Port: Fargo City Commissioner mocks Native Americans, tells homeless people to ‘get a job’
MINOT, N.D. — Dave Piepkorn, who was just re-elected to another term on Fargo's city commission earlier this year, is...
North Dakota
Port: These grandstanding hypocrites were just fine with eminent domain when it was used for oil pipelines
MINOT, N.D. — This week two members of the very Trumpy Bastiat Caucus of North Dakota Republicans, Rep. Rick Becker...
Port: Let’s make the cop cars pink
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota's law enforcement vehicles keep getting darker, and I think it's because the cops just want...
Port: Conservatism can’t just be about making liberals angry
MINOT, N.D. — "Piss off a liberal," the bumper sticker on the pickup in front of me read, "buy a...
Port: Wrigley responds to report about his call for recounts in 2020 election
MINOT, N.D. — The first time I ever met Drew Wrigley, who is currently North Dakota's attorney general, he pulled...
Cayler Ellingson deserves better than to be an avatar for cheap political talking points
MINOT, N.D. — Law enforcement officials investigating the death of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson are saying they've found no evidence of political motivation...
Port: Wouldn’t it be nice if political leaders respected both immigrants and the need for border security?
MINOT, N.D. — The largely unserious demagogues who, at least nominally, are our leaders at the national level have been...
Port: As Trump embraces the Qanon movement, when are North Dakota’s Republicans going to turn away?
MINOT, N.D. — “What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?" Those were the words...
Port: Congratulations to Mac Schneider, but we need to pick up the pace with these appointments
MINOT, N.D. — I was happy to hear that Mac Schneider, a former leader of the Democratic-NPL caucus in the...
But property taxes’ is not a good argument against flattening North Dakota’s income taxes
MINOT, N.D. — Last month a group of Republican leaders — including Gov. Doug Burgum, Tax Commissioner Brian Kroshus, and...
