Standing Rock Chairman Who Helped Instigate #NoDAPL Protests Gets Thumped in Re-Election Campaign
The often violent and often unlawful #NoDAPL protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline made David Archambault, chairman of the Standing...
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John Andrist: Intellect Applied . . . or Just to Argue?
It’s almost 70 years since I was a high school student, but I still remember a discussion from our Present...
It’s Not Constitutional to Ban Out of State Money for Initiated Measures
A committee convened by the Legislature to review the initiated measure process met this week, and it seems they're taking...
Addressing the 2017 North Dakota Petroleum Council Annual Meeting
Blogging will be a little slow the next couple of days as I'll be traveling to Grand Forks. The folks...
Chancellor Hagerott Blames Republican Politics for His Problems, but That Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test
Last week Chancellor Mark Hagerott was stung by the revelation of an unflattering performance review from 2016 - one alleging...
Did Obamacare’s Expansion of Medicaid Contribute to the Opioid Crisis in North Dakota and Elsewhere?
Back during their 2013 session North Dakota lawmakers voted to expand the state's Medicaid program in accordance with Obamacare despite...
Vote for the Best of the Red River Valley
I'm happy to announce that I've made it to the top five in the "Best Newspaper Columnist" category in the...
While Heidi Heitkamp Plays Partisan Politics Obamacare Is Hurting North Dakotans
With Republicans in the Senate pushing yet another (faltering) attempt at killing off Obamacare, the liberal left has cranked up...
Your Right to Protest Does Not Make Your Protest Right
I found myself thinking of that old Stealer's Wheel song about being stuck in the middle. The one with line...
Podcast: Chancellor Hagerott Defends Himself and Hiring Choices
I've written some pretty negative stories about North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott in recent days, and I've had...
