Rob Port

Rob Port is the editor of SayAnythingBlog.com, a columnist for the Forum News Service, and host of the Plain Talk Podcast which you can subscribe to by clicking here.

Port: Mandatory minimum sentences are a distraction from our justice system’s real needs

January 18, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — If you're concerned about crime, and in some places you should be, then a bill before the...

Guest Post: Urging legislators to again reject price controls and government intervention on drug prices

January 16, 2023 Rob Port

This guest post was submitted by Arik Spencer, the president and CEO of the Greater North Dakota Chamber of Commerce,...

Port: It seems personal connections matter a lot when it comes to judicial appointments in North Dakota

January 16, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Recently, we saw headlines about Judge Douglas Bahr getting appointed by Gov. Doug Burgum to finish the...

Port: Burgum called for pension reform, now one of his former staffers is calling for a bailout instead

January 13, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Sen. Sean Cleary, a Republican from Bismarck, is a former staffer for Governor Gov. Burgum. Last year,...

Plain Talk: Can this Republican majority in the U.S. House govern?

January 13, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives is an exceeding slim majority. All the more...

Port: There’s good populism, and there’s bad populism, and it’s important for us to know the difference

January 13, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — It probably doesn't surprise those who read my work consistently to learn that I am not a...

Port: Stiffer punishments could be coming for those guilty of petition fraud in North Dakota

January 13, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — An ultimately successful constitutional amendment implementing term limits took a rocky path through North Dakota's ballot measure...

Plain Talk: Sports betting, school administration bloat, and a conflict of interest

January 13, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — Should sports betting be legal in North Dakota? Should a lawmaker who works for a company that...

Port: I’m worried that some left-wing enemies of income tax cuts are innumerate

January 13, 2023 Rob Port

MINOT, N.D. — One of the challenges in politics, when evaluating many of the arguments made, is discerning whether those...

A big picture look at North Dakota winter fishing

January 11, 2023 Rob Port

Guest post from North Dakota Game & Fish outreach biologist Doug Lier. When the first storm iced some parts of...

Rob Port

Port: Mandatory minimum sentences are a distraction from our justice system’s real needs

Guest Post: Urging legislators to again reject price controls and government intervention on drug prices

Port: It seems personal connections matter a lot when it comes to judicial appointments in North Dakota

Port: Burgum called for pension reform, now one of his former staffers is calling for a bailout instead

Plain Talk: Can this Republican majority in the U.S. House govern?

Port: There’s good populism, and there’s bad populism, and it’s important for us to know the difference

Port: Stiffer punishments could be coming for those guilty of petition fraud in North Dakota

Plain Talk: Sports betting, school administration bloat, and a conflict of interest

Port: I’m worried that some left-wing enemies of income tax cuts are innumerate

A big picture look at North Dakota winter fishing

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