devilslakejournal.com http://www.devilslakejournal.com/section/opinion devilslakejournal.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Sat, 18 May 2013 14:07:28 +0000 Diamond Dirt: At a loss of words http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519188/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 16 May 2013 11:31:54 DOMINIC GENETTI dominic.genetti@courierpost.com @DominicGenetti #DiamondDirt http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130516/NEWS/130519188/1007/OPINION Fired ND anchorman chats with David Letterman http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130426/NEWS/130429055/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:21:48 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130426/NEWS/130429055/1007/OPINION A.J. Clemente appeared on Letterman's late-night talk show Wednesday, chatting with the host about saying two obscenities just as cameras began to roll during the 5 p.m. Sunday newscast. He was first suspended, then he was fired Monday by KFYR-TV in Bismarck.
The clip of Clemente's gaffe went viral [...]]]> Diamond Dirt: Roger Maris going into Missouri Sports HOF http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130425/NEWS/130429346/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:45:01 DOMINIC GENETTI dominic.genetti@courierpost.com @DominicGenetti #DiamondDirt #MarisMOHall http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130425/NEWS/130429346/1007/OPINION BLOGGER: Shiela Rabe blogs http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130419/NEWS/130418592/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:35:20 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130419/NEWS/130418592/1007/OPINION BLOGGER: Delcie Light blogs as "Meanderings" http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130404/NEWS/130409320/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 4 Apr 2013 17:35:31 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130404/NEWS/130409320/1007/OPINION Editorial: A pivotal week for gay marriage, and for the Supreme Court http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130326/NEWS/130329180/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:39:03 +0000 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130326/NEWS/130329180/1007/OPINION Indeed, it’s darn hard to champion states’ rights as defined by the 10th Amendment, a favorite of many conservatives, while simultaneously defending the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law passed in 1996 — also [...]]]> Blogger: Eric Bergeson http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329256/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:26:22 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130325/NEWS/130329256/1007/OPINION BLOGGER: Uffda Critters http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130320/NEWS/130329847/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:39:00 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130320/NEWS/130329847/1007/OPINION BLOGGER: Meanderings http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130314/NEWS/130319322/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:48:28 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130314/NEWS/130319322/1007/OPINION BLOGGER: Delicie Light http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130301/NEWS/130309831/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 1 Mar 2013 19:29:50 +0000 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130301/NEWS/130309831/1007/OPINION Jeff Vrabel: Flight ads http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130218818/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:41:44 By Jeff Vrabel, GHNS http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130218818/1007/OPINION The Guy’s Perspective: Learning to be more confident http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130218819/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:39:57 By Saelen Ghose, GHNS http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130218/NEWS/130218819/1007/OPINION Obit: Marcella G. “Marcy” Brown http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130205/NEWS/130209466/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:22:31 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130205/NEWS/130209466/1007/OPINION Editorial: Immigration reform fine, but not at expense of sputtering economy http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130204/NEWS/130209586/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:25:27 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130204/NEWS/130209586/1007/OPINION A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Republicans John McCain of Arizona and tea party favorite Marco Rubio of Florida, beat President Obama to the punch last week in introducing a legislative package that would grant effective amnesty to the 11 million or so undocumented immigrants in this country, so long as they register with Uncle Sam, clear [...]]]> Family Matters: Finding ways to help children cope with death http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130201/NEWS/130209862/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Fri, 1 Feb 2013 14:36:44 By Diana Boggia, GHNS http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130201/NEWS/130209862/1007/OPINION I just received a phone call that my ex-husband’s mother died. My two daughters loved her and I know they will be upset, so I want to find the right words to help them through this. I also need to prepare them for their first funeral with someone they loved, and prepare them for the process of it all. They were traumatized at a previous funeral of a family member they didn’t even know, so I hate to think of what this might do to them.
The school counselor and I told the girls [...]]]> Editorial: Missing Stan the Man http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130129/NEWS/130128646/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:55:40 +0000 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130129/NEWS/130128646/1007/OPINION Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial was put to rest last weekend, gone at age 92. Though many may have forgotten him, the greatest St. Louis Cardinal ever remains among the first few names in many a statistical category. It wasn’t just the [...]]]> Editorial: No more Mr. Nice Guy? http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130124/NEWS/130129347/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:07:54 +0000 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130124/NEWS/130129347/1007/OPINION Editorial: At last, a smart move from House Republicans http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130124/NEWS/130129348/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:05:45 +0000 http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130124/NEWS/130129348/1007/OPINION It buys time for House Republicans to try to reclaim the momentum lost from President Barack Obama’s re-election and inauguration and come up with a more winning strategy to coax some desperately needed spending discipline out of Democrats. [...]]]> Lost in Suburbia: And the Academy Award goes to … http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130123/NEWS/130129551/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Wed, 23 Jan 2013 10:36:06 By Tracy Beckerman, GHNS http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130123/NEWS/130129551/1007/OPINION It was a perfectly reasonable question. It was a Saturday afternoon. We had no plans. But having been married to this guy for 20 years, I knew this question wasn’t as innocent as it seemed. There was a hidden meaning. It was actually code for, “Do you want to see that new action movie with lots of special effects, a huge body count and bad guys with fake foreign accents?”
“What did you have in mind?” I asked innocently.
“The new [...]]]> Jared Olar: Breaking down legal abortion falsehoods http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130122/NEWS/130129719/1007/OPINION?rssfeed=true Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:27:36 +0000 By Jared Olar, GHNS http://www.devilslakejournal.com/article/20130122/NEWS/130129719/1007/OPINION We’ve seen those principles at work time and again — in the fabricated news that the Russian Communists published in Pravda, in the Soviet Potemkin villages, in the old claims of apartheid propagandists that South Africa was all but uninhabited prior to the arrival of European [...]]]>