Backlash hogwash

By Mona Charen

''U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around the United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas."

Nov 11, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

An ode to the Junk Drawer

Karen Herzog

It's something everyone has, and I don't care how organized or wealthy they are - million-dollar homes have Junk Drawers, the same as the tiniest cracker box.

Nov 11, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

The "costs" of medical care

By Thomas Sowell

We are incessantly being told that the cost of medical care is "too high" - either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost certain to increase the c…

Nov 10, 2009 | 2:00 am | (10) Comments

Venturing into the past of rock 'n' roll

By DERRI SCARLETT

When our bosses at 2ManCab, Matt and Diane, offered us tickets to see Herman’s Hermits at Prairie Knights Casino recently, we were cautiously optimistic. When we found

Nov 10, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

What's first, the movie or the book?

By PAM KRUEGER

There are more books than ever before being turned into movies. This always raises the question: "Is it better to read the book or see the movie first?"

Nov 10, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Veterans Day and what’s bad about MP3s

By KEITH DARNAY

Wednesda marks Veterans Day, a time to honor the service and sacrifice of America’s 25 million military veterans.

Nov 09, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments

Secretary Clinton -- Leader or Figurehead?

By Kenneth Weisbrode

Nov 09, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments

Elections spell trouble for both parties

By Carl Leubsdorf

Republicans are celebrating two high-profile electoral successes Tuesday; Democrats are licking their wounds. But the results and dynamics revealed long-term problems for both national parties.

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (1) Comments

Dry cleaning business has new name

By CHRISTOPHER BJORKE Bismarck Tribune

Clothes in Bismarck will no longer be Martinized. Not that they really ever were.

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

No climate for a change treaty

By George Will

WASHINGTON - Intelligent people agree that, absent immediate radical action regarding global warming, the human race is sunk. That is a tautology because those who do not agree are, definitionally, unintelligent. Britain's intelligent Prime Minister Gordon Brown gives scary precision to t…

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

There was danger in leaving town

By Lloyd Omdahl

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, it was dangerous to leave town. When you got back, it could have become someplace else.

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Are those fighting words?

By John Irby

The United States Supreme Court ruled (Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - 1942) that: "No person shall address any offensive, derisive or annoying word to any other person who is lawfully in any street or other public place, nor call him by any offensive or derisive name, nor make any noise or…

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (3) Comments

N.D. native won a Medal of Honor

By CURT ERIKSMOEN

The first Medal of Honor recipient for heroism during World War I was from North Dakota.

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Bowling the (almost) perfect game

By SANDY RANDAZZO Citizen Columnist

I am a bowler. In fact, I have bowled on leagues and in tournaments every season for the past 22 years. In all that time, the thing that most bowlers strive for, but only a handful achieve, has thus far eluded me: The 12 strikes in a row that result in a perfect 300 game.

Nov 08, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Millionaire farm dogs on the rise

By Ken Rogers

The number of millionaires in North Dakota went up 18.5 percent in 2008. There were 473 North Dakota taxpayers reporting adjusted gross incomes of more than $1 million. In terms of analogy, it would be as if everyone in Strasburg was a millionaire. Strasburg should be so lucky.

Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Two ways to think cool

By E. KIRSTEN PETERS

Dogs pant with their tongues hanging out, young men sweat by the bucket, and aging geologists just fall over on our faces in the shade on a hot summer’s day. But is there a way we could choose to cool the whole planet in a few decades if we really need to?

Nov 07, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

What option for Afghan women?

By Ellen Goodman

BOSTON - It's been 11 years since I looked through a photo album smuggled out of Afghanistan by a brave young woman. "This is a doctor," she said, pointing to one picture. "This is a teacher." It was impossible to tell one woman from another under the burqas enforced by their Taliban rulers.

Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (2) Comments

All adults need a new costume

By KELLY HAGEN

The wide-eyed optimism and delight of childhood has been beating me over the head considerably in recent days, especially as it relates to the movie “Where the Wild Things Are” and Halloween. Kids can put on a homemade wolf suit, run around the house, biting the dog and howling at the …

Nov 06, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments

Go figure; my dog seems to like me

By BRIAN GEHRING Bismarck Tribune

So far this fall it’s been a big “O-fer” as far bird hunting goes.

Nov 05, 2009 | 2:00 am | (0) Comments