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During the last few legislative sessions, we have seen an increasing interest in teaching civics to the upcoming generation. Now, North Dakota...

What an unexpected surprise my wife, Teri, and I will celebrate today! Seven years into our marriage, we were heart-broken to learn we were unable...

Headed into the grocery store, I was stopped by a big sign reading, "Thou shalt not insure contraceptives." No surprise, standing there in an...

A recent study released by the Mercatus Center ranks all 50 states according to their fiscal health. North Dakota ranks second in the country...

When my friend from New York came to Fargo recently with her youngest three boys on their way to Glacier National Park, it was a given our time...

I always question the Fourth of July. This year, I was fortunate enough to stop in at the Sisseton Dakota Pow Wow where everything that is important...

I mentioned my mom recently during a sermon, which is common as she was a source of great love, wisdom and inspiration in my life. But this time,...

A loud "kaboom" and I'm back in the summer between fifth and sixth grades, when a neighbor girl a few years older seemed to have lost her mind....

If a former Minot Air Force Base commander has influence with a new book, UFO won't just stand for Unidentified Flying Object, but Undisclosed...

Former Public Service Commissioner Brian Kalk left his elective office in February to become Director of Energy Systems Development at the Energy...

It's likely no surprise that my views of President Trump are, well, not approving. The president's capacity to do self-serving dumb stuff never...

My great-grandfather Abe Abdo came to the United States from Lebanon in 1906. His wife was pregnant with their first child, Sadie, who later...

When it comes to medicine, the American Medical Association is as mainstream as any organization gets. Rather than political objectives, its...

When my dear childhood friend Farrell named her daughter after me, I was far from the gravel roads, train tracks and river in northeast Montana...

It's that wonderful time to celebrate the birth of this magnificent nation. It's a time to take stock of our place in the world...