Friday Mailbag: Some concern for my safety, accountability for politicians, the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt, and the four-day work week
MINOT, N.D. — The great thing about my job is you never know where a work week will take you....
Month: December 2021
Plain Talk: Is carbon capture North Dakota’s next big industry?
North Dakota has industries that produce a lot of carbon. Oil. Natural gas. Coal. Agriculture. Ethanol. But North Dakota's newest...
This video sums up the toxicity in North Dakota politics everyone is talking about
MINOT, N.D. — Reporter Jeremy Turley has an excellent profile of the growing toxicity in North Dakota politics coming, for the most...
There are conservative ‘grifters’ in North Dakota, too
MINOT, N.D. — Hats off to Rep. Dan Crenshaw. The Texas Republican, and former Navy Seal, has put the conspiracy caucus...
Plain Talk: Studying misinformation, and a homophobic attack from a state lawmaker
Misinformation. Fake news. These are terms we hear a lot in America in 2021, but what do they mean? How...
Teddy Roosevelt was a racist, but that’s far from all he was
MINOT, N.D. — If we were to engage in some endeavor to illuminate the history of the Five Tribes, who...
Would four-day work weeks … work?
MINOT, N.D. — “I think there’s lots of opportunity for it." That's what Dusty Hillebrand, a North Dakota Job Service employee in...
Plain Talk: Moving North Dakota’s oil industry toward being carbon neutral
Earlier this year Gov. Doug Burgum raised a lot of eyebrows in the political world by announcing a goal for North Dakota's...
When politicians take taxpayer dollars for themselves, they have to answer questions about it
MINOT, N.D. — When is a question an attack? When the politician it's asked of doesn't want to answer it....
Rep. Rick Becker, critic of big government, won’t answer questions about his government loans
MINOT, N.D. — Rep. Rick Becker, a Republican from Bismarck, is the strident ideological martinet who founded the Bastiat Caucus, a rump...
