Democracy For Sale: Going Once… Going Twice… Sold To The Billionaires!

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014  |  Ed Raymond

The Republican Supreme Court decided to dump parts of the Voting Rights laws passed almost 50 years ago, most states controlled by Republican legislatures & governors, including North Dakota, have attempted to pass hundreds of restrictive voting laws

Be counted; We the People are counting on you!

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014  |  Melvyn Magree

Election day is next Tuesday.  Are you registered?  Have you made your picks?  Please remember to show up.  Without your vote, the candidates you favor least have a better chance of winning.

Rick Nolan

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014  |  John Gilbert

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Al Franken

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014

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At election time, American white males, the NCNP isn’t your friend

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014  |  Forrest Johnson

The world is changing, and in a desperate attempt to keep a finger in the dike, a seeming majority of American white males are missing historic opportunities to help steer the world to a better place.

Tragic, Strange and Absurd

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014

I don’t know how to broach this one. I’ll just say that it all started out so happily. The auditorium of old Central was not roiling with a malcontented throng ready to critically engage its government.

Don’t Trust the Mythical GOP “Big Tent”

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014  |  Gary G. Kohls, MD

A Voting Guide for This and Future Election Cycles:

Gearing Up for a Meltdown?

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014

You’d think the government believes a nuclear meltdown is inevitable. The EPA has recommended new regulations that relax (increase) radiation exposure limits during and after catastrophic reactor accidents.

Going from one bad war to a worse one

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014

Hi-ho, Hi-ho/ It’s off to war we go/ With a hip-hip-hooray/ We’ll send ISIS on its way/ Hi-ho, Hi-ho!

Ebola Czar? We Need A Surgeon General

Thu. Oct. 30th, 2014

The United States now has an Ebola czar. But what about a surgeon general? The gun lobby has successfully shot down his nomination - at least so far.