Republicans Channel Obama in Coronavirus Response
MINOT, N.D. — We like to describe politics as the "marketplace of ideas." If only it were so. A marketplace,...
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The Government Is Ditching Regulations in Response to Coronavirus, Maybe We Didn’t Need Them at All
MINOT, N.D. — A lot is going on right now, thanks to coronavirus. The response to the COVID-19 outbreak has...
A Reminder That the Democratic Presidential Candidates Don’t Care About North Dakota Voters
MINOT, N.D. -- Despite the consistent derision of "old white men" among progressive activists, the Democratic 2020 nomination race has...
NDGOP Has Convention Contention as Executive Committee Votes to Cancel
MINOT, N.D. — If coronavirus weren't a thing right now, the North Dakota Republican Party would be holding their state...
Criticism of Dem-NPL Caucuses Is Unwarranted
At times it has seemed as though the state party was slouching its way toward death by irrelevance. This past...
Insurance Commissioner’s Call for Free Coronavirus Testing Could Have Used Some More Thought
MINOT, N.D. — This week, Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread asked North Dakota's insurance industry to waive any out-of-pocket fees for...
Judge to Rule on Whether a Marsy’s Law Provision Is Constitutional
MINOT, N.D. -- Marsy's Law is a bad idea shoved into our state constitution, over the nearly united objections of...
On Safe Airplane Landings and Bad Apples
MINOT, N.D. -- On Monday of this week I had a very good day. The problem is, in this job,...
Is It Too Little, Too Late for Coal?
MINOT, N.D. — With news of financial struggles at Coal Creek Station, a major coal-fired power plant operated in central...
City of Minot to Discuss Hiring Outside Counsel to Investigate Hostile Work Environment, City Employee Described Workplace Like “GESTAPO”
MINOT, N.D. — Earlier this week, I wrote about a terrible situation in the city of Minot, which saw the...
