Port: Hoeven and Cramer on the wrong side of history, and probably their constituents, on same-sex marriage
MINOT, N.D. — Yesterday a bill to codify same-sex marriage in federal law passed cloture in the United States Senate....
Month: November 2022
Plain Talk: Congressman Armstrong on winning re-election, the new Congress, and Trump
MINOT, N.D. — Nationally, Republicans didn't perform as well in the midterm elections as expected. The "red wave" was more...
Port: Republicans must move on from Trump, and Trumpism too
MINOT, N.D. — I began to think that the midterm elections, in which Republicans seemingly had all the momentum before...
Port: With new leaders, North Dakota’s Legislature seemingly sees a power shift, from east to west
MINOT, N.D. — "After last night's House/Senate leadership elections, it's official, the power has moved out of the valley and...
Port: Democratic-NPL executive director Tyler Hogan placed on administrative leave due to ‘HR matter’
MINOT, N.D. — According to an email sent to Democratic-NPL party leaders last night, Tyler Hogan, the party's executive director,...
Port: The NDGOP has eschewed Trump’s excesses, and it’s served them well
MINOT, N.D. — Across the nation, Republicans had a very bad night last Tuesday. They were expected to sweep back...
Port: What if what wins elections isn’t what’s good for the country?
Minot, N.D. — I'm a sucker for a good baseball metaphor, so when Derek Thompson wrote in the Atlantic about what the...
Port: Abortion ban injunction is an egregious act of judicial activism and the judge ought to be recalled
Minot, N.D. — I'm probably spitting in the wind on this one, because everyone who has an opinion on District...
Plain Talk: Former California cop says North Dakota’s marijuana ballot measure won’t make our state like hers
Minot, N.D. — A national anti-marijuana group that is organizing the opposition to Measure 2, which, if passed by North...
Port: What if Republicans just acknowledged that we have an extremism problem and took responsibility for it?
Minot, N.D. — I wrote my weekend column about the recent debates between North Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates. Those events...
