Months Into the Pandemic, Do Our Mayors and Governors Still Need Emergency Powers?
MINOT, N.D. — Earlier this year, as the COVID-19 pandemic descended on us, various executive branch leaders like mayors and...
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There’s Personal Responsibility, and Then There’s Obstinance
MINOT, N.D. — What first attracted me, as a young man, to a generally conservative ideology was the notion of...
How Can Journalists and Academics Serve the Public if the Public Doesn’t Trust Them?
MINOT, N.D. — Academia. Entertainment, including the various sports leagues. The news media. These are America's dominant cultural institutions. They're...
Academic Study With North Dakota Connection Concludes That Republicans Promote Violence and Reject Democratic Norms
MINOT, N.D. — I wish it were less true, but the reality of politics is that most people are fine...
Turns Out Republicans Have Little to Fear From Early Voting
MINOT, N.D. — It's a truism in politics that high voter turnout is bad for Republicans and good for Democrats....
Tu Quoque, the Appeals to Hypocrisy
MINOT, N.D. — American politics have become a race to the bottom. It doesn't matter who you blame for it...
Ex-Heitkamp Staffer Appears to Take Credit for Twitter Suspension of Conservative Fargo Commentator
MINOT, N.D. — Conservative television commentator Chris Berg was suspended from Twitter over the weekend. I wrote about it on...
Heitkamp Should Be in Biden’s Cabinet, but Identity Politics May Keep Her Out
MINOT, N.D. — Heidi Heitkamp's post-Senate career has been incongruous with the realities of her political accomplishments. For the last...
Stop Making Excuses for the Failures of the Democratic-NPL
MINOT, N.D. — Tuesday brought news of yet another ballot drubbing for the North Dakota Democratic-NPL. Democrats lost every single...
Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Very Complicated Legal and Political Situation in North Dakota’s District 8
MINOT, N.D. — The squabbling over the legislative results in District 8 is going to be settled by complicated legal...
