

Has tribal sovereignty become myth?

Before venturing into the deep water of state and Native American relations, I need to reassure North Dakota’s tribes that I am not an adversary but a friend. I believe we owe the native people reparations for taking their country, killing six million of their people and forcing them into ...

Support your local small business…Saturday

District Director It’s no secret that small businesses struggled through the pandemic, and some are still struggling with the affects of the pandemic – higher input costs, changing consumer habits and higher labor costs, if they can even find the workers. Sort of long haul COVID for ...