Print Column: We Are Too Deferential to Law Enforcement
MINOT, N.D. -- America’s vast military might resides under civilian control. The commander-in-chief of our armed forces is the President...
Month: March 2019
North Dakota Supreme Court Overturns Drug Charges Because Driver Was Playing Music on His Phone Not Texting
In the State of North Dakota it is illegal to communicate via text (including things like emailing, texting, tweeting, etc.)...
William Brotherton: Let’s Build the Teddy Roosevelt Library
This guest post was submitted by William J. Brotherton. He's a UND graduate (1980), a member of the TR Medora...
Plain Talk: Energy Transfer Partners Talks About DAPL’s Impacts, and Should the Christchurch Shooting Video Have Been Censored?
On this episode of Plain Talk, Vicki Granado from Energy Transfer Partners (the company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline) talks...
Maybe North Dakotans and Minnesotans Spurn Heating Assistance Because They Think Self Sufficiency Is a Good Thing
"Most North Dakotans, Minnesotans who qualify for heating assistance don't seek it," reads a headline over a recent article by...
Plain Talk: Is It Ok to Treat People Differently Based on Their Race?
On this episode of Plain Talk, Lt. Governor Brent Sanford talks about a dispute between the executive branch and state...
Is North Dakota’s First Openly Gay Lawmaker an Anti-Gay Bigot?
"Bigotry is alive and well in Bismarck," writes Jim Shaw in his most recent column. "The North Dakota Legislature is...
Print Column: The Left’s New Anti-Fossil Fuel McCarthyism
MINOT, N.D. -- “Why did Wells Fargo fiance this pipeline when it was widely seen to be environmentally unstable?” That...
Governor Burgum Blasts “Disingenuous” Legislators Over Revenue Picture, and He’s Right
Back during the heights of the Bakken boom, when oil activity was driving a tidal wave of revenues into state...
Plain Talk: Rep. Armstrong Says Amount of “Anti-Capitalist” Thinking in Washington D.C. Is “Very, Very Scary”
If we buy into "her version of a social contract...we are doomed," Congressman Kelly Armstrong said on this episode of...
