MINOT, N.D. — On a recent episode of Stephen Colbert’s talk show, Jon Lovett, a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama who is today one of the hosts of a wildly popular left-wing podcast, said Republicans support “a bunch of terrible stuff that makes life worse and shorter for a lot of people.” He said the Republican…
The war on misinformation may be about as futile as the war on drugs
Minot, N.D. — I have been following, very close, the legal proceedings between wildly successful conspiracy monger Alex Jones and the parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook shooting. The Sandy Hook parents appear to be winning as their trial begins, and those of us who are interested in truth, and not cozy lies that slake…
Would term limits for the Supreme Court make things better or worse?
MINOT, N.D. — For decades the American left has relied on the courts reading new “rights” into the constitution, and not voters and legislatures making law, to deliver the policy outcomes they desire. Then the Supreme Court threw a monkey wrench into the works. They struck down the Roe v. Wade precedent, noting, correctly, that…
Democratic-NPL candidate for attorney general a ‘top fan’ of Facebook bikini model
MINOT, N.D. — Since he was appointed earlier this year to replace Wayne Stenehjem, who passed away, Attorney General Drew Wrigley has been a busy man. His office is handling the investigation of officer-involved shootings. He’s been tasked with certifying North Dakota’s abortion ban which was triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. He’s…
Fired NDSU president enjoying a lavishly compensated sabbatical before beginning professorship
MINOT, N.D. — Can you imagine your employers paying you to sit around for 15 months and think about the job you’re going to do? All while collecting a full paycheck? That’s the gig former North Dakota State University president Dean Bresciani finds himself in after getting fired by the state Board of Higher Education.…
Maybe the answer to Fufeng and China should just be ‘no’
MINOT, N.D. — If there’s anything we can learn from the controversy over a Chinese-owned wet corn milling plant to be built near Grand Forks, and near the Grand Forks Air Force Base, is that we need a more rigorous process for this sort of thing that is beyond the scope of local and even…
My advice for new NDSU president David Cook? Don’t be Dean Bresciani
MINOT, N.D. — North Dakota State University’s new president, David Cook, has been on a tour of the state he’ll be calling home for the foreseeable future. I was flattered when he requested a one-on-one meet-up here in Minot while traveling through. During our late lunch, eating french fries and cheese curds at High Third , he…
Moral bullying of Chappelle’s show in Minnesota
MINOT, N.D. — It is fashionable, for our modern censors and prudes, to append to their calls to silence speech and expression they find objectionable an apologia of sorts extolling their support for the exact opposite of what they’re trying to accomplish. They’re all for free speech, they say. They support artists and unfettered expression,…
North Dakota Democrats vote to continue supporting pro-life U.S. House candidate
MINOT, N.D. — A pro-life Democrat running for North Dakota’s at-large U.S. House seat will still enjoy the support of his party despite push back from some activists. Yesterday I reported that a district chairman for the North Dakota Democratic-NPL would be introducing a resolution calling on the party to pull support from U.S. House candidate…
Some North Dakota Democrats want to rescind support for pro-life U.S. House candidate
MINOT, N.D. — The Supreme Court opinion overturning legal precedent finding a right to abortion in the U.S. Constitution has made the abortion issue, in our nation’s political arenas, more urgent than it’s been in at least a couple of generations. The reaction from the Democratic-NPL to the decision was a strong one. Party chairman…