It Should Be Illegal for a City to Hold an “Open Meeting” in Another City
Last year the City of Minot held a "retreat" in the City of Washburn, a town roughly an hour south...
Month: July 2019
If You’re Going to Attack My Credibility Please Quote Me Accurately
A recent letter to the editor by one David Wells attacks my credibility. "I believe some clarification is in order...
Plain Talk: North Dakotans Are Too Pessimistic About Economic Mobility
A recent Harvard Study found that while North Dakotans are almost the most pessimistic people in the country when it...
North Dakota’s Legislature Doesn’t Set Family Leave Policy for Private Businesses and That’s a Good Thing
Recently Bismarck Tribune reporter Jack Dura had a very good report about the amount of pay approved for lawmakers who miss...
Plain Talk: Senator Cramer Says He’s “Surprised” Trump Even Cares About #TheSquad
"I don't care a whole lot about it," Senator Kevin Cramer said on this episode of Plain Talk, referring to...
We Need to Take Away Law Enforcement’s Ability to Withhold Video From the Public
Yesterday Fargo Forum reporter Kim Hyatt published a story about Abraham Nyei, a 26-year-old Fargo man who says he suffered...
The Left Has Cried Wolf on Racism So Many Times Their Criticism of Donald Trump Isn’t Penetrating
"Trump is a racist and that's what 2020 is all about," reads a headline over my colleague Mike McFeely's most...
Using the Legacy Fund to Eliminate Income Taxes Would Not Make North Dakota Like Alaska
During the last legislative session there was a bill, passed by the state House by a wide margin but shot...
Print Column: The Dumbest Thing Democrats Could Do Is Listen to Heidi Heitkamp
MINOT, N.D. — For some reason Heidi Heitkamp — despite just one, flukey electoral victory to her name in the...
Guest Post: Maybe Stop Caring So Much About What the President Tweets
This guest post was submitted by Fargo attorney Mark Western It’s Groundhog Day yet again. Over the weekend, the Twitter-verse...
