Opinion

  • Opinion: Reflection: When Buying Seeds…

    Opinion: Reflection: When Buying Seeds…

    While the rest of the world is posting about daffodils, we here in the Dakotas are still discussing inches of snow, below zero, and blizzard warnings.


  • Opinion: Rural America needs to band together against corporate greed

    Opinion: Rural America needs to band together against corporate greed

    Last year, John Deere announced plans to go 100 percent robotic by 2030. That’s right: in just four more years, the world’s largest tractor manufacturer plans to replace every corn and soybean farmer with robots.


  • Opinion: Whiners

    Opinion: Whiners

    We have become a country of whiners. The current president is among the biggest whiners I have seen since I became eligible to vote. A whining bully is perhaps one of the more despicable things you can do as a human being. Following the current president’s lead, millions of Americans…


  • Mark’s Distinction: Remembering My Best Friend Chris

    Mark’s Distinction: Remembering My Best Friend Chris

    It’s March 17, which many of you know and celebrate as Saint Patrick’s Day. But it’s also the birthday of one of my best friends, Mark Christopher Aldridge, who died on Jan. 31, 2019, at the age of 56. He had been dealing with health issues for some time, but…


  • Editorial cartoons posted March 17, 2026

    Editorial cartoons posted March 17, 2026

    by Joe Heller, Editorial Cartoonist


  • Opinion, Reflection: One Snip

    Opinion, Reflection: One Snip

    This week, I used Betsy Ross’s pattern to cut a five pointed star with one snip.


  • The Blonde on the Prairie: The beige years?

    The Blonde on the Prairie: The beige years?

    The other day I showed up to work wearing a little romper.


  • Opinion: Election Jeopardy

    Opinion: Election Jeopardy

    The upcoming 2026 mid-term election may be the most dishonest and corrupt in the history of the United States of America. The current president has a very low popularity rating that would doom the political party represented by the president. This, coupled with the historical fact that the political party…


  • Useful thinking: Pausing column for the time being

    Useful thinking: Pausing column for the time being

    I have accepted the endorsement of District 47 DemNPL to run for the North Dakota Senate and as a consequence I will not be submitting opinions for March and through November of 2026. Depending on the outcome of the November election, I may be able to return to writing opinions…


  • Five Things Americans Need to Know About the U.S. and Iran

    Five Things Americans Need to Know About the U.S. and Iran

    The Trump administration has joined Israel in launching large-scale attacks across Iran. The strikes mark the beginning of “major combat operations,” according to President Trump, and in response Tehran has reportedly launched retaliatory attacks in Middle Eastern countries that host U.S. military bases.


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