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Lloyd Omdahl Socialism really took a beating during the recent campaign when the word was used to condemn every public work except the space program. That wasn’t on earth so it didn’t count. People who didn’t have a clue of the real meaning of socialism were scampering across the prairie like Chicken Littles shouting “Socialism is coming! Socialism is coming!” That would make a good sequel to “The Russians Are Coming” because they didn’t show up either. But there comes a time in history when a public need must be met with a public response. On such occasions, we don’t necess...

Minot Though it passed the North Dakota Senate 43-3, here’s hoping the House gives SR 2271 –I call it the Secret Election Act — the visible death it deserves. This under-the-radar bill attempts to maintain the integrity of the Electoral College for presidential elections. However you feel about the Electoral College, this is NOT the way to do it. It is ham-handed, backhanded and rewards secrecy. And now, at least one of the senators who voted for the bill is having second thoughts. Sen. Erin Oban, D-Bismarck, responded to my inquiry as to why she voted yes: “First, this bill has no ef...

The big question on everyone’s mind is when will things get back to normal and what exactly will that mean? No one has a crystal ball, but as a practicing p

The North Dakota House this week passed, by a narrow margin, a bill prohibiting state and local governments from enacting facemask mandates. Big mistake. Mi

Guest columnist In late 2019 global health authorities began warning of an outbreak of what appeared to be a new respiratory virus. The virus later became known as the 2019 novel coronavirus, and the illness caused by the virus is COVID-19. The virus rapidly spread across the world, including in Ohio. While the death and devastation from this pandemic has been widespread, not everyone has felt the effects the same. On May 8, 2020, the Ohio Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights adopted a proposal to undertake a study of civil rights and equity in the delivery of medical and...