North Dakota Has More Coronavirus Cases Because We’re Doing More Than Anyone Else to Look for Them
MINOT, N.D. — If you watched the recent debate in North Dakota's gubernatorial race, hosted by Prairie Public, you realize just...
Why Do We Assume That Democrats Will Behave Themselves Any Better Than Trump?
MINOT, N.D. — It's an ugly truth, but most are OK with tyranny and authoritarian crackdowns as long as those...
Ignore the Politics, Carbon Capture Research Is a Necessity
MINOT, N.D. — According to certain blinkered political commentators, who see America's energy grids as yet another venue for team-sports...
Ed Schafer: Vote No on Measure 2
When I was growing up, our family conversations around the dinner table often ended with, “You always have to trust...
‘Trump Has Brought the Rural Voice Back Into Play’ Says Democratic-NPL Gubernatorial Candidate Shelley Lenz
Trump has brought the rural voice back into play," Shelley Lenz told me on this episode of Plain Talk. Lenz...
The Mask Debate Has Jumped the Shark
MINOT, N.D. — We need to stop debating masks. It's pointless. Local politicians in Minot and Fargo have passed symbolic "mandates" they do not...
Poll Shows Strong Majorities Want Legacy Fund Invested in North Dakota by North Dakotans
MINOT, N.D. — The Legacy Fund has a problem. The roughly $6 billion pot of money, created from a portion...
The Politicians Blame Each Other, but Anti-Masking Sentiment Starts With Individuals
MINOT, N.D. — Campaign politics is the art of taking complex problems and boiling them down to simplistic talking points...
Indignant Lectures From Martinets With Medical Degrees Are Not What We Need Right Now
MINOT, N.D. — "North Dakota's doctors are fed up," reports my colleagues Jeremy Turley and Adam Willis. Their story is about...
In Latest Gaffe, Democratic-NPL Fails to Certify Write-in Candidate for Insurance Commissioner
MINOT, N.D. — For the most part, candidates representing the Democratic-NPL don't do very well in North Dakota because the...
