In 2022, I was honored to be elected by the people of District 15 to serve in the North Dakota State Senate. Representing my community was one of the greatest privileges of my life, and I worked hard to uphold the trust voters placed in me. My four-year term was cut short — not by the ...
Pat Fischer, Ellensburg, Wash. I recently visited Minot to attend the funeral of my sister. Most of us were from out of the area and we stayed at the Sparks Hotel on the 20th. We had family in from Texas, Arizona, Washington, Indiana, Iowa, Montana and South Dakota. Thanks to the hotel ...
The Tesla board has offered to make Elon Musk the planet’s first trillionaire if he meets certain milestones in rocketing the automaker to new glory. Did Musk show true brilliance the first time around? Yes, he did. Tesla’s stock price rose 700% in 2020, making it more valuable than ...
The question of whether President Donald Trump has turned the United States toward a new “state capitalism” — one in which the government is not just economic referee but active player — has been answered. His second term brings policies that go well beyond traditional Republican ...
New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s endorsement of Democrat Socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City, reminds me of an old Groucho Marx line: “Those are my principles and if you don’t like them ... well, I have others.” Only last week, Hochul called on Mamdani to apologize to ...
Tyler Merritt understands the power of community, belonging and purpose. It’s what drew him toward the military as a high school senior, not long after the Sept. 11 attacks. This service eventually led him to become an Apache helicopter pilot in the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, ...