North Dakota’s College Students May Not Be as Liberal as You Think
The perception of America's college campuses - a perception very much grounded in reality, I believe - is that they're...
Month: February 2019
It’s Easy to Amend the State Constitution When Hollywood Celebrities and Billionaires Are Paying to Collect Signatures
In Bismarck lawmakers are looking to make the process of amending North Dakota's constitution harder, and for good reason. Our...
Plain Talk: Senator Cramer Says Cohen Hearing Was “Much to Do About Nothing”
"To me it's a lot to do about nothing," Senator Kevin Cramer said of the Cohen hearing on today's Plain...
Congressman Armstrong Rips Cohen During Hearing: “Was It Exhausting Keeping Track of All These Lies You Were Telling?”
During a sensational, highly publicized hearing before the House Oversight Committee Congressman Kelly Armstrong (R-North Dakota) got a lot of...
University System Chancellor Admits He Isn’t Candid in Written Evaluations of University Presidents
For years now, through scandal and controversy, the presidents of North Dakota's universities have received consistently glowing evaluations from their...
Minnesota’s Taxpayers Paid $10,000 for This Awful Painting Depicting the #NoDAPL Protests
In 2018, the Minnesota Arts Board gave artist Jim Denomie a $10,000 grant to "create a series of large paintings in response...
Plain Talk: “I Couldn’t Really Care Less What Somebody in New York Says
Recently a New York Times columnist teed off on proposed legislation here in North Dakota which would ban any government...
Print Column: The Quickest Way to Reduce DUI’s in North Dakota Would Be to Stop Enforcing the Law
MINOT, N.D. -- “North Dakota tops list in study for percentage of drivers with a DUI history.” That recent headline...
Poll Shows 64 Percent of North Dakotans Support Building Teddy Roosevelt Library
When Governor Doug Burgum introduced his executive budget to lawmakers late last year it included $50 million in funding from...
It Is Absolutely the State Board of Higher Education’s Job to Weigh in When University Presidents Do Dumb Things
Over the last couple of weeks I've been breaking news about some very unusual, very expensive personnel decisions being made...
