Initiated Measures Need Checks and Balances Just Like Every Other Type of Policymaking
Any American who has attended a civics class is familiar with the term "checks and balances." It's a term used...
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Democrat on Why He’s Going to Primary Heidi Heitkamp: “There Are People Who Aren’t Satisfied”
Yesterday on my radio show I had on Dustin Peyer. Peyer is a former legislative candidate, the current chairman for...
North Dakota Republicans Blew It on Spending
My colleague Mike McFeely writes today that North Dakota's budget situation is the result of "fiscal mismanagement on the part...
Kathy Neset: Thanks to Lawmakers, Sanford for Fixing Flawed Nursing School Deal
The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education is tasked with educating today’s students and tomorrow’s workforce and it is...
Democrat Expected to Announce Primary Challenge Against Incumbent Senator Heidi Heitkamp
It's April of 2017, yet I can't seem to avoid writing about next year's U.S. Senate election. Earlier today I...
Heidi Heitkamp’s Smartest Political Move for 2018 Was Making Herself an Ally of Donald Trump
I wrote in my print column a couple of weeks ago that 2018 campaign for incumbent Senator Heidi Heitkamp's seat...
Apparently CNN Is the Spot for Planted Stories About North Dakota Politics
The folks at CNN have taken an interest in North Dakota's Senate race this cycle, and it's clear they're listening...
Wrong Time for a Vacation Mr. Piepkorn
I don't think the people trying to recall Fargo City Commissioner David Piepkorn will ultimately be successful (more on that...
Social Media Vigilantism Is a Real and Pervasive Problem
There are all sorts of mobs on the internet. There are political mobs who defend their favorite ideology/party/candidate while attacking...
John Andrist: Some Good News and a Confession
Amid the chaos of these times something wonderful happened this week. There apparently was worldwide condemnation of the Syrian use...
