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Opinion

Thanks, Minot, for your hospitality

Letters to the Editor

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 ...

Who is going to buy Elon Musk’s cars?

National Columnists

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 ...

America’s turn toward ad hoc state capitalism

National Columnists

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 ...

Kathy Hochul has principles, whatever they might be

National Columnists

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 ...

Company helps people feel great again

National Columnists

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, ...

Great Britain is in need of reform

National Columnists

Is Great Britain on the brink of a Trump revolution? The president’s visit to the U.K. coincides with indications Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour government is tottering. Starmer’s own party increasingly thinks he has to go — and if Labour fares as poorly as polls suggest it ...