Online idiocy takes over a small-town tragedy
MINOT, N.D. — In the early hours of Sunday, Sept.18, a 41-year-old man named Shannon Brandt allegedly ran over 18-year-old...
Month: September 2022
Plain Talk: In second debate, Democratic-NPL ag commissioner candidate says vote for the Republican
MINOT, N.D. — Work around politics long enough, and you'll hear everything. Including a Democratic candidate for statewide office saying...
Port: Wouldn’t it be nice if political leaders respected both immigrants and the need for border security?
MINOT, N.D. — The largely unserious demagogues who, at least nominally, are our leaders at the national level have been...
Port: North Dakota’s open records laws, election conspiracies, and the tyranny of the confidently incorrect
MINOT, N.D. — A week ago I wrote about the legions of dopes and dupes who are flooding North Dakota election officials,...
Port: As Trump embraces the Qanon movement, when are North Dakota’s Republicans going to turn away?
MINOT, N.D. — “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?" Those were the words...
Port: Let’s acknowledge the deceit at the heart of Cara Mund’s US House campaign
MINOT, N.D. — I like Cara Mund. I'm impressed by her political acumen. But there is something fundamentally deceptive about...
Plain Talk: Gov. Burgum says North Dakota’s baby boom is driving a need for new child care policy
MINOT, N.D. — When I began my writing career 20 years ago, North Dakota had an aging, shrinking population. Our...
Port: Congratulations to Mac Schneider, but we need to pick up the pace with these appointments
MINOT, N.D. — I was happy to hear that Mac Schneider, a former leader of the Democratic-NPL caucus in the...
Port: A national abortion ban isn’t any more constitutional than Roe v. Wade was
MINOT, N.D. — For decades after a previous iteration of the U.S. Supreme Court, with the Roe v. Wade decision,...
Plain Talk: In first debate, attorney general candidates clash over crime, marijuana, and more
MINOT, N.D. — If there's one thing we learned from the first debate between North Dakota's candidates for attorney general,...
