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Rob Port January 12, 2013 62

Tonight I was on television for the first time ever. Chris Berg had me on the 6:30 Point of View...

Rob Port January 11, 2013 13

There was a moment in my childhood when I was terrified at the idea of overpopulation. I think I had...

Rob Port January 11, 2013 17

North Dakota's top oil regulator, Lynn Helms, told legislators yesterday that the federal government wants to try and force all...

Rob Port January 10, 2013 4

Lynn Helms, North Dakota's Mineral Resources Director, says it's "not all roses and sunshine" in the oil patch. He's warning...

Rob Port January 9, 2013 15

One of the wonderful things about our federalist system of government is that our states can act as "laboratories of...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 5

In response to Governor Jack Dalrymple's State of the State speech today (posts about that here and here), North Dakota...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 3

If you missed Governor Jack Dalrymple's State of the State address today, you should be able to catch the archive...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 17

North Dakotans have become used to stories, in the past few years, extolling the state's booming economy. North Dakota has...

Rob Port January 8, 2013 15

Occasionally we are treated to news stories like this one which detail the use of government welfare funds - programs...

Rob Port January 6, 2013 7

In Promised Land, Steve (Matt Damon) was sent to a small, poor town to lease land to drill for natural gas. ...