On a recent trade and investment mission to Japan, we had just arrived at a Tokyo office to meet with the country’s Minister of the Environment when news broke that North Korea had fired a ballistic missile toward the island nation. While that missile landed harmlessly in the sea, this ...

Dear Minot: As we draw closer to the holiday season, most of us probably have visions of family gatherings, generational traditions, and meals with relatives around the big dining room table. But we should also be well aware that the holidays are often an extra-stressful time for many in ...

With the nation two years out from deciding whether or not we want to keep him around, President Biden’s struggles and failings didn’t prevent Democrat victories in the midterms. In fact, a number of Trump-aligned candidates found themselves grounded by voters rather than elevated by the ...

"Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choices are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.” With these words, Franklin Delano Roosevelt related a simple truth: Education is fundamental to the success of our nation. It is in this ...

Change may inevitable in the days leading up to the midterm elections, but it did not come in 2022. For all the excitement that was made over various developments in the last few months, the end result offered few surprises if any. Ultimately the voters of North Dakota leaned towards the known ...

Yes, It’s true. I have been a male chauvinist most of my adult life. I grew up in a family where the Dad was a poster guy for  chauvinism, no questions asked and no answers given. He never touched us but he had an air of authority that we never questioned.  Not only did I get chauvinism ...