Print Column: Nobody, Not Even Voters, Should Be Able to Make Laws Unilaterally
MINOT, N.D. -- The populist cranks slobbering about the initiated measure process and how it represents the “will of the...
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Even at Its Peak Violent Crime in the Bakken Oil Patch Was About the Same as the Surrounding Region
Recently my colleague April Baumgarten produced a very thorough report on crime in the region of the Bakken oil fields...
If You’re Skeptical of the Legislature Making Changes to the Initiated Measure Process Please Watch This Video
The state Senate's Committee' on Government and Veteran Affairs voted on SCR4001 they gave it a unanimous "do not pass"...
Survey Says Most North Dakotans Would Flunk the U.S. Citizenship Test
According to a survey commissioned by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, most North Dakotans can't pass the citizenship test immigrants must...
Rise in Praise for Socialism (Including From North Dakota Democrats) Should Alarm Us All
For some reason there have been a spate of pro-socialism letters to the editor in the Red River Valley of...
Don’t Call Them a “Sheriff’s Department” Any More
Yesterday I got a press release from the Morton County Sheriff's Office indicating that they'd like to be called an...
How Is ‘Hey Cops Don’t Take Our Stuff Without a Conviction’ a Controversial Proposal?
According to this article from Bismarck Tribune reporter Jack Dura, law makers and law enforcement are looking for compromise on...
We Have to Hold the Groups Behind Valve Turners Criminally Responsible for Pipeline Tampering Before They End up Killing Someone
Yesterday a group of political extremists broke into an Enbridge pipeline facility in Minnesota and attempted to turn off two...
Print Column: People Targeted by Gun-Grabbing ‘Red Flag’ Law Would Have to Pay for Their Own Defense
MINOT, N.D. - “You have the right to an attorney.” We’re all familiar with that phrase, a part of the...
North Dakota’s Corporate Farming Ban Is So Dumb We Have to Pass a Law So You Can Farm With Your Second Cousin
Let's say your great-grandfather immigrated to North Dakota and started a farm. It was a successful operation and, upon his...
