The world, America, and the State of North Dakota are feeling the devastating financial effects of COVID-19— also known as the Coronavirus. As I write this, the North Dakota Department of Health announced two new cases today. That brings the [read more…]
Over the years, we’ve published a number of articles about issues relating to the City of Bismarck. There’s been a couple of real doozy’s. Male strippers in a Renaissance Zone business comes to mind. And we shouldn’t forget about the [read more…]
Last week, we published an article about a proposal being pulled to put a mural in downtown Bismarck of 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. Local wet plate artist Shane Balkowitsch had submitted the idea to the Renaissance Zone Authority. The [read more…]
Update: In the aftermath of this article, it appears that many readers did not fully comprehend what was written. The purpose of the article was to illustrate the irony/hypocrisy of the artist. On the one hand, he implies through his [read more…]
Yesterday, I wrote about a proposal being pulled to put a mural in downtown Bismarck of 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg. Local wet plate artist Shane Balkowitsch had submitted the idea to the Renaissance Zone Authority. The mural would have [read more…]
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is getting her own documentary with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). I’m guessing you probably didn’t know that. Or, at the very least, perhaps you don’t even care. Most North Dakotan’s likely don’t. But what [read more…]
The term “conservative” just doesn’t seem to have the meaning that it once did in politics. In fact, I’ve become increasingly hesitant to even use the word at times. It seemingly means different things to different people these days. One [read more…]
If you’re a resident of Bismarck, then you’ve probably heard about the recreation complex being proposed for North Dakota’s capital city. It’s a doozy— a 25 acre, $114.5 million doozy. The Bismarck Tribune covered it yesterday. Over the years, we’ve [read more…]
When the people of Bismarck voted in the June 12, 2018 election, the message was clear that they were looking for new leadership on the City Commission. Steve Bakken’s defeat of the unpopular Mike Seminary — by over 20 percentage [read more…]
At the end of last month, North Dakota’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler announced 13 finalists for open positions on North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education. Among them was former Bismarck Mayor Mike Seminary. We made our case of [read more…]
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