Sinking coronavirus stimulus funds
down a hole. Literally.

A treatment that benefits only one industry in North Dakota is a tough pill to swallow for thousands of the state's citizens who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. In fact, it shouldn’t go down easy for any U.S. taxpayer.

Despite people and small businesses struggling to make it day to day, the North Dakota Emergency Commission is giving the oil industry a $33.1 million gift...

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The Piece That Started It All

Election:  Think Before Casting the First Stone

I've always hated hypocrisy, and in 1988 I saw it in abundance in the NDSU student body election. Click the link to read the first letter to the editor I ever wrote, to the NDSU student newspaper. The editor invited me to write more, and next thing I knew I was a regular opinion page contributor. Who would have guessed that, all these years later, I'd still be writing about elections and calling B.S. .… 

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