opinion

North Dakota is rich in natural gas but low gas prices are causing oil companies that are pumping in North Dakota to burn it instead of collect and sell it...

The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is in the process of reviewing and rewriting their Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The Department has asked a variety of outside organizations to...

Hooray for the five stellar American gymnasts, as well as all the other competitors in the Olympic games in the U.K. Watching the games and individual events makes one’s heart...

I have read with interest the letters to the editor and the news stories concerning the debate concerning same-sex-marriage. Of special interest to me was the letter from Marjorie Andersen...

“Sit down over here. It won’t take but 20 minutes for us to custom-design your fetus.” “You want to custom-design our child, doctor?” “In the summer of 2012, University of...

The terrorist menace is proving quite useful to the U.S. government, much as the communist menace did many years ago. What could be more convenient than tagging dissenters and opponents...

It is both exciting and overwhelming to write a letter of support for Rita Albrecht in her race to be mayor of Bemidji. She first came to Bemidji as a...

“It’s time to tell people the truth,” Mitt Romney said in a radio interview last spring. “And so my campaign’s about telling people we’ve got to cut back on our...

First, kudos to Mitt Romney for choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate. Now, the danger: Romney, Ryan, their surrogates, their supporters and the American people will continue to treat...

Plan has noble goals Next Monday, students return to Bemidji State University for fall classes. Over the past several years, students have shoulder the burden of higher tuition, a discouraging...

Foot No. 1: Democrats plan to make it official on “gay marriage.” Reaction has been strong following the announcement that the Democratic Party plans to adopt support for gay marriage...

I read something in USA Today that really blew me away. There’s an explosion of chains of chic hair salons that don’t trim hair, color hair or do manicures. They...

Super-rich Don’t hear our woes; They attend, To cars and clothes. The Occupy movement seems somewhat subdued these days. That’s largely because the 1 percent is ready for them. Consider...

The charm of Sarah Palin as a vice presidential pick is she set the bar incredibly low for her successors. As long as a nominee can name a newspaper and...

Liberals have taken Chicago politics to a whole new level this campaign cycle with baseless accusations suggesting their opponents are unsympathetic, money-grubbing extremists who will feed your grandmother cat food...