Pro Athletes Facing Bigger Tax Bills Should Blame High-Tax States Not Trump’s Tax Reform
"Why pro athletes may lose a fortune because of the new tax law," reads a headline from MarketWatch. Professional athletes...
Governor Burgum’s First Real Budget Might Be the Most Fiscally Conservative Spending Plan North Dakota Has Seen in Two Decades
Although he was elected to office in the 2016 election cycle, and headed up the executive branch during the 2017...
Any Reform to North Dakota Speeding Fines Should Avoid Move Toward Policing for Profit
If there were no risk of death, injury, or property damage on our roads we'd have no need for speeding...
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Could Mean Big Changes for North Dakota Bar Association
Lawyers in the State of North Dakota pay dues to what's called an integrated bar. The State Bar Association of...
Print Column: Public Must Keep a Sharp Eye on Relationship Between Local Politicians, Opioid Lawyers
MINOT, N.D. -- More and more local governments in North Dakota are deciding to join themselves to lawsuits against the...
“I’m Not Asking for Money or a Tax Rebate. Just Leave Me Alone.”
In my Sunday print column I wrote that "aggressive, interventionist government policies seems like hubris to me when the side...
Measure 1 Backers Send Deeply Ironic Letter to Lawmakers Insisting They Begin Work on an Ethics Committee
The North Dakotans for Public Integrity, an ostensibly local front group for left wing interests funded by big donations from...
School Policy Is Definitely Leading to the Misdiagnosis of ADHD
My Sunday print column dealt with a report from Harvard researchers indicating that children, particularly males, with August birthdays have...
Should Convicted Criminals Be Able to Serve on North Dakota’s School Boards?
Last week Bismarck Tribune reporter Amy Dalrymple ran a story about a Twin Buttes woman named Melissa Starr who was...
North Dakota, With Some of the Highest Oil Tax Rates in the Nation, Is Hardly a “Cheap Date”
Our left wing friends like to live in a fairy tale land where North Dakota is some noxious petrostate in...
