john oliver

November 6, 2017 Rob Port

The City of Fargo made a big mistake when they agreed to FedEx $660,000 in tax incentives to move a...

November 17, 2015 Rob Port

I dislike John Oliver. In fact, I dislike the whole comedian-doing-news-and-analysis schtick, and not just because Oliver was fantastically unfair...

October 30, 2015 Rob Port

Democrat state Senators George Sinner (Fargo) and Phil Murphy (Portland) have a letter to the editor in the Dickinson Press today...

October 20, 2015 Rob Port

Oil development is an emotionally charged issue, mostly because certain political interests are exhorting the public to be emotional about...

October 14, 2015 Rob Port

HBO comedian John Oliver's recent skit about North Dakota's oil boom had some egregious factual flaws, which I detailed here,...

October 12, 2015 Rob Port

As I mentioned last week, HBO comedian John Oliver took aim at North Dakotas oil boom. Not surprisingly, given that...

October 9, 2015 Rob Port

HBO comedian John Oliver is expected to talk about North Dakota's Bakken oil fields on this Sunday's edition of his Last...

October 6, 2014 Rob Port

If you've been seeing headlines about something called "civil asset forfeiture" and wondered what all the fuss is about, you...