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2 men injured in West Fargo work accident

Two men suffered unknown internal and external injuries after falling 40 feet in a construction accident Monday morning in West Fargo.

Columns

Danbom: Truth loses in barstool journalism

Most, but not all, Fargoans agreed that Osama bin Laden’s death was a good thing.

Danbom: An energy policy must come first

Pride or regret over 'don't ask, don't' tell vote

In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “we hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

Danbom: It’s not teachers, it’s parents

You may have noticed that the state of American education has been in the news again, and is getting almost as much attention as the Ground Zero mosque and Bristol Palin’s debut on “Dancing With the Stars.”

Danbom: Berg needs a script

The Republican campaign formula, candidly acknowledged by the party’s strategists and operatives on cable news every night, is simple: Blame everything on President Barack Obama, tie your opponent to Obama, and avoid discussing what you would do differently.

Danbom: The leak obscures realities

The publication by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks of more than 90,000 heretofore classified documents on the war in Afghanistan has stimulated widespread questioning of that ill-starred enterprise.

Danbom: This time threats failed

This time, the politics of physical intimidation just didn’t work. It’s hard to know why because it has been effective in the past.

Danbom: Hoeven’s moderate problem

Sen. Byron Dorgan’s, D-N.D., decision not to seek re-election for another term seemingly removes the last major impediment to a Senate run by Gov. John Hoeven, which he has been considering for several months with the encouragement of prominent national Republicans.

Danbom: Health reform, yes, but

The other day I – and presumably lots of you – received a letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota putting in its two cents’ worth on health care.

Paranoid right gets it wrong

President Barack Obama’s speech to America’s schoolchildren is done, and the republic seems to have survived.