Credit Where It's Due: Dickinson Press Stands Up For The Public's Right To Know
I often get accused of being too negative, of only writing about what's wrong and not what's right, so let...
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NDSU President Used Girlfriend's Email Account To Avoid Open Records Requests?
NDSU President Dean Bresciani is rather famously hostile to government transparency. “Either Dean Bresciani went to the Lois Lerner school...
North Dakota's Tax Revenues Did Not Actually Decline 46 Percent In The Third Quarter
Yesterday evening I wrote about a report from the Rockefeller Institute of Government, picked up by Reuters, which described North...
Another Company Cuts Back Spending, Drilling In North Dakota Due To Oil Prices
More ugly news for a state that has an aggressive spending budget built on oil tax revenues, despite what Governor...
Matt Evans: Torture Is Bad For Them, Worse For Us
He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you...
Report: North Dakota Tax Revenues Down 46 Percent In Third Quarter UPDATE: Not So Much
Update: Turns out the Rockefeller Institute report had some major flaws. See an update here. “We expect revenues to remain...
The Malthusians Have Been Wrong About Peak Oil For More Than A Century
We were supposed to have run out of oil by now. Yet here we are, with surging domestic oil production...
Yes There Is A Wrong Way To Be A Rape Victim
Recently actress/author/activist Lena Dunham sort of apologized to a man she identified (inadvertently, I guess?) as a rapist in her...
Hey Kevin Cramer, The Lights Are Already Going Out In Minnesota
North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer has an op/ed in the Wall Street Journal today headlined, "Where Will You Be When the...
Bette Grande: Are Artificially Low Gas Prices Worth It?
As we enter the winter months and spend time warming up our cars and traveling in the cold, we should...
