Print Column: America Is an Idea That’s Greater Than This Ugly Moment
MINOT, N.D. — As we approach the most patriotic of American holidays there are reminders all around us that, for...
Month: July 2019
Lots of Eggs for Lots of Faces as Lawmakers Say They’ll Abandon Attacks on State Auditor’s Powers
Earlier this week state Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem issued an opinion stating that legislation passed earlier this year to limit...
Plain Talk: Legalize ND Organizer Explains New Proposal to Make Recreational Marijuana Legal
David Owen, one of the organizers behind Legalize ND, discusses his group's new proposal to make recreational marijuana legal in...
It Would Be a Mistake for Marijuana Proponents to Try for Expungement Again
When it comes to ballot measures there's a paradoxical political dynamic at play. When a given measure is short, and...
Tax Incentive Handouts Aren’t the Only Way to Promote Denser, Downtown Development
Over the weekend the Fargo Forum editorial board took aim at critics of development incentive programs like Renaissance Zones and tax...
This Editorial Cartoon Needs to Be Retracted
Steve Stark's most recent editorial cartoon, depicting state lawmakers as pulling funding from a poetry program, is so blatantly inaccurate...
Guest Post: North Dakota’s Legislature Disregards the People
This guest post was submitted by Riley Kuntz of Dickinson, chairman of Audit the Swamp, a referendum committee set up...
Print Column: Who Is to Blame When We Vote for Politicians Who Promise Things They Can’t Possibly Deliver?
MINOT, N.D. — The presidential campaign season has begun in earnest, though it would be hard to blame you if...
