Category: say anything

By Chris HennenOver the holiday break, it was announced political blogger Rob Port of Say Anything blog will join Forum Communications and write a column for the Forum newspaper effectively ending his relationship with the High...

I hate being asked to give something back this time of year.Before I explain why, let me tell you that what I like best about the holiday season is the focus on charity. There is something wonderful about a time of year when we...

Drunk driving law may get overturned by the U.S. Supreme CourtImagine you stand accused of stealing items from your neighbor and the police want to search your home for evidence of that theft without a warrant. Would we not be...

North Dakota may find itself short on revenues in coming bienniums, but the state could ease that pain by getting out of the anti-tobacco advocacy business.First, let’s make the budget picture clear.“I think there’s a...

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law,” columnist Charles Krauthammer wrote in 2002. “Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.”This is...

“It’s become a Thanksgiving holiday tradition,” a colleague told me recently. “We eat the turkey, and then we watch videos of people being trampled at Black Friday sales on YouTube.”That’s about the gist of it. The holiday...

The Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan is expected to have a dramatic impact on how Americans get their power across the U.S. Or, perhaps it’s better to describe the impact as extreme, given that dozens of states, including...

On Sept. 19, 2008, TransCanada submitted a permit request to the U.S. State Department to build a pipeline across the United States/Canada border. The name of this project was the Keystone XL pipeline.It took 2,605 days —...

Like every other state in the union North Dakota has a host of state boards and commissions that were created to administer licensing and discipline for various occupations. Yet increasingly the mission of these groups has crept...

The proponents of family law reform in North Dakota are having an impact. After ballot measure efforts in 2006 and 2014 aimed at changing divorce and custody laws managed to get around 40 percent of the vote, the state’s lawyers...

HBO comedian John Oliver aimed his considerable polemical skills at North Dakota recently, much to the delight of the state’s critics.“Be angry,” was Oliver’s advice, even going so far as to put up a billboard with that message...

At the University of North Dakota last week a policy passed by state lawmakers, but opposed by North Dakota University System lobbyists, was vindicated.During the legislative session earlier this year lawmakers passed due...