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    August 20, 2018
    Commentary: Attorney says plain reading of recreational marijuana measure it legalizes driving while stoned
    Mark Friese is a defense attorney with the Vogel Law Firm in Fargo. He supports decriminalizing marijuana for recreational use. He also says...
    opinion/columns15 hours 19 min ago
    August 19, 2018
    Zaleski: Do 'welfare queens' wear seed caps?
    POST MILLS, Vt. — I am among the many who will not shed a tear when Trump-loving farmers and business people take it in the shorts because...
    opinion/columnsAugust 19, 2018 - 6:05am
    August 18, 2018
    Commentary: Hate ugly politics and hypocritical politicians? Blame the voters
    We are now in the heart of the election season. Early voting has made the campaigning during this part of the cycle even more intense. While...
    opinion/columnsAugust 18, 2018 - 4:53pm
    Roxane Salonen
    Commentary: 'Judas' leaves us shattered, but God still God
    FARGO — I've been taking in news about the latest round of priest-abuse scandals and the "lavender mafia," an alleged ring of sexual deviancy...
    opinion/columnsAugust 18, 2018 - 11:24am
    Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders columnist.
    Commentary: Millennial caregiver overwhelmed with family obligations
    Dear Carol: I'm not yet 30 and struggling with family caregiving. I work an entry-level job that barely pays my rent and student loan payment....
    opinion/columnsAugust 18, 2018 - 8:19am
    August 17, 2018
    Ethics Measure panelists were, from left, Susan Wefald, founder of North Dakotans for Public Integrity, Dina Butcher, president of North Dakota for Public Integrity, Geoff Simon, executive director of Western Dakota Energy Association and Rep. Jim Kasper, R-Fargo, chairman of the Government & Veterans Affairs Committee. Tom Stromme / Bismarck Tribune
    Commentary: Free speech group says ethics ballot measure may violate the 1st Amendment
    “North Dakota’s current campaign finance and lobbying laws are already unclear. The initiative could raise serious First Amendment concerns...
    opinion/columnsAugust 17, 2018 - 11:53am
    Mike McFeely
    Commentary: Political opportunism failed for Pawlenty, which should make Cramer nervous
    FARGO — There are not many parallels between Tim Pawlenty and Kevin Cramer, that much we will admit. Pawlenty is from Minnesota, Cramer...
    opinion/columnsAugust 17, 2018 - 10:00am
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Commentary: Noticing others is first step to kindness
    FARGO — There is something to be said about being in the right place at the right time. It feels fortuitous, almost like someone is watching...
    opinion/columnsAugust 17, 2018 - 9:25am
    August 15, 2018
    Commentary: The public's loss of faith in mass media began long before Donald Trump
    MINOT, N.D. — It's become fashionable for journalists to blame Donald Trump and his attacks on "fake news" for undermining the public's...
    opinion/columnsAugust 15, 2018 - 8:28am
    August 14, 2018
    North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. Forum News Service file photo
    Commentary: Attorney General Stenehjem responds to Democrats, says lawsuit challenging Obamacare is his duty
    Lately North Dakota Democrats have been trying to make a campaign issue out of a lawsuit challenging the legality of Obamacare.
    opinion/columnsAugust 14, 2018 - 3:38pm
    Commentary: This is not fake news
    GRAND FORKS—Nicole Haffely of Hillsboro will be inducted into a bowling hall of fame later this year. We know this because she was featured in a front-page story in the Hillsboro Banner. In Mayville, the Riverwood Addition development site is nearly sold out as more people build...
    opinion/columnsAugust 14, 2018 - 12:54pm
    August 13, 2018
    REARDON: A glimpse of a dream
    I wish I kept track of how many hours I spent at Dakota Community Bank & Trust Ballpark this summer, because it was a lot. I had it easy, though. For the players on the Badlands Big Sticks, they played game after game even after enduring long bus rides through endless prairie. In...
    opinion/columnsAugust 13, 2018 - 7:01pm
    Dickinson State University Sign. Dickinson Press photo
    Commentary: Trump to sign funding ban for universities hosting Chinese Institute once touted at North Dakota universities
    Back in 2010 the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education approved requests from Dickinson State University and North Dakota State to create...
    opinion/columnsAugust 13, 2018 - 10:57am
    August 12, 2018
    Jack Zaleski
    Commentary: Old tractor was more than a 'thing'
    POST MILLS, Vt. — We are advised to avoid getting attached to things. It's good advice, but some things become more than objects. Think...
    opinion/columnsAugust 12, 2018 - 8:54am
    Commentary: Heitkamp's control over her carefully cultivated "North Dakota nice" persona is slipping
    How does a Democrat like Heidi Heitkamp get elected in a state like North Dakota where no other Democrat has won on the statewide ballot in...
    opinion/columnsAugust 12, 2018 - 8:02am
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