Port: Libraries belong to everyone, including people you don’t like
MINOT — Earlier this year, during the legislative session, we were subjected to much Sturm und Drangfrom populist culture warriors...
Port: Mohamad Barakat wasn’t motivated by a binary trigger
MINOT, N.D. — In the wake of Mohamad Barakat's deadly attack on Fargo law enforcement officers — which may have...
Plain Talk: Carbon capture opponents are ‘ignorant’ and ‘uninformed’ says coal industry spokesman
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota is on the bleeding edge of carbon capture and storage technology, but when the news...
Port: ‘You don’t have to be crazy to be conservative’
MINOT, N.D. — The news from the campaign trail is that, in one early-voting state, Gov. Doug Burgum is competitive...
Port: PAC forced to disclose tens of thousands in expenditures in amended report
MINOT, N.D. — An independent political action committee that received money from a raffle that was supposedly in support of the...
Port: Broadcaster promoting extreme right-wing views ironically gets $21 million from Biden administration
MINOT, N.D. — It may seem like a fruitless endeavor, here in post-shame America, to write about hypocrisy, but I persist because...
Plain Talk: An amazing resource for North Dakotans in distress, and Burgum qualifies for the debate
MINOT, N.D. — Do you know what FirstLink is? If you'd asked me that question before our interview on this...
Port: Revenues from raffle tickets sold to support Republicans went to an independent PAC, not the party
MINOT, N.D. — If someone asked you to buy a raffle ticket, saying that the proceeds would go to support...
Port: Age limit ballot measure is all about challenging Supreme Court precedent
Minot, N.D. — During my recent vacation (Denver was lovely, thank you very much), the organizer of the last election...
Port: Doug Burgum has officially qualified for the first debate stage. Now what?
MINOT — When Gov. Doug Burgum announced his presidential campaign in early June, I wrote that he had 78 days...
