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Opinion

Education savings accounts are bad idea

Letters to the Editor

Jeffrey J. Ralph, Wahpeton North Dakota is one of very few states with no private school vouchers and no charter schools, and as a result, our public education system is among the best in the country. Despite this, private school voucher advocates try every legislative session to siphon ...

Bring Ten Commandments back into schools

Letters to the Editor

Marlene Kouba, Regent HB 1145 is now in the Legislature and relates to the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools in North Dakota. I support that bill and encourage it be passed. When I first started teaching school, a copy of them was posted in each rural school and public schoolrooms. ...

Auction federal assets to pay for tax cut

National Columnists

The federal government owns multiple trillions of dollars of federal assets — from land, to buildings, to patent rights, to mineral rights, to immigrant visas, to oil fields to trucks and trains and unused office furniture equipment. The government could earn well over $1 trillion and ...

Trump moving at warp speed in first 100 days

National Columnists

When President Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Colombia if President Gustavo Petro did not accept criminal migrants deported from the U.S., he did not get the initial response he expected. Instead of immediately caving to Trump, Petro countered with plans for his own tariffs on U.S. goods ...

Visit to NC means more than many understand

National Columnists

In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s visit to Appalachian North Carolina, Monica Glowinski said her biggest prayer for the people of Buncombe County, which was devastated by the wrath of Hurricane Helene, was that Trump would not let their plight be forgotten. “I am ...

Working toward just, harmonious world

National Columnists

This year’s National Day of Racial Healing, sponsored by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, emphasized the importance of children growing up in supportive communities that nurture their talents and stimulate their desire to learn in school. In a short video presentation, the foundation’s ...