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Opinion

Congrats to Minot City Council

Letters to the Editor

Bob Sanderson, Minot Recently there has been an issue raised with the Minot City Council regarding an ordinance that would have provided legal protection to the LBGTQ community. Unfortunately, that ordinance created a fair amount of controversy. After a number of meetings and testimony ...

Burgum dislikes made-in-America policies

Letters to the Editor

Landis Larson, President, North Dakota AFL-CIO Co-signed by AFL-CIO affiliates: Northern Valley Labor Council, Northern Plains United Labor Council, Missouri Slope Central Labor Council In a recent interview on “Meet the Press,” Governor Doug Burgum showed his cards on working ...

Welcome to State Fair and ND State Parade

Editorials

The North Dakota State Fair and the North Dakota State Parade are the biggest events of the summer, bringing to Minot thousands of visitors from all over the state, out of state and Canada. The 2023 fair started Friday, July 21, when its gates opened. Based on last year’s figures, over ...

Homeland group wants destination status

Local Columnists

"This here emergency meeting of the Homeland Security Committee will come to order,” Chairman Ork Dorken demanded as he pounded an old Coke bottle on his table – a makeshift hallow core door. The raucous crowd of 12 electors quickly seated themselves under the biggest community hall ...

Who will keep our liberties safe?

National Columnists

What if liberty and democracy are opposites? What if the principle underlying liberty is to restrain the government to maximize individual autonomy? What if the principle underlying democracy is to unleash the government to give the people whatever they want? What if personal liberty is an ...

Informal censorship is worse than book burning

National Columnists

Suppose the president of the United States voices concern over media concentration. The president promises to consider antitrust suits to break up newspaper monopolies and retroactive legislation prohibiting newspapers from owning radio or television stations, including the remedy of ...