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Opinion

Democratic Socialist Party debuts in NYC

National Columnists

Big news from Argentina is the electoral victory of the Advancing Liberty party of President Javier Milei. Milei initially won the presidency in 2023 brandishing a chainsaw as a message of how he was going to cut the runaway government that has been destroying the lives of Argentinians. ...

Ranchers right with beef checkoff fight

Letters to the Editor

Steve Fallgatter, Driscoll It comes as no surprise that the constitutionality of North Dakota’s Beef Commission Act has landed in court. Ranchers who choose not to pay dues to the Stockmen’s Association have been advising the legislature for a decade or more about their dissatisfaction ...

Total fealty to Trump ignores North Dakotans

Letters to the Editor

Bob Ostmo, Wahpeton What in the world is wrong with our Congress? The house of representatives has been home collecting their salary for a month. My calls to representative Fedorchak’s office have been met with platitudes of how she values transparency and claims of how she is working for ...

Youth, businesses unite to honor veterans

Letters to the Editor

Robyn Stoner, Minot The cadets of the Civil Air Patrol Magic City Composite Squadron have boots on the ground, hanging posters at Minot businesses to promote Wreaths Across America. As I’ve walked alongside them to offer a boost of confidence and clarification when needed, I’ve been ...

Strengthening America requires strong allies

National Columnists

President Donald Trump’s slogan has long been “America First,” and his movement is all about making America great again — language the president’s foes misunderstand as meaning “isolationism.” In fact, strengthening America requires strengthening our friends as well — and ...

National sports betting was bad bet

National Columnists

In 2018, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to strike down a federal law banning sports gambling, thus allowing individual states to decide whether to allow it, or not. It didn’t take a genius to predict what might happen, especially when politicians can find new sources of revenue beyond income, ...