He’s grandstanding on election fraud, but Becker voted against stronger laws
MINOT, N.D. — When Rep. Rick Becker was first elected to the North Dakota House he was a thoughtful, principled,...
Month: March 2022
Plain Talk: Fargo Forum editor Matt Von Pinnon on reporting the news in this political environment
MINOT, N.D. — How do you report the news, and in particular political news, fairly and faithfully in an environment...
Please, President Biden, come to North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — We don't talk to each other anymore. Our political leaders don't, anyway. They exchange barbs through the...
Blame skyrocketing energy prices on the environmental activists
MINOT, N.D. — Even before Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine, we had a problem. The political campaign to eliminate...
Becker hits Hoeven over voting to confirm 2020 election results
MINOT, N.D. — In a fundraising email, U.S. Senate hopeful Rick Becker hits incumbent Sen. John Hoeven for voting to...
Misinformation is a problem that’s downstream from apathy
MINOT, N.D. — Today, after I file this column, I'm scheduled to address a class at Minot State University about...
Plain Talk: Former Gov. Schafer says “nastiness” of Becker campaign prompted him to endorse Hoeven
MINOT, N.D. — The North Dakota Republican Party has had a dominant, three-decades-long run in state politics, but former Gov....
Many of the ‘conservatives’ screaming the loudest about principles have none of their own
MINOT, N.D. — The Trump wing of the Republican movement — I'm making a choice not to call it the...
The case for less ‘we the people’ and more reasoned elitism
MINOT, N.D. — There are many things about politics we accept without question, and one of them is the idea...
Plain Talk: Treasurer says our thinking about foreign investments has to change in wake of Russia-Ukraine war
Minot, N.D. — The officials overseeing North Dakota's investments are acting quickly to divest from investments in Russia in the...
