In North Dakota talk often turns to better ways to govern our sprawling university system. Because that university system is often plagued with scandal. But when it does, you can expect some blinkered defender of the status quo to start talking about how universities ought not be politicized. Then the abuses of a North Dakota governor…
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Connie Krapp: How Many Generations of #MeToo?
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Obamacare Was Driving up Premiums Even Before Trump’s Decision to Stop Paying Illegal Insurance Company Subsidies
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Higher Ed Is Already Run by Politicians, They Just Don’t Have to Stand for Election
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Democratic House Candidate Raises Paltry $36,000 in First Quarter
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Higher Ed Is Already Run by Politicians, They Just Don’t Have to Stand for Election
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North Dakota Is Smart to Resist the Wind Energy Bubble
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Audio: Berkeley Scholar Calls Wind Energy Subsidies “Completely Perverse”
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Podcast: Will North Dakota’s Government Employees Be Able to Use Medical Marijuana?
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If Harvey Weinstein Were a Powerful Republican He’d Have Gone Down Years Ago
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The Roots of Anti-Columbus Day Activism May Surprise You
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Senator Heitkamp Played Politics and Ended up Giving Obama a Big Win for His Environmental Legacy
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Berg Says He Wasn’t Prepared in 2012 for Heitkamp’s Personal Attacks
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Senator Heitkamp Ranked as North Dakota’s Most Effective Leader in Congress
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Republican Senator Tom Campbell’s Latest TV Ad Contains Some Nudity
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Obamacare Was Driving up Premiums Even Before Trump’s Decision to Stop Paying Illegal Insurance Company Subsidies
There has been a lot of gnashing of teeth among Democrats over President Donald Trump’s executive actions last week. Specifically his decision to cut off illegal subsidies for insurance companies selling individual policies in the Obamacare exchanges. “This disheartening decision was about claiming a political win, not supporting American families,” Senator Heidi Heitkamp said in…
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Democratic House Candidate Raises Paltry $36,000 in First Quarter
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President Trump’s Threat Against NBC’s Broadcast License Is Stupid and Counterproductive
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Audio: Potential Senate Candidate Kevin Cramer Says “We Have a One Chamber Problem and It’s the Senate”
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Another Loss for #NoDAPL: Judge Rules That Dakota Access Pipeline Can Remain Open
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Blaming Guns for Suicides Does a Disservice to Suicide Prevention Efforts
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Podcast: ND Tax Commissioner Says Trump Tax Plan Could Impact State Revenues
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Who Cares if Vice President Pence’s Walkout Was a Stunt?
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Native American Males Matter Too, Senator Heitkamp
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Senator Heitkamp Still Taking Big Contributions From Wells Fargo Even as She Demands Jail Time
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Connie Krapp: How Many Generations of #MeToo?
Seems as though in the past several years, from Bill Clinton to Bill Cosby to Bill O’Reilly, a lot of public male personalities have kissed their reputations good-bye as not-so-secret tales of their sexual misconduct have surfaced. As we have watched story after story of harassment, abuse and perversion come to light, we might think,…
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Jason Bohrer: The Clean Power Plan No Longer Threatens North Dakota’s Economy
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John Andrist: A Good Woman Wanted for President
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Jason Flohrs: North Dakota Needs to Dump Corporate Welfare
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John Andrist: U.S. Healthcare Is Too Big to Succeed
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Mark Johnson: Correcting the Record on Fargo’s Election Reform Debate
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Ed Schafer: Heidi Heitkamp Could Learn a Lot From Teddy Roosevelt
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John Andrist: Intellect Applied . . . or Just to Argue?
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Vote for the Best of the Red River Valley
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Majority Leaders Al Carlson and Rich Wardner: Property Tax Hikes Are Probably the Result of Local, Not State, Budgeting
