American businesses have long practiced what political scientists call regulatory capture. A company that cannot repeal a law takes control of the people the government put in charge of enforcing it. The airlines did it to the Civil Aeronautics Board, which in 40 years never approved a ...
I studied British history in college and grad school and am struck by the parallels between the British Empire in days of yore and the United States today. The era of British supremacy began with the defeat of Napoleon in 1815 and lasted well over a century. By the end of World War ...
Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace. It's why they fly planes into buildings, don explosive vests, and rain indiscriminate missiles on civilian populations. The response to such terrorism isn't to cower. It is to lead with boldness, courage and, sometimes, outright ...
In 1992, Bill Clinton won the presidential election partly on the basis of his campaign's false accusation that George H. W. Bush had overseen "the worst economic performance since the Great Depression." Or so claimed Clinton's running mate Al Gore. James Carville, chief campaign adviser to ...
Service was opportunity of lifetime J. Patrick Traynor Fargo (Editorial Note: Among the Minot agencies associated with the N.D. Department of Health and Human Services are First District Health Unit and North Central Behavioral Health Clinic.) As I reflect on my last 15 months in Bismarck, there’s one word that keeps coming to mind: “blessed.” Blessed that Gov. Kelly Armstrong gave me the opportunity of a lifetime to work on a set of issues I am so passionate about. Blessed that the boards of Dakota Medical Foundation and Impact Foundation encouraged and supported me for the ...
As predictions of a blue wave swell, it's worthwhile to remember that polls are sometimes wrong, that surveys have tended to undercount Trump voters, that professional prognosticators can err, and that Allan Lichtman is only right when he's lucky. And yet, if there has ever been a politician ...
