In North Dakota’s political circles, we often hear jokes and criticism from Republicans about our neighbors to the east in Minnesota being liberals. Yet, as someone recently pointed out to me, when it comes to a comparison of our state [read more…]
In the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s visit to Fargo yesterday, one CNN “Editor-at-large” took to writing an “analysis” of Trump’s hour-plus long speech. In doing so, he chose to feature “Donald Trump’s 54 most outrageously over-the-top lines from his [read more…]
It’s not very often that the eyes of the nation are on North Dakota, but yesterday they were as President Trump was in Fargo. With Scheels Arena packed to its capacity of 6,000 – and thousands more turned away – [read more…]
I’ll never forget my fifth grade year when I was declared the class Spelling Champion. I chuckle now, but it was a big deal to me then. It must have set the tone for my life, because from that point [read more…]
North Dakota politics can be very interesting. In some respects, I think we’re seeing a shift of sorts on our political landscape when it comes to the two-party system in the state. If true, does this shift mean we’ll see [read more…]
In many regards, the political campaigns of today have been transformed into something quite different than those of yesteryear. It’s well-known that the advent of the internet has been a game changer for those seeking elected office. Whether it’s a [read more…]
President Trump signed an Executive Order today that allows children to stay with parents who are caught illegally crossing the border. The issue of separating children from their parents has suddenly become a hot topic and has resulted in heavy [read more…]
If you haven’t heard already, it was announced over the weekend that President Donald Trump is coming to Fargo on June 27th. His decision to come and stump for Congressman Kevin Cramer, in his attempt to unseat Senator Heidi Heitkamp, [read more…]
Those who’ve followed The Minuteman for some time know that we’re not fans of government cronyism. We’ve most often discussed it in terms of Renaissance Zones, but those certainly aren’t the only examples. As a West Fargo Pioneer article from [read more…]
Tom Campbell’s campaign has reached a point of being embarrassing. As you’re probably already aware, State Senator Kelly Armstrong beat Campbell for the NDGOP endorsement at last week’s State Convention. The numbers weren’t even close. Armstrong came away with 847 [read more…]
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