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Minnesota Marriage
I've always been proud to be from Minnesota, even though I've called Fargo home for the past 15 years or so. Today, however I'm even more proud. Minnesota Marriage Unlike the sideshow put on by our ...
Posted on 5/9/13 at 5:41 PM
Capitol Letters - Week 16
Governor Bill Guy: 1919 - 2013 As we were putting the final touches on this weeks Capitol Letters, we received the sad news of Governor Bill Guys passing. Much will rightly be said about this giant of...
Posted on 4/26/13 at 3:04 PM
Snail Mail: Send A Little Love
The summer before my sophomore year of high school, my family and I moved from northern New Jersey, to Indiana. Even though I grew up moving a lot, this was the first move that was really hard on me....
Posted on 4/17/13 at 8:09 AM
Letters from the Holy Synod and Bishop Matthias Regarding the Recent Sexual Misconduct Case
The following two letters have been distributed to priests in our diocese and we have been asked to make these available via our usual means. In our case, they will be sent through our emailing list a...
Posted on 11/4/12 at 9:43 AM
What Does It Take to Be an Expert?
I have no letters after my name. Okay, officially I have a B.A., which in today's climate stands less for Bachelor of Arts as it does for Buy Additional -- credits, tuition, college time -- leading t...
Posted on 4/5/12 at 1:19 PM
Letter: Reject extension of Minn. sales tax
As a member of the conference committee working out the tax bill at the state Capitol, Sen. Rod Skoe, DFL-Clearbrook, Minn., will play a key role in determining how much more business and personal taxes we will be asked to pay.By Fred Daggett, Frazee, Minn. , May 15, 2013
Letter: A good session, maybe; ‘greatest session,’ no way 
‘Greatest session in history.” Wow. That is quite a statement. And to come within hours of the longest legislative session in North Dakota history? Stunning statement, indeed.
By Rep. Gail Mooney , May 14, 2013
Letter: Marriage equality snowball is nearly at destination 
The snowball has rolled almost down the hill, picking up momentum as it went. Now it is almost completely at its destination. What I am talking about is marriage equality.
By Carol Strache, Frazee, Minn. , May 14, 2013
Letter: We need a new farm bill 
I am working with other members of the Senate Agriculture Committee to draft a five-year farm bill. This marks the next act in a play that began too long ago.
By Sen. Heidi Heitkamp , May 14, 2013
Letter: Liquor tax increase disaster for Minnesota’s border cities 
If the Minnesota Legislature enacts a massive liquor tax increase when it finishes its work on Monday, we may have to use Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities” to describe the disparity between North Dakota and Minnesota liquor retailers.
By Bob Leslie , May 14, 2013
Forum editorial: List alone won’t be enough 
If the North Dakota Industrial Commission is serious, more of the state’s “culturally important” places might be off limits to oil, gas and other potentially damaging development.
May 13, 2013
Letter: Change delayed assures higher education denied 
It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows the news that these past several months have been challenging for me and the members of the State Board of Higher Education.
By Hamid Shirvani , May 13, 2013
Letter: Smarter to paint the house 
The voters in the Rothsay, Minn., School District need to decide for themselves if the cost of a new school is worth the expense before casting their ballot Thursday.
By Donald Grunewald , May 13, 2013
Letter: It seems ND’s senators prize guns over lives 
Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., I expect are ignoring the shootings in New Orleans since they are too busy courting campaign contributions from gun lobbies.
By Terry Paulson, Fargo , May 13, 2013
Letter: School is vital to preservation of vibrant, older neighborhood 
Five years ago, my wife and I bought the purple bed and breakfast at the corner of Eighth Street and Fifth Avenue South in Fargo.
By Scott Dahms, Fargo , May 12, 2013
Letter: We should place focus on safety of our children 
During the first weekend in May, Safe Kids Fargo/Moorhead conducted its third annual car recycling event. This event included seven hours over a two-day period. At the end of the event, we had collected 371 unsafe/outdated car seats.
By Bobbi Paper, Fargo , May 12, 2013
Letter: We are bullied into submission 
We have been bullied into submission by an agenda that ignores God’s law.
When we are born, we are born with some innate tendencies that are unique to each of us.
By Joel Rovang, Moorhead , May 12, 2013
Letter: Science advances picture of life and the right to life 
Forty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that unborn human beings aren’t persons under the law and don’t have the right to life. In the Roe v. Wade decision, the court said that if the personhood of the unborn were ever established, their case would collapse. Their case is collapsing.
By Sen. Margaret Sitte , May 11, 2013
Letter: Forum right about Ayers controversy 
By Dick DuBord, Dent, Minn. , May 11, 2013
Letter: Diversionist conspiracies are hogwash 
Spring is in the air, and people of the area are busy getting ready for the lake, cleaning up the yard, taking kids on walks and genuinely being happy. Oh wait. They’re too busy pointing fingers like a couple of toddlers sitting next to a broken vase.
By Jacob Voelker, Fargo , May 11, 2013
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