Amendment to Pro-Life Bill Would Let Attorney General, Not the Courts, Decide Whether It’s Constitutional
State Rep. Luke Simons (R-Dickinson) introduced HB1546 which aims to ban what it describes as "human dismemberment abortion." A gruesome...
Month: January 2019
North Dakota’s Corporate Farming Ban Is So Dumb We Have to Pass a Law So You Can Farm With Your Second Cousin
Let's say your great-grandfather immigrated to North Dakota and started a farm. It was a successful operation and, upon his...
Tyler Lannoye: Bill Is Pro-Property Rights, Not Anti-Hunting
This guest post was submitted by Tyler Lannoye, an outdoor sports enthusiast and resident of Churchs Ferry, North Dakota. I am...
Plain Talk: RNC Spokesperson Talks Shutdown and State of the Union
RNC National Spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany joins Plain Talk today to explain what the government shutdown did and did not accomplish,...
There Need to Be Consequences for State Agencies Trying to Kill Legislation With Politically Motivated Fiscal Notes
Whether the legislating is taking place in the Legislature in Bismarck, or at the ballot box during an election year,...
The Legislature Should Leave “Cottage Foods” Alone
During the 2017 legislative session lawmakers passed HB1433, introduced by Rep. Luke Simons (R-Dickinson), which supporters called the "food freedom...
Heitkamp to North Dakota: It’s Ironic You Rubes Didn’t Vote for Me
Now comes the time in erstwhile Senator Heidi Heitkamp's political career when she works with sympathetic media allies to try...
Plain Talk: People Targeted by “Red Flag” Law Have to Pay to Defend Their Gun Rights, Oil Industry Pays Half of All North Dakota Taxes
Over the weekend I had an interesting Twitter conversation with state Rep. Karla Rose Hanson, the sponsor of so-called "red...
Print Column: The Problem With Journalism and Politics Is Us
MINOT, N.D. -- Between the BuzzFeed catastrophe and the Covington Catholic High School mess, I’ve been thinking a lot about journalism these past...
“Waiting Until Something Bad Happens” Is Also Called “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”
My last Sunday print column was about HB1537, introduced by state Rep. Karla Rose Hanson (D-Fargo), which would set up...
