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Opinion

Library ebooks tell unfair story

Local Columnists

Imagine what would happen at the Minot Public Library if a book publisher pulled up to the building in a big van and ran inside while grabbing every book they had published. It might attract the eye of the police station right across the street. The stunning truth is that in a way this does ...

MAGA transforms to anti-Christian now

National Columnists

The past few days have featured the vice president of the United States lecturing the pope on morality and church doctrine. As someone who came up in the conservative movement, I find it a bit dizzying to watch people who used to venerate religious leaders of all stripes now smack-talk the ...

Theft as social justice

National Columnists

Is robbing the Louvre a good idea? Left-wing influencer Hasan Piker and New Yorker writer Jia Tolentino did a much-discussed video interview with The New York Times on the ethics of theft, and came out four-square in favor of stealing things, including artwork from the Louvre. They consider ...

Clarence Thomas’ great speech on Declaration

National Columnists

Many speeches will be delivered this year about the Declaration of Independence as we celebrate its 250th birthday. However, I think the greatest was just delivered by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on April 15 at the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas, Austin. ...

Supreme Court’s springtime reckoning

National Columnists

The United States Supreme Court has entered its most consequential season. From April through June, the justices release rulings that do more than interpret the law — they shape the direction of the country. Cases argued in the quiet months of winter now emerge into public view, ...

Pick best person for Supreme Court job

National Columnists

In 1990, George H.W. Bush, listening to then-White House Chief of Staff John H. Sununu, nominated David Souter to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sununu, who as governor of New Hampshire had nominated Souter to the Granite State's supreme court in 1983, assured Bush that Souter would be a "home ...