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Opinion

Occupants of two separate crashes identified

Local News

The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified those involved in two separate crashes, one in the Burlington area and the other near Belfield. Paul Hauser, 60, Foxholm, died of injuries received when the off-highway vehicle he was driving went off the road and rolled northwest of Burlington. ...

Why health care is so expensive in America

National Columnists

America's health care system consistently ranks as the most expensive in the developed world. It's not, as some politicians claim, expensive because markets have failed. It's expensive because the market has been repeatedly blocked from succeeding. Until we're honest about that, any ...

America has her swagger back

National Columnists

In 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping declared, "The east is rising, and the west is declining." It certainly looked that way during former President Joe Biden's term. In August 2021, Biden surrendered Afghanistan to the Taliban. During the chaotic pullout, a suicide bomber killed ...

Taking look at search for meaning in everyday life

National Columnists

"Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose," a New York Times bestselling book by award-winning author and journalist Jennifer Breheny Wallace, has made an instant buzz with readers this year. "Mattering" was released in January and is getting rave reviews ...

Feeling bad about dumb injury?

National Columnists

I hurt my knee taking a step onto a riser in a performance at my kids' elementary school the other day. I'm not sure yet how serious the injury is, but it's the kind of incident that makes you feel about 100 years old and like a complete moron. I mean, who gets hurt taking the ...