Proposed Ski Resort Purchase By State Of ND Being Sold Under False Pretenses
Last month I wrote about an amendment to North Dakota's Parks and Recreation budget authorizing the purchase of a ski...
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Bankrupt Nation Full Of Fatties Considering Bailout For Big Sugar
Sure. Why not. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering buying 400,000 tons of sugar—enough for 142 billion Hershey's HSY...
Mummies Had Clogged Arteries, Nanny Statists Hardest Hit
The basis for government laws regulating unhealthy foods and drinks, up to and including New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ban...
Civil Disobedience: Starbucks Will Defy New York's New Regulation Of Drink Sizes
Today is the last day you can buy large-sized sugary drinks in New York City thanks to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's...
Amendment Would Eliminate Board Of Higher Education And Elect A Commissioner Of Higher Education
Just this morning, as the dust settled around Senator Tony Grindberg's attempt to fire Chancellor Hamid Shirvani with a budget...
The State Board Of Higher Education Has Lost Control Of The University System
Adding to the clamor for removing controversial North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani, today, was a vote of no...
Conservatism Vs. Libertarianism
This debate between Ann Coulter, an outspoken conservative, and John Stossel, an outspoken libertarian, is interesting because it's a proxy...
ND House Defeats Bill Requiring Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
Rep. Dennis Johnson's bill, HB1385, originally would have required drug testing for all recipients of public assistance. As I wrote...
Degree Inflation: It Takes A BA To Be A File Clerk
"The college degree is becoming the new high school diploma," writes Catherine Rampell in the New York Times, "the new...
Group Wants Government To Micromanage Soda Recipes
There's no aspect of our day-to-day lives too trivial to escape the micromanagement of nanny statists. Maybe we should just...
