Plain Talk: “We Have to Make Sure That Coal Is Treated Fairly” Says Senator Hoeven
"We need to make sure that coal is treated fairly," Senator John Hoeven said on this episode of Plain Talk....
Month: February 2020
While America Hamstrings Coal, Japan Invests
Coal's decline is rooted in politics, not economics. Our various levels of government, lobbied heavily by the renewable energy industry...
Proposed Legislation Would Expose North Dakotans Who Donate to Private Advocacy Groups
It's one thing to require political candidates and political parties to disclose their finances. It's quite another to tell private...
Greta Thunberg Mural Fight Has Devolved Into Olympics-Level Pettiness
The folderol around this mural of Thunberg, a trite and superficial figure who will be a little more than a...
Land Board Is Being Unreasonable, and Not at All Transparent, on Royalty Payments
Worse, in the lead-up to these letters, the state's Board of University and School Lands (which counts Gov. Doug Burgum...
Plain Talk: Seven Years in the Making, Fighting Sioux Documentary to Be in Theaters This Spring
Bismarck-based filmmaker Matt Fern has been making a documentary about the controversy around the University of North Dakota's Fighting Sioux...
Impeachment Accomplished the Opposite of What Democrats Were Hoping For
MINOT, N.D. — The impeachment of President Donald Trump may have been satisfying for certain hard-bitten Trump haters, but as...
North Dakota May Have Dodged a Bullet Because the Way Florida Is Using Its “Red Flag Law” Sure Looks Like Mass Confiscation
When I interviewed Rep. Hanson about her proposed bill last year, she gave the strong impression that this process was...
Guest Post: Bismarck Embraces Cancel Culture and It’s Not a Good Thing
Dustin Gawrylow is the managing director of the North Dakota Watchdog Network and a Bismarck resident. Bismarck’s latest controversy can be...
“It’s a Bull***T Process”
MINOT, N.D. — In North Dakota, if you are arrested for something like driving under the influence, the state initiates...
