Jeffrey Hoverson Minot On Sunday, Oct. 21, R James Maxson quoted me from the newspaper interview. The quote was quite out of context. After thinking quite hard to remember, and talking to a colleague, I remembered the context. I would encourage Mr. Maxson to call or email people before ...
Judy Stahl Valley City I was wrong to sign the petition to put Measure #1 on the ballot calling for the establishment of an ethics commission. At first glance, I thought, “Who wouldn’t agree that we need ethics in our North Dakota government?” But after further examination, I found ...
Shelly Ventsch New Town What’s the value of regulations and laws if they’re ignored? This summer Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem filed a claim for $388 million from the Army Corps of Engineers for failing to enforce laws regarding DAPL protestors, which he said was Corps’ “direct ...
A dangerous place to be is between U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and the object of her relentless, overweening ambition. Those of us who have been victims of the incumbent’s ruthless tactics are perhaps more aware of it than most. Earlier this year, when it became clear my criticism was ...
The debate over whether or not President Trump encouraged the man who set out to slaughter Jews at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh really isn't a debate at all. It's a shouting match. "Yes, he did!" "No, he didn't!" And it will likely only make things worse, as each side grows ...
"Libertarians believe that you should be as conservative or as liberal as you want to be as long as you don't want to force yourself on others," says Larry Sharpe, Libertarian candidate for governor of New York. Sharpe is an unusual Libertarian candidate because he's doing well in some ...
We live in bizarro times. Suddenly, it is controversial to state obvious, neon-bright truths. This week, it has become newsworthy to observe that illegal border-crossers who circumvent required medical screenings are a threat to America's public health and safety. Just look at these ...
We’re in the closing days of the election. I make my living writing and talking about this stuff, and I’m as eager as you are to be done with the endless ads and fusillades of obnoxious rhetoric. But we have a few days left, and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp has chosen former Vice President Joe ...
The frightening exposure of pipe bombs being mailed to prominent Democrats and media outlets, followed by a horrific shooting in a synagogue in Pittsburgh, led to news networks lecturing, hour after hour, on the tone of our civic discourse. Physicians, heal thyselves. These are not ...
The streets and sidewalks of the Magic City, some of them not all that well lit, will be visited tonight by ghouls and goblins. There may even be a few pink unicorns mixed in with the usual scary trick-or-treaters this year. Oh, the fun that comes with Halloween. Granted, it’s mostly for ...
Saturday, in Pittsburgh, a Sabbath celebration at the Tree of Life synagogue became the site of the largest mass murder of Jews in U.S. history. Eleven worshippers were killed by a racist gunman. Friday, we learned the identity of the crazed criminal who mailed pipe bombs to a dozen leaders ...
Democrats are hoping the coming election will give them a majority in the House of Representatives. Republicans and much of our nation dread that prospect. My question is: What would a House majority mean for the Democrats? Let's look at it. To control the House of Representatives, Democrats ...
In announcing his decision to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, President Trump cited Russia's repeated violations and the fact that the treaty does not bind China, which is engaged in the world's most ambitious ballistic missile development program. But ...
GRIFFIN, Ga. — "Life happens," Stacey Abrams instructs a small but boisterous crowd in a sun-drenched park south of Atlanta. She says: Your car breaks down. Your child gets sick. Could happen on election day. So, vote early. Today. In her campaign to be the first Democrat elected Georgia's ...
As mayhem continues to unspread across the country, it has never been more important to remind ourselves of the “new normal” that dawned in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States. Part of our new normal is the principle that if one sees something even ...
Sunday’s edition included a feature story by reporter Andrea Johnson that is worth another look. It was the one about Bottineau High School social studies teacher Forrest Carlson, who has found that one of the best ways to teach his students about North Dakota history is to have them ...
Do they live in two different worlds? White college graduate women favor Democrats over Republicans in House elections by a 62 to 35 percent margin. White non-college-graduate men favor Republicans over Democrats in House elections by a 58 to 38 percent margin. Those results are from a ...
It's Halloween and time for another round of outrage over inappropriate costumes. Once upon a time, parents — most of them, anyway — were concerned with oversexualized costumes for little children, but how unenlightened was that? Today we're focusing our energy on what's really important. ...
"Shop local” is hardly an original or inventive slogan or objective in cities and towns of all sizes all over the country. Still, the concept has many benefits and strengthens the fabric of a community. The Minot Area Chamber of Commerce plans to formally launch the Maximize Minot ...
You can’t trust the voters The state Legislature has been so meticulous at defending the polling place that it has now come up with a system that will disenfranchise a couple of hundred Native Americans because reservations do not have complete street addresses. Legislators claim that ...