Print Column: Forget Governor, Is Heitkamp Angling for a Cabinet Appointment?
MINOT, N.D. — Recently Joel Heitkamp, brother of former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, has been begging the question about whether...
Month: June 2019
Plain Talk: Lawmaker Says Criticism of Legislature’s Ethics Moves Are Inaccurate
After voters passed Measure 1 last year, a so-called "ethics" amendment to the state constitution, the Legislature was tasked with...
Small Town Grocery Stores Don’t Need Government Assistance, They Need Better Business Models
"An interim committee of the North Dakota Legislature will study how food gets into rural areas and how the system...
Let’s Not Create an Exception to the 1st Amendment for Flag Burning
Senator Kevin Cramer has made himself a co-sponsor of a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution which would create an...
Print Column: Heitkamp Preaches Moderation to National Dems Even as State Party Moves Further Left
MINOT, N.D. — “There are opportunities for Democrats to win back rural America, but they have to know how to...
Exploding National Debt Is Just the Will of the People at This Point
A caveat on the headline, there are times when real spending cuts happen in state and local government. We can...
Stop Rewarding Politicians for Just Winning Elections
The North Dakota Women's Network has announced their "woman of the year" award recipient. It's state Rep. Ruth Buffalo, who...
Plain Talk: Jon Stewart’s Dumb Moment
On this episode of Plain Talk, Congressman Kelly Armstrong takes listener questions. Among them one about where Armstrong was during...
It’s Not That the Report Was Biased, It’s That It Was Stupid
Earlier this week I wrote a print column about one of those lists that rank the various states by some...
Jon Stewart and His Sanctimony Are a Lot of What’s Wrong in American Politics Today
This week comedian Jon Stewart made headlines with a rant he went on during a meeting of the House Judiciary...
