Print Column: Lawmakers Should Come Back Into Session to Fix Their Shameful Auditor Mistake
MINOT, N.D. -- During the waning days of the 2019 legislative session the budget for the state auditor’s office was...
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Print Column: Heidi Heitkamp Is Probably Running for Governor in 2020
MINOT, N.D. -- Here’s a bold prediction: Former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is probably going to run for governor. I...
Print Column: North Dakota No Longer Has an Independent Auditor Thanks to Burgum, Legislature
MINOT, N.D. -- In the closing days of the 2019 legislative session lawmakers amended the budget for the Auditor’s Office to include...
Print Column: Subjecting Mark Kennedy to an Ideological Litmus Test Is Unfair
MINOT, N.D. -- Once upon a time I thought Mark Kennedy was going to be a good leader for the...
Print Column: Congressional Hearing on Voter ID Was a Shame and a Sham
MINOT, N.D. -- You probably read some headlines this weekabout a congressional hearing, hosted on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, at...
Print Column: Don’t Let Politicians Deflect Criticism by Playing Victim
MINOT, N.D. -- The idea that President Donald Trump put Rep. Ilhan Omar in danger because he tweeted criticism of...
Print Column: Should the Legacy Fund Be Used Only to Grow Government?
MINOT, N.D. - North Dakota House Republicans have resurrected an idea to use Legacy Fund earnings as a way to reduce and...
Print Column: There Should Be Consequences for Refusing to Vaccinate
MINOT, N.D. - Over the last week I’ve published a print column and a podcast about the vaccination issue, noting the resurgence of communicable...
Print Column: North Dakota Is Still Seeing a Rising Tide of Anti-Vaccination Sentiment
MINOT, N.D. - “Measles Count in US This Year Already More Than All of 2018” is a headline which popped...
Print Column: Stop Throwing Pies
MINOT, N.D. -- In this moment of American politics we spend little time debating actual policy. For the politicians and...
