Expect Trump to Turn up the Heat on Vulnerable Senator Heidi Heitkamp During North Dakota Visit
News broke yesterday that President Donald Trump will be visiting the Bismarck/Mandan area next week. It will be Trump's second...
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“When Two Enemies Are Talking, They’re Not Fighting”
Not so long ago I had as a guest on my radio show Fargo-area citizen Peter Tefft. You can listen...
Rick Olson: Does North Dakota Need a Law to Protect the Jobs of People Serving in the Legislature?
Although we are more than a year away from the next general election in November of 2018; many people at...
Audio: NDGOP Director Says “We Are Behind President Trump and His Agenda” While Accusing Heitkamp of Obstruction
Conventional political wisdom is that a President with low approval numbers is a hindrance to his political party. But when...
Protest Groups Must Be Held Civilly Liable for Harm Done to Lawful, Permitted Industry
I'm sure the folks at Enbridge, who are in the process of building the Line 3 Replacement pipeline which crosses down...
Double Taxing the Oil Industry Is a Good Way for the Three Affiliated Tribes to Lose a Lot of Money
UPDATE: A reader points out that the Three Affiliated Tribes owns their own oil development company called Missouri River Resources. That seems...
John Andrist: An Exercise in Remembering What Was
There were five of us sitting in a circle Saturday morning, shortly after finishing our breakfast. It was an impromptu...
Democratic House Candidate Forgets to Mention That Time Voters Kicked Him Out of the Legislature
Ben Hanson, who announced earlier this month his candidacy for the U.S. House seat currently occupied by Republican Kevin Cramer,...
Is a Move to the Left What North Dakota Democrats Need?
Yesterday on my radio show (podcast here, audio below) I interviewed Mark Haugen. Haugen is the interim chairman of the new...
More Than a Year Away From Election Day Republican Tom Campbell Is Already Carpet Bombing North Dakotans With TV Ads
State Senator Tom Campbell just dropped his third television ad of the 2018 election cycle. Last week we got "Combine...
