It’s Time to Take Marsy’s Law to Court
Last year the voters approved Marsy's Law, a constitutional amendment which will supposedly make our legal system more just by...
North Dakota
The University System Isn’t Meant to Be an Employment Program for Professors and Bureaucrats
This letter to the editor in the Grand Forks Herald today is an unfortunate example of why higher education can often...
Forecast Sees Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s Re-Election as a “Coin Flip”
It's very, very early to be talking about the 2018 election cycle, and thanks to Trump having upended conventional wisdom...
Video: Bill Allowing Prayer at North Dakota High School Playoff Games Passes State House
Back in 2015 there was a controversy over prayer at high school sports events here in North Dakota. At the...
Video: State Senate Passes Legislation Creating Commission to Review Initiated Measure Process
Today the Senate, on a 38-8 vote, passed SB2135 which creates a commission during the 2017-2019 legislative interim to review...
Republicans Should Adopt Changes to Medical Marijuana Legislation Proposed by Democrats
In November our state's voters approved a ballot measure which everyone thought would give citizens legal access to medical marijuana....
After Blistering Campaign Governor Burgum and Lawmakers Are Mostly Getting Along
During his campaign last year Governor Doug Burgum had a blistering message for voters about the status quo in Bismarck....
Video: House Passes Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients With No Debate
It surprised me that there was no floor debate over HB1308 today. Last week a pretty much identical bill failed...
Video: This Is How Disgusting the #NoDAPL Camps Have Become
Earlier today I wrote a post about the struggle to address the hundreds of abandoned cars at the #NoDAPL camps....
The #NoDAPL Protesters Abandoned Hundreds of Cars and Now They’re an Ecological Threat
“There are roughly 200 vehicles down there at last count, ranging from cars and pickups to rental trucks,” George Kuntz,...
