Port: With new leaders, North Dakota’s Legislature seemingly sees a power shift, from east to west
MINOT, N.D. — "After last night's House/Senate leadership elections, it's official, the power has moved out of the valley and...
North Dakota
Port: The NDGOP has eschewed Trump’s excesses, and it’s served them well
MINOT, N.D. — Across the nation, Republicans had a very bad night last Tuesday. They were expected to sweep back...
Port: What if what wins elections isn’t what’s good for the country?
Minot, N.D. — I'm a sucker for a good baseball metaphor, so when Derek Thompson wrote in the Atlantic about what the...
Port: What if Republicans just acknowledged that we have an extremism problem and took responsibility for it?
Minot, N.D. — I wrote my weekend column about the recent debates between North Dakota's U.S. Senate candidates. Those events...
Port: Mund still isn’t raising much money, and she’s spending even less
Minot, N.D. — In her first campaign disclosure, covering the third quarter of this year, U.S. House candidate Cara Mund...
Port: Football championships haven’t done much to help NDSU’s bottom line
MINOT, N.D. — Big-time collegiate athletics programs, like the football team at North Dakota State University, are a drain on...
Port: Hey New York Times, don’t be so surprised that Fargo is a nice place
MINOT, N.D. — Freelance journalist Danielle Braff, in a recent travel dispatch published by The New York Times , had some very...
Port: It would be a terrible mistake for Gov. Burgum to unilaterally legalize gambling in North Dakota
MINOT, N.D. — Our state's Native American tribes are asking Gov. Doug Burgum to legalize gambling in North Dakota. We're...
Port: Republicans apparently standing behind candidates who were members of bigoted messaging group
MINOT, N.D. — Back in August I reported on the profligate use of racial and homophobic slurs, as well as the presence...
Port: Does Senate candidate Rick Becker know that he’s a fool?
MINOT, N.D. — "The fool doth think he is wise," Shakespeare wrote, "but a wise man knows himself to be...
