This week, it’s appropriate to remind readers, as we did then, that the highlight of North Dakota’s observance of our nation’s 250th birthday will be the opening of the Theodore…
Our nation will mark an important anniversary this year — one quarter of a millennium! July 4th will mark 250 years since the signing of The Declaration of Independence —…
If you’ve ever wondered about that, you’re not alone.
Once its standard bearer, North Dakota’s Governor has apparently decided to completely snub his own party and many of its endorsed candidates and elected officials.
Shouldn’t Republican voters decide who the Republicans’ candidates will be? Shouldn’t Democratic voters decide who the Democrats’ candidates will be? One would think so.
For decades, our nation’s southern border, from the Pacific to the Gulf, has been the focus of concern over illegal immigration. Headlines about some who are in the country illegally…
Are political parties, as we’ve known them, becoming a thing of the past in North Dakota? Party watchers are beginning to wonder.
Many North Dakotans may not be aware of something that sets the state apart from all others… and now, more than ever, it may not be a good distinction.
The eyes of many North Dakotans were on the Super Bowl on Sunday evening. For football fans, that’s nothing new, but this year’s big game brought many more reasons for…
When one talks about protests, now, most attention goes to Minnesota, where protests have ramped up, grabbing national attention and, tragically, resulting in the death of one protestor. North Dakota…
Here, in the upper Midwest, we care about neighbors. If one is ill, we bring food and ask how else we can help. If there’s a death in the family,…
2025 was a busy year in North Dakota. Public policy, culture and governance took center stage, with the Legislative session dominating the early months of the year, but after the…
“Merry Christmas.” Many of us have grown up with that greeting yet, in recent years, it fell into disfavor for fear that it could “offend” those who reject the true…
Nearly 90 years ago, the people of Germany, enthused by neo-pagan occultism, fascism, and nihilism, attempted to raise themselves to the level of a godlike “volk,” and thus degraded their…
Happy Thanksgiving! Did your dessert table include the pie flavor that is most uniquely popular in your state? Each year, Instacart analyzes Thanksgiving-week orders (in this case from Nov. 22-28,…
The oldest American Holiday is called “Thanksgiving” for a good reason. It was originally established for just that purpose—giving thanks.