There Need to Be Consequences for State Agencies Trying to Kill Legislation With Politically Motivated Fiscal Notes
Whether the legislating is taking place in the Legislature in Bismarck, or at the ballot box during an election year,...
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Print Column: The Problem With Journalism and Politics Is Us
MINOT, N.D. -- Between the BuzzFeed catastrophe and the Covington Catholic High School mess, I’ve been thinking a lot about journalism these past...
Over the Past Five Years North Dakota’s Oil Industry Has Paid 50 Percent of All Taxes Collected in the State
"During the Bakken development oil extraction and production taxes are more than 44% of all taxes collected by the state,"...
North Dakota’s Constitution Must Be Amended So We Have the Flexibility to Face the Future of Higher Education
Like it or not, the way Americans access higher education has changed. It will continue to change. Old models of...
What’s the Big Deal About That Gillette Ad?
Gillette, the very expensive shaving blade company, has caused a stir with a new ad taking aim at mail behavior....
Legislation Would Raise North Dakota’s Tobacco Age to 19, but Exempts Active Military Members
Currently North Dakota bans tobacco use for minors (vaping is included as tobacco use, even though it's a much different...
If the Longest Ever Government Shutdown Teaches Us One Thing It’s That the Federal Government Is Too Large
The current shutdown of the federal government is now the longest in the history of America. I'll leave it to...
Rick Olson: If We Can’t Eliminate North Dakota’s Pharmacy Ownership Law, How About Modifying It?
This guest post was submitted by Clarence "Rick" Olson, of Fargo, an occasional contributor to the Say Anything Blog. E-mail...
Public Health Officials Need to Stop Treating Vaping as Though It Were the Same as Smoking
Should we care that much if teen's vape? It's a question I asked in a recent print column - my...
It’s Time to Stop Listening to the Legacy Fund Hoarders
In 2009 the North Dakota Legislature passed a constitutional amendment to create a fund out of a portion of taxes...
