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The hills have kaolinite: Geological Survey studys clay in western counties

The hills have kaolinite: Geological Survey studys clay in western counties North Dakota officials are looking at local resources to keep fractures for oil wells open and meet a proppant shortage, officials said.

February 18, 2012

Advance notable success

From China to Russia and Afghanistan to Iran, it’s a time of woe for U.S. foreign policy. But there’s an exception — Pakistan — and Congress can keep the progress going.

By Morton Kondracke , September 22, 2009

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Diabetes worthy of 'war'

It would be entirely fitting for Congress to rekindle the “war on cancer” in response to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., but another disease worthy of a war is diabetes.

By Morton Kondracke , September 15, 2009

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Reform immigration

Along with a health-care reform bill, it would be a fitting tribute to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., if Congress could act on his other great unfinished cause: immigration reform.

By Morton Kondracke , September 01, 2009

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Here is how to do better

I’m taking my annual one-column breather from the nation’s political storms to promote not-exactly-earthshaking ideas that have been bugging me and, maybe, you.

By Morton Kondracke , August 25, 2009

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GOP has health-care ideas, prefers attacks on Obama

There’s no question that Republican criticism has helped undermine support for President Barack Obama’s health plan. But it hasn’t done much to help Republicans.

By Morton Kondracke , August 18, 2009

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Liberal support crucial for health care plans

“Too big to fail” is the tagline that health lobbyist Fred Graefe applies to the health care reform effort, and he’s got it dead right.

August 11, 2009

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Obama unfairly targets insurance as the enemy

For one supposedly dedicated to bringing parties together for health care reform, President Barack Obama shows unremitting hostility toward one of them: The health-insurance industry.

By Morton Kondracke , August 04, 2009

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Who will Congress put first?

If any story this year deserved page 1 coverage — but didn’t get it — it was Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s challenging speech July 2 to the nation’s largest teachers union.

By Morton Kondracke , July 21, 2009

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'Reconciliation' won't work

Liberal health-reform advocates have talked about ramming a reform plan — including a Medicare-like public insurance option — through the Senate with only 51 Democratic votes. But a leading Senate player says it won’t work.

By Morton Kondracke , July 07, 2009

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Obama rides high at 5 months, but clouds gather

The political verdict on President Barack Obama’s first five months in office has to be “so far, so good,” but it also must include trepidation about clouds on the horizon.

By Morton Kondracke , June 30, 2009

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Medicare drug plan ought to be model for health reform

As they work on comprehensive health reform, Congress and President Barack Obama ought to look to the most successful model yet: The 2003 Medicare prescription drug law.

By Morton Kondracke , June 16, 2009

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Congress should aid 'good death' like my mother's

My mother died this month at age 95. This column is a tribute to her example of living — and also a public-policy tribute to the manner of her death, in hospice care.

By Morton Kondracke , June 02, 2009

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Prosperity depends on 'New Contract'

President Barack Obama plans to tackle, one by one, the biggest problems threatening America’s future prosperity, but he needs to fashion nothing less than “a new social contract between the generations.”

By By Morton Kondracke , May 26, 2009

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Obama, Duncan need to succeed on school reform

President Barack Obama and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are dedicated school reformers, and two new reports show how urgent it is that they succeed.

By Morton Kondracke , April 28, 2009

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