Plain Talk: Criminal record overshadows cryptocurrency mining project
Minot, N.D. — This week Governor Doug Burgum helped announce a nearly $2 billion investment in developing a datacenter in...
Month: January 2022
As a Supreme Court appointment battle looms, can we acknowledge how awful the politics of identity are?
INOT, N.D. — Justice Stephen Breyer, who was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton, has announced...
Dickinson mayor considering run for secretary of state
MINOT, N.D. — Incumbent Secretary of State Al Jaeger has been in office since 1992, but he's not running for...
Plain Talk: ND’s teacher retention problem, and should parents get taxpayer dollars for private schools?
MINOT, N.D. — A new survey from North Dakota United, the state's combined public worker and teacher union, finds strong evidence that...
China’s political aggression and human rights track record has to matter more than corn prices
MINOT, N.D. — An economic development project in Grand Forks has attracted attention because the company at the heart of...
The ‘let’s go Brandon’ crowd clutches their pearls
MINOT, N.D. — In a hot mic moment, President Joe Biden got caught calling Peter Doocy, the White House correspondent...
Plain Talk: Rep. Armstrong talks Biden’s first year, Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and China
MINOT, N.D. — I'll admit, I wanted to use this interview to push Congressman Kelly Armstrong, a fellow baseball nut,...
Spouse of Grand Forks School Board member pleads guilty to meth charge
MINOT, N.D. — Last week Roberta Florence Hassett pleaded guilty to a charge of delivery of methamphetamine, a level B...
A bizarre political attack precipitated by the 4-year anniversary of my dog getting lost
MINOT, N.D. — The North Dakota Republican Party has gotten a lot of flak over new rules requiring contributions to the party...
Trump knows vaccination resistance is slaughtering his political base
MINOT, N.D. — Believe it or not, I think disgraced former President Donald Trump does actually know how to do...
