LLOYD OMDAHL
Omdahl: Put youth council to work
The North Dakota Youth Council created by the 2009 Legislature was a feeble step, but at least it keeps outmigration of young people on the public agenda.By Lloyd Omdahl , November 03, 2009
Omdahl: Public schools not equipped to conduct remedial parenting 
President George W. Bush deserves a kind word for launching No Child Left Behind, thereby forcing a dialogue on the condition of the nation’s education system.
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 27, 2009
Omdahl: Divisive rhetoric not new
Admittedly, it is distressing to witness a discussion of public issues in an environment of fear, hate, deceit, misrepresentation and malice, just to name a few acrimonious characteristics of today’s policy arguments.
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 21, 2009
Omdahl: Institute fulfills real need
If North Dakota were a person, it would be deported for lack of documentation.
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 05, 2009
Omdahl: Problem, solution is board
Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm should be commended for keeping the feet of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota to the fire for a series of scandalous errors in judgment over the past few years.
By Lloyd Omdahl , September 29, 2009
It takes little for civility to collapse
Lloyd Omdahl’s Sept. 21 column addressing civility was good, but an additional definition of the word “civility” may be of use. Civility begins in the heart and is often tacit and pre-verbal, or emotion-based, as Omdahl put it.
By James Traun , September 26, 2009
Omdahl: Civility leaves the arena
Civil: “adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy.”
By Lloyd Omdahl , September 21, 2009
Omdahl: Senior citizens already get biggest government bailouts
When the greed of the Wall Street manipulators pushed the country toward bankruptcy, citizens across the country were outraged at the bonuses being paid to the people who created the problem.
By Lloyd Omdahl , September 07, 2009
Omdahl: Charity feeling recession
Walmart, Jamestown. Best Buy, Fargo. H & R Block, Linton. Rough Riders Kiwanis, Dickinson. LRSC Business Club, Devils Lake.
By Lloyd Omdahl , September 01, 2009
Omdahl: Texting away rights
The 2009 session of the North Dakota Legislature joined a dozen other states with a resolution reminding the federal government that there was a 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stating that powers not delegated to the national government, nor prohibited to the states, were reserved to the states or the people.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 24, 2009
Omdahl: Searching for the causes of North Dakota binge drinking
North Dakota’s ranking as No. 1 in binge drinking should come as no surprise when the state also ranks No. 1 in underage drinking.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 11, 2009
Omdahl: North Dakotans should be careful what they wish for
Deep in its prairie soul, North Dakota yearns to be No. 1 in something important. But as the wise have warned, we should be careful what we wish for because we may get it. And we have.
By Lloyd Omdahl , August 02, 2009
Omdahl: It will be snowball for Twins
Having played only one season of organized baseball, I am just a whisper in the shadows compared to the wisdom of Dick Bremer and Bert Blyleven, the TV newscasters for the Minnesota Twins. Throughout the 2009 season, they have been touting the virtues of the new open-air baseball field that will be ready for the 2010 season.
By Lloyd Omdahl , July 27, 2009
Take two aspirin; go to bed
If you happen to be one of the 68,000 North Dakotans without medical coverage waiting for passage of federal health insurance, don’t hold your breath. The ambulance will not be coming.
By Lloyd Omdahl , July 21, 2009
Omdahl: End water war with our neighbor
It’s time for North Dakota and Manitoba to give up re-enacting the Hatfields and McCoys and resolve their disputes over the Devils Lake outlet and the 30-mile dam along the Manitoba border. These differences have lasted so long they are becoming intergenerational.
By Lloyd Omdahl , July 14, 2009
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