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STAFF BLOG EVERYTHING ELSE BY FORUM REPORTER J. SHANE MERCER Video: '4.5 minutes (or so) with The Forum's Tammy Swift'
A video of an interview I did with Forum columnist and features writer Tammy Swift on August 8, 2011. Hope you enjoy getting to know Tammy a little better. ...
Posted on 8/10/11 at 7:53 AM
STAFF BLOG OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Games, Laughs and Generational Speculation
A few random pieces of amusement for you, many of them garnered from BoingBoing: Dogs Don't Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving, a blog post about trying to move two dogs across the country, one of...
Posted on 11/24/10 at 11:00 PM
STAFF BLOG CHEF JEFF A Carrot Salad for a Veteran
In about 10 days, between 50 and 100 World War II veterans from the area will embark on a trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorial to their wartime service and sacrifice. I'm sure if my dad, Er...
Posted on 4/7/09 at 2:23 AM
No child should be left behind in N.D. 
Ten years ago, President George Bush saw the entrepreneurial leadership of the U.S. in the world slipping away as China, Japan, India and Brazil becoming leading players in the global economy. He responded by proposing more energetic national leadership in education through what became known as the “No Child Left Behind” act.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , January 16, 2012
USPS needs to find a new service model
With the U.S. Postal Service on the edge of bankruptcy, Postmaster General Patrick Donahue — backed by the General Accountability Office — is proposing drastic across-the-board cuts to stabilize the agency.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , December 19, 2011
After 30 years, still a ‘Nation At Risk’
It all started during the President Ronald Reagan administration when a “blue ribbon” committee startled the country with a dismal prognosis for American education in a report called “Nation At Risk.”
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , December 12, 2011
N.D. may cast one vote for president
It may sound speculative today but our only member of Congress may be casting the state’s one vote for president in January.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , December 05, 2011
Opinion Corner: Excitement surrounding NBA’s return
The NBA is back and I couldn’t be more excited for the 66-game schedule promised to tip off with a five-game Christmas Day.
By Ben Rodgers , December 05, 2011
Opinion Corner: Hard being a Vikings fan
It’s hard being a Vikings fan.
It’s not quite as bad as being a Cubs fans with the Billy Goat Curse and their more than 100-year championship drought. But as far as football and futility goes, the Vikings are at the top of the list.
By David Selvig , November 28, 2011
Thankful for my America
Living on a gravel road in a rural Arkansas county with more cows than people, I have much to be thankful for on my favorite American holiday.
By Gene Lyons, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , November 28, 2011
You are being heard!
While each group consists of divergent motives and opinions, the tea party and Occupy Wall Street have one common thread — the demand to be heard. History tells us that this is not a new complaint.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , November 21, 2011
Repeal proposal is worse than tax itself
On Nov. 3, a committee of the Legislature received testimony and considered the merits of the initiated measure that proposes to repeal all property taxes in North Dakota beginning Jan. 1, 2012. The legislators were not impressed.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , November 14, 2011
A new restaurant chain is needed for health crisis
Open Letter to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Board of Directors:
As your annual meeting approaches, you must resolve to bite the bullet when it comes to fighting the trends that will certainly lead to the bankruptcy of Blue Cross Blue Shield and the impairment of thousands of North Dakotans.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , November 07, 2011
Jamestown reader asks about help when programs close
Are public colleges and universities required to provide any transitional assistance to students en-rolled in a program and the program is closing prior to their degree completion?
By Teri Finneman , October 17, 2011
Making some ‘best estimates’ in races for 2012
Even though it is too early to start placing bets on the 2012 election, John Dwyer, president and CEO of the Lignite Energy Council, wanted the best estimates at the annual meeting of the Lignite Energy Council in Bismarck earlier this month.
By Lloyd Omdahl, Columnist , October 17, 2011
Xs and Os of PLOTS program
Over the past two decades the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has emphasized wildlife habitat enhancement and hunting access on private land through its Private Land Initiative.
By Doug Leier, North Dakota Outdoors , September 23, 2011
Obama’s war for socialism. Yes, socialism.
At some point of embittering clarity, Americans will open their eyes to the glaring significance of the Obama era and see the Power Grab Years for what they are. Whether this realization comes in time to stave off the eradication of the United States as we thought we knew it, or whether it comes too late, I predict it will surely come.
By Diana West, Washington Times , July 22, 2009
Mr. President, are we still torturing?
On Dec. 26, 2002, Dana Priest and Barton Gellman broke, in the Washington Post, the first undeniable story of American torturing of suspected terrorists. In a CIA secret prison at our Bagram air base detention center in Afghanistan, prisoners were being subjected to the by now all-too-familiar ways of “breaking” suspects during the Bush-Cheney “terror presidency.”
By Nat Henthoff, First Amendment , July 22, 2009
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