North Dakota Needs Workers, but Those Workers Need Shakespeare
Last year I was invited to participate in a campus dialogue event at Minot State University. The event was titled,...
Month: August 2019
Attorney General: Fargo Park Board Broke the Law With Meeting at Which Former Director Joel Vettel Resigned
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has concluded that the Fargo Park Board broke open meeting law with too-vague agenda...
Let’s Legalize Gambling but Also Let’s Not Get Too Cute With the Revenues From It
Earlier this year North Dakota lawmakers defeated two pieces of legislation which would have legalized sports gambling in the state....
Print Column: Maybe Partisanship Wasn’t Such a Bad Thing
MINOT, N.D. — The modern dysfunctions of American politics are not the product of partisanship but rather a lack of...
Fargo Commissioner Says It’s “Disingenuous” to “Bitch” About Company Getting $4.6 Million Subsidy They Said They Don’t Need
There were some fireworks at a meeting of Fargo's city commission tonight. The genesis for the controversy was an application...
Who Is Really Afraid to Shop, Worship, or Go to School?
"We shouldn't be afraid to shop, worship or go to school," reads the headline over a recent column from Jim...
Local Politics Are as Partisan and Ideological as Any Other Kind of Politics, We Just Pretend Like They Aren’t
Earlier this year state Rep. Scott Louser, a Republican from Minot, introduced legislation which would have allowed local elected leaders...
Some Democrats Relieved Heitkamp Won’t Run for Governor
Yesterday I shared polling from Governor Doug Burgum's not-yet-officially-announced re-election campaign showing the incumbent with a commanding lead in a...
Plain Talk: North Dakota’s New ACLU Leader Says He’d Like to Find Common Ground With Conservatives, Burgum Pollster Talks 2020 Race
Can the ACLU, widely perceived as a left-wing organization, find common ground with conservatives in North Dakota? The new leader...
Burgum Polls Himself Against Heidi Heitkamp Ahead of 2020 Campaign
Governor Doug Burgum's re-election campaign has been polling, and gave me exclusive access to the results. You can read their...
