Xcel Energy should stop blaming the pandemic for rising utility bills
MINOT, N.D. — Heating our homes this winter is going to be a lot more expensive, the headlines tell us....
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Trying to silence mask/vaccine dissenters is only helping them
MINOT, N.D. — "I was in good standing at the hospital the day I went to the school board meeting,...
Friday Mailbag: Cognitive tests for politicians, decline in conservatism, and how I deal with angry readers
MINOT, N.D. — It's Friday, so that means it's time for a mailbag column in which I respond, publicly, to...
It shouldn’t be this hard to use North Dakota money to help North Dakotans
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota lawmakers will meet next month to approve a new map created by the redistricting process,...
Forget term limits, how about a cognitive test for politicians?
MINOT, N.D. — A petition campaign to implement term limits will be a big part of the debate in the coming election...
NDGOP may move its state convention to after the June primary
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's two major political parties, the Democratic-NPL and the Republican Party, hold their state conventions in the spring of...
Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem needs to own these legal failures
MINOT, N.D. — I'm going to begin this column with some convoluted back story. Stay with me, because the point...
As important as vaccines are, we cannot abandon choice
MINOT, N.D. — A reader emailed me this week telling me he'd been spending some time thinking about the actions...
North Dakota Republicans in wait-and-see mode on Trump running in 2024
MINOT, N.D. — "Senate Republicans, with a few exceptions, are hoping that former President Trump does not announce his intention...
Thank wind power for the ‘tough’ spike in heating bills you’re about to suffer
MINOT, N.D. — Consumers need to prepare," Public Service Commissioner Brian Kroshus told the Bismarck Tribune. "It's going to potentially be a tough heating...
