Earlier this week Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg visited Williston, North Dakota. He specifically took a close look at the oil industry there, coordinating with the North Dakota Petroleum Council to visit an oil rig. He also discussed life in the oil patch with a group of residents there, then wrote about it. On Facebook, naturally.…
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Mark Zuckerberg Visited North Dakota’s Oil Patch and Found an Undeniable Truth About Oil: We Need It
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Audio: Kevin Cramer Says Current Net Neutrality Rules Give the Government a “Monopoly” Over the Internet
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Heitkamp Has Gone From the 61st Most Popular Senator to the 11th, Hoeven Approval Has Fallen
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Shortages Are What Happens When the Government Tries to Dictate Outcomes in the Marketplace
North Dakota
Mark Zuckerberg Visited North Dakota’s Oil Patch and Found an Undeniable Truth About Oil: We Need It
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Heitkamp Has Gone From the 61st Most Popular Senator to the 11th, Hoeven Approval Has Fallen
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The Time Is Right for a Debate About Closing Down Some of North Dakota’s Universities
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SBHE Member Rips Wahpeton College President for Being Condescending, Disrespectful While Making Case for Fargo Facility
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Maybe Economic Development Policies Really Do Drive up Tax Burdens
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Audio: Senator John Hoeven Takes Questions on Health Care/Health Insurance Reform
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Audio: Lawmaker Says North Dakota’s University System Needs to Change or Go the Way of Blockbuster
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State Officials Should Make Decisions Without Consultants More Often
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The Federal Government Should Do Less, and the States Should Do More, on Health Care and Insurance Policy
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Have Big Implications for School Choice Policy in North Dakota
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Audio: Kevin Cramer Says Current Net Neutrality Rules Give the Government a “Monopoly” Over the Internet
I had Congressman Kevin Cramer on my radio show today for our weekly open phones segment, and the talk focused on the net neutrality issue. Today was an internet “day of action” – backed largely by left-wing groups, many with ties to progressive money man George Soros – protesting proposed changes to the rules by…
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Shortages Are What Happens When the Government Tries to Dictate Outcomes in the Marketplace
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UND President Mark Kennedy Gets It: Improved Completion Rates Need to Be the Priority in Higher Education
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It Would Be a Mistake to End North Dakota’s Rail Inspection Program
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NDGOP Recruiting SBHE President Kathy Neset for Possible Senate Run
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Senator John Hoeven Taking Your Questions on Health Care Reform Today
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Tu Quoque
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The Government Shouldn’t Compete With Private Businesses for Profits
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Supreme Court Extends Their Blaine Amendment Ruling to Case Involving School Vouchers
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NDSU President Dean Bresciani Finally Figured Out How to Keep His Mouth Shut
This And That
A Humble Thank You
Over the weekend my colleague Sam Easter published a lengthy profile of me. You can read it here if you haven’t seen it already. He had a tough job. While I make my living writing and talking for public consumption, I am essentially a very private person. Talking about myself is excruciating. The response to…
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John Andrist: God Bless America
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Roscoe Streyle: Creating the Department of Environmental Quality Makes Sense
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John Andrist: Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee
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John Andrist: Is Changing Your Mind Good or Bad?
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John Andrist: The Last Time Trump Saw Paris
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John Andrist: Knowing Who Our Neighbors Are
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Judge Frank Racek: Offender Rehabilitation Needs to Be More Focused and More Flexible to Work
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John Andrist: Are Privacy Protections Good or Annoying?
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Matt Evans: An Attempt to Quantify the Criminal Justice Costs of Refugee Resettlement in Cass County
