Wonks Propose Taxing Calories
It seems America has a love affair with social engineering through the tax code. From "sin taxes" on things like...
agriculture
Obama Administration Blames North Dakota Flooding On Global Warming
As a part of his war on coal climate change agenda President Obama's administration has issued "fact sheets" about the...
We Can Blame Cramer For The Farm Bill, But Not Heitkamp For Keystone?
Yesterday I was pretty critical of how Rep. Kevin Cramer was handling the farm bill. Instead of standing on principle...
Kevin Cramer: We Have To Pass A Farm Bill Because The Free Market Is Scary
Back during campaign season I did an interview with Rep. Kevin Cramer, and we talked about the farm bill. Then,...
The Legality Of The North Dakota's Outdoor Heritage Fund Should Be Challenged Immediately
Reading outdoors reporter Brad Dokken's column in the Grand Forks Herald today, you'd get the sense that certain legislators were...
ND Senate Votes Down Democrat Version Of Outdoor Heritage Fund
The North Dakota Senate today debated SCR4027, introduced by Senator Tyler Axness, which is a different version of legislation creating...
Feds Spend $30,500 On Portrait Of An Ag Secretary Who Served Less Than A Year
Former North Dakota Governor Ed Schafer, a good friend of mine and some-time contributor to this blog, recently had his...
The Outdoor Heritage Fund Is A Threat To Property Rights
In the first half of the legislative session the North Dakota House passed a bill, HB1278, to create the Outdoor...
Are We In The Middle Of An Ethanol Bubble?
The 2007 U.S. energy bill mandated that a total of 15 billion gallons of renewable ethanol must be produced by...
The Case For Eliminating North Dakota's Income Tax
In an article about push by Republican governors and legislators around the nation to reduce, and even eliminate, income taxes...
