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    People gather in front of the stage before the start of the March for Our Lives rally on Saturday in Washington. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Salwan Georges
    Commentary: Anti-gun Parkland students expected to visit Fargo/Moorhead, Bismarck, and Standing Rock this month
    This summer some of the students from Parkland High School, those who are now being used in messaging campaigns by the gun control movement,...
    opinion/columns40 min 28 sec ago
    Former first lady Laura Bush at the dedication of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016. (Al Drago/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Laura Bush: Separating children from their parents at the border 'breaks my heart'
    Commentary by Laura Bush / Special To The Washington Post On Sunday, June 17, a day we as a nation set aside to honor fathers and the bonds...
    opinion/columns5 hours 5 min ago
    June 17, 2018
    Commentary: Still waiting for a talk with my dad
    WEST FAIRLEE, Vt.—Father's Day conjures up memories of a father I never got to know. He died when I was young: 16. He was young: 41. He never got to know me. He never saw me succeed as a journalist, spouse and father. He never met my wife or his grandchildren. They know of him...
    opinion/columnsJune 17, 2018 - 6:20am
    Katie Pinke
    Commentary: The world needs fathers who do not fear failure
    "Failure is temporary. Your dad told me that on the night I asked him to marry you," recalled my husband. I laughed. My dad wasn't talking about...
    opinion/columnsJune 17, 2018 - 6:00am
    June 15, 2018
    Commentary: Email Says Trump set to visit Fargo in June
    According to an email which is landing in inboxes now, President Donald Trump is expected to visit North Dakota some time in June. Problem is...
    opinion/columnsJune 15, 2018 - 4:51pm
    June 14, 2018
    A television station referenced in a Senate Majority PAC says the group's reference to an interview they did with Congressman Kevin Cramer is inaccurate. Screenshot via YouTube
    Commentary: Television station says Heitkamp allies misrepresented Cramer’s comments on their broadcast
    The Senate Majority PAC, a group affiliated with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, has been running advertising recently accusing Congressman Kevin...
    opinion/columnsJune 14, 2018 - 4:24pm
    Will Gardner photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Commentary: Will Gardner submits letter to the Secretary of State declining primary nomination
    Yesterday I wrote about the potential for a political headache for Republicans in the Secretary of State race if Will Gardner, who dropped out...
    opinion/columnsJune 14, 2018 - 10:58am
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist Photo courtesy of Ann Fredricks Photography
    Boy serves kindness with a side of chicken
    When my son started bringing home information about his sixth-grade graduation, I thought it was cute. There would be a ceremony and a class...
    opinion/columnsJune 14, 2018 - 9:50am
    June 13, 2018
    Mike McFeely, Oct. 17, 2015Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
    Commentary: Not a good election night for Al Carlson
    FARGO—It was only the June primary, and turnout was abysmal, but North Dakota House Majority Leader Al Carlson might be a little less sure...
    opinion/columnsJune 13, 2018 - 5:23pm
    Commentary: Trump didn’t invent the Internet, but he's bringing it to rural America
    Rural Americans have been left in the dust of the modern technology age as the rest of the country speeds through the 21st Century. Today’s...
    opinion/columnsJune 13, 2018 - 4:22pm
    Senator Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. Carrie Snyder / The Forum
    Dorgan: Tax cuts balloon the deficit and damages Medicare
    Last week we learned that parts of the Medicare program will run out of money three years earlier than previously expected in part because of...
    opinion/columnsJune 13, 2018 - 1:44pm
    June 12, 2018
    ND Rep. Kevin Cramer speaks at the North Dakota GOP Convention at Scheels Arena in Fargo on Sunday, April 3, 2016. Rick Abbott / The Forum
    Commentary: Cramer campaign is under fire on all fronts
    MINOT, N.D.—I loved from the outset the dynamics of a Cramer vs. Heitkamp Senate race. Rep. Kevin Cramer is the happy warrior. He engages...
    opinion/columnsJune 12, 2018 - 12:04pm
    Senator Heidi Heitkamp touts her pro-Trump voting record in a 2018 campaign ad via YouTube
    Commentary: As Cramer feuds with the White House, Heitkamp launches another ad aligning herself with Trump
    Incumbent Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s decision to go all-in on being a Trump ally this election cycle is one hell of a gamble. The risk is that...
    opinion/columnsJune 12, 2018 - 11:05am
    June 11, 2018
    Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., was called to the podium in Bismarck in May 2016 by presidential candidate Donald Trump, who cited Cramer's energy expertise and early backing in his quest for the Republican Party nomination for president. File photo by Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    Commentary: It sure seems like President Trump just snubbed senate candidate Kevin Cramer
    Weeks ago North Dakota Democrats, and Senate incumbent Heidi Heitkamp’s campaign, began pushing a narrative about a potential rift between...
    opinion/columnsJune 11, 2018 - 2:42pm
    Former state Sen. Mac Schneider accepts the endorsement for U.S. House at the Democratic convention March 17. Eric Hylden / Forum News Service
    Commentary: The Democratic brand is so toxic in North Dakota, Democrats lie and call themselves 'Independents'
    Over the weekend the Grand Forks Herald published an interview with Democratic U.S. House candidate Mac Schneider. In the interview, Schneider...
    opinion/columnsJune 11, 2018 - 10:29am
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