Last week, 14 Catholic US senators voted against their faith to defeat the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would protect against abortions of babies 20 weeks or older. In this article, Father Dwight Longenecker is calling them out, and suggesting they all be excommunicated from the church. I do have to applaud the…
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,…
Connie Krapp: You’ve Come a Long Way North Dakota
I was humbled to be part of the crowd invited to see the president at the Andeavor Refinery in Mandan. It was the second time in my life that I was part of a crowd addressed by a serving president. The first was when our son shook President Clinton’s hand as he graduated from the…
Connie Krapp: Before Permitting Another Wind Mill North Dakota’s PSC Must Publicize Costs for Taxpayers and Energy Consumers
News broke this week that a 130,000-acre wind farm originally proposed six years ago near Merricourt in south-central North Dakota is back on the burner. Last month, Otter Tail Power Company paid the $175,000 filing fee to get the project back in front of the North Dakota Public Service Commission. In so doing, it resurrected…
The Stanton Station coal-fired power plant operated by Great River Energy. It is scheduled to be shut down in May of 2017. Photo via Great River Energy
Connie Krapp: At What Cost Wind and Not Coal?
Last week, Great River Energy announced it will shut down its coal-based Stanton Station power plant. If nothing changes in our federal government’s approach to electricity supply, we in North Dakota can expect more coal plants to go down—and more wind farms to go up. But before we bless another wind farm in this state,…