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Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw

Jim Shaw

InForum columnist Jim Shaw is a former WDAY TV reporter and former KVRR TV news director.

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Shaw: Shame on Drew Wrigley and Kevin Cramer
Columnist Jim Shaw responds to reports North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley sent a message to Sen. Cramer outlining a "last-ditch effort" to reverse the 2020 election.
October 01, 2022 10:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: Legalize pot in North Dakota
September 24, 2022 09:00 AM
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Shaw: Back and forth with the readers
September 17, 2022 10:00 AM
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Shaw: Avoid Moorhead's chaos candidates
September 10, 2022 10:00 AM
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Shaw: There will never be another US senator quite like Quentin Burdick
September 07, 2022 05:13 AM

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Shaw: Tasteless Nazi comparisons and neglected children
"(Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Scott) Jensen’s outrageous comments diminish and minimize the horrors committed by the Nazis," writes InForum columnist Jim Shaw.
September 03, 2022 09:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: A wise decision to reinstate the pledge
Shaw writes, "The district’s main mission of educating students would have been overshadowed by this controversy. The ungodly hateful and threatening emails and phone calls would have continued to board members, turning their lives into nightmares."
August 27, 2022 10:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Yorie Kahl, convicted murderer involved in 1983 'Medina Shootout,' denied parole
Kahl, along with Scott Faul, are serving life sentences for the shooting deaths of a U.S. marshal and a deputy marshal outside Medina, North Dakota in 1983.
August 21, 2022 05:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: Cara Mund is a strong candidate
"Having been an intern for Sen. John Hoeven, Cara Mund knows politics," writes Jim Shaw. "Her positions on important issues such as the high cost of prescription drugs and women’s reproductive rights represent the majority viewpoint in the state."
August 20, 2022 10:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: Fargo School Board members get hateful messages after Pledge of Allegiance vote
Ugly, vicious, profane and racist emails and phone calls, from all parts of the country, have been sent to Fargo School Board members following the board's decision to drop the Pledge of Allegiance at its meetings
August 17, 2022 05:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: A Moorhead store is selling Nazi memorabilia. It's legal, but is it right?
“I don’t like it. It’s not right,” World War II veteran Vern Otterson said. “We were fighting against the Nazis. They were horrible. Why should anyone be running around selling Nazi stuff?”
August 15, 2022 05:14 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: The consequences of overturning Roe v. Wade
"What happened in Texas and Louisiana will happen to women in North Dakota after the state’s abortion ban goes into effect later this month," writes columnist Jim Shaw. "The fact that abortion is still legal in neighboring Minnesota will be of little help."
August 13, 2022 10:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
Jim Shaw
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Shaw: Term limit the Supreme Court
"A 12-year term is what high court justices serve in countries such as Germany and South Africa," writes columnist Jim Shaw. "It would change the lousy system where presidents look for young candidates to appoint so they can stay on for decades with their extremist rulings."
August 06, 2022 10:00 AM
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By  Jim Shaw
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For widow of 9/11 flight attendant from Fargo, terrorist's death brings joy, pain
Rebecca Marchand, whose husband, Al Marchand, was killed while working as a flight attendant on Sept. 11, 2001, says the CIA's killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri means there's 'one less evil person' in the world.
August 02, 2022 12:03 PM
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By  Jim Shaw
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Shaw: Things that stink
This week, InForum columnist runs through three things that stink, including the vault bathrooms at the Fargo National Cemetery, the deletion of Wayne Stenehjem's emails and Rep. Michelle Fischbach's recent actions on Capitol Hill.
July 30, 2022 10:00 AM
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