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Abortion needs resolution in Christian way

Abortion is practically none of my business except to observe that the rhetoric has escalated to a point that it has divided the country. But the whole thing has gotten out of hand. In Tennessee, they are arguing as to whether or not a 12-year-old girl, made pregnant by her father – the ...

Exercise is good medicine for ND kids’ mental health

Today, more than ever, our children are struggling with their mental health. May was Mental Health Awareness Month, but the issue needs to be recognized all year long. We simply can’t ignore the problem any longer. Between the recent mass shooting events in New York, California and Texas ...

Midnight rider’s place in history largely forgotten

"isten my children and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, on the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five…” These lines from the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow are familiar to many of us. We learned about Paul Revere’s ride to warn the ...

More complaining about taxes while awaiting refund

Even though he doesn’t stuff the envelopes, North Dakota Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus deserves credit for the efficient manner in which his department is serving the public. His turnaround time is just a matter of days while the Internal Revenue Service takes months. (If Commissioner ...

Heading down a dangerous path

North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer and a slew of other politicians and groups, quickly issued press releases after the Supreme Court Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was officially announced on Friday. From Cramer’s release, “This ruling from the Supreme Court is a ...

The Biden referendum

Two years ago, I found myself like most Americans furloughed from one job, and working diminished hours at another as a night auditor at a hotel in Bismarck. Those were strange uncertain times, and more often than not my nights were spent interacting with a variety of individuals from all over ...