Democrats Deploy Virginia Resident Byron Dorgan to Lecture North Dakotans About Obamacare
Byron Dorgan spent his last years in the United States Senate only pretending to live in North Dakota. These days...
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Reporter Says Senator Heitkamp “Bolted” Away From Questions About Kavanaugh
Senator Heidi Heitkamp's campaign and political allies are aggressive in mining her opponent Kevin Cramer's many, many interviews with the...
Senator Heitkamp Won’t Say Where She Stands on North Dakota’s Measure to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
Recently a SAB reader who attended a discussion on addiction in West Fargo told me they overheard the host of...
Are Free License Plates a Good Way to Reward North Dakota’s Volunteer First Responders?
On the November ballot North Dakota voters will be asked to decide the fate of Measure 4 which, if passed,...
Heitkamp Attacks Cramer for Agreeing With Her on Oil Exports, Undermining Her Own Arguments About Bipartisanship
If you had asked me months ago what sort of issue the candidates would go to war over in North...
The Magical Thinking Behind Dumping Money Into Higher Education
It was illuminating, I think, that the recent headline to a Fargo Forum editorial supporting a proposal to dump more...
Vaping Is Not the Same as Tobacco Use and Treating It That Way Would Be a Mistake
"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." That saying is called the Shirky Principle,...
What Does the Kavanaugh Controversy Mean for North Dakota’s Senate Race?
What does the turmoil about the Kavanaugh confirmation mean for North Dakota's Senate race? First, let's get caught up. Christine...
Democratic Attacks on Kavanaugh May Cost Heitkamp Her Senate Seat
Democrats have become so extreme in their efforts to block Judge Brett Kavanaugh's apppintment that it could end up costing...
With Election on the Line Heitkamp Turns to Her Favorite Political Weapon: Hate
Back in May I wrote that incumbent Senator Heidi Heitkamp wins elections by making the electorate hate her opponents. It's...
