Here’s my television segment from last night on 6:30 Point of View with Chris Berg. Our topics of discussion were this parent/teacher survey showing some pretty miserable results for Common Core’s science standards – results that were way below ratings given to the math and language arts standards in 2011 – as well as West…
Bismarck Woman Spends Three Days In Jail For Possession Of…Fireworks?
To be fair, it appears as though the woman in question has had prior legal issues that may have justified the incarceration, but still this part of the story jumped out at me. The woman was charged with a Class B Misdemeanor for the possession of some Black Cats: Anne Kirkham, 32, pleaded guilty on…
Guest Post: ND Legislators Used Phony Statistics To Support Bottle Rockets Ban
It is unfortunate that HB1257, which would have lifted the ban on bottle rocket sales in North Dakota, failed on the Senate floor yesterday despite all of the available data that proves bottle rockets aren’t as dangerous as opponents would like you to think. Instead, the Senate voted to punish a product rather than people…
North Dakota Senate On Bottle Rockets Ban: You'll Shoot Your Eye Out
The North Dakota Senate today, despite having already passed a bill to expand the dates during which fireworks in general can be sold, voted down a bill to lift a ban on the sale of bottle rockets specifically. Here’s the nauseatingly paternalistic floor debate: “This isn’t about freedom,” Senator Dave Oehlke said. “This is about…
Senate Approves Bill To Expand Sale Of Fireworks In North Dakota
It got overshadowed by the abortion bills considered in the House, but in the Senate yesterday HB1259 introduced by Rep. Blair Thoreson was debated and passed on a narrow 24-23 vote. This wasn’t the bottle rocket ban – that’s HB1257. Rather, HB1259 expands the dates on which fireworks can be sold. Under current law fireworks…
Video: After Democrat Storms Off Floor, ND Senate Passes Two Pro-Life Bills
Today the North Dakota Senate passed HB1305 and HB1456, both introduced by Rep. Bette Grande. HB1456, which bans abortions in instances where a heartbeat is detected, passed with no debate on a 26-17 vote. But the real fireworks were on HB1305. Democrats moved to divide the bill into two portions. Division A was the portion…
Democrat Who Wants Legalized Marijuana Argues In Favor Of Bottle Rocket Ban
Politics at times makes for strange bed fellows. That was clear today in watching the North Dakota House debate HB1257, introduced by Rep. Blair Thoreson, which would repeal North Dakota’s ban on bottle rocket sales. Liberal Democrat Rep. Steve Zaiser, who was a spokesman for an initiated measure effort to legalize medicinal marijuana, argued strenuously…