Who are you willing to let vaccine obstinance kill?
MINOT, N.D. — I live in the shadow of a great man. My father is a war hero, having been...
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Xcel Energy should stop blaming the pandemic for rising utility bills
MINOT, N.D. — Heating our homes this winter is going to be a lot more expensive, the headlines tell us....
Trying to silence mask/vaccine dissenters is only helping them
MINOT, N.D. — "I was in good standing at the hospital the day I went to the school board meeting,...
When museums must resort to porn websites to share art, we’ve got a problem
MINOT, N.D. — In 2002, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, a devout Christian, became the butt of many jokes after the...
Friday Mailbag: Cognitive tests for politicians, decline in conservatism, and how I deal with angry readers
MINOT, N.D. — It's Friday, so that means it's time for a mailbag column in which I respond, publicly, to...
I don’t blame hospitals for reticence to release vaccination numbers
MINOT, N.D. — Some hospitals in our region are doing well in terms of getting their staff vaccinated. "At Fargo’s Sanford hospitals, 95%...
It shouldn’t be this hard to use North Dakota money to help North Dakotans
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota lawmakers will meet next month to approve a new map created by the redistricting process,...
Proposed policy at UND would classify misgendering as discrimination
MINOT, N.D. — When it comes to the conflict over gender identity, and pronouns, I come down on the side of...
Forget term limits, how about a cognitive test for politicians?
MINOT, N.D. — A petition campaign to implement term limits will be a big part of the debate in the coming election...
Conservatives believe they can use big government to win the culture war
MINOT, N.D. — The conservatism of my youth, the sort of conservatism I still believe in and subscribe to today,...
