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Opinion
05/10/2008 12:00 AM
I would like to begin by using an excerpt from the commentary by Jack Zaleski, editorial page editor at The Forum, in last Sunday’s Forum.
“It’s not uncommon for a citizen who’s been critical of local government or who has been involved in some way other than an elected office to make the plunge into an election campaign. Occasionally a challenger is a single-issue candidate who has a personal ax to grind.
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05/10/2008 12:00 AM
It is time for newspapers and their staffs to tell the other side of the story regarding our industry. This past week, we read about the decline of newspaper circulation in most of the major markets across the country. But, what we didn’t read about is the readership increase that has taken place in other parts of the country in our print products and the expansion of our Web sites.
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05/10/2008 12:00 AM
Having read Dawn Olson’s letter as to why she thinks everyone should help pay for the upkeep of county roads, I felt the need to respond.
Whereas I agree with her, that county roads are public roads, so are the roads in the city of Jamestown as are the city streets of any city.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Two stories on the news wires April 21 worked together to draw a compelling picture of the state of energy consumption and awareness here on good old Planet Earth.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
There’s a lot of enthusiasm about the huge oil deposits under western North Dakota, with oil yields forecasted to produce 2 to 4 billion barrels of oil.
What is disturbing is the amount of water that oil companies want to use to produce this oil.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
In North Dakota, we enjoy the friendliness of the people and the fact that, if we don’t know someone, we probably know someone who does.
North Dakota has the highest percentage of residents over the age of 85 in the United States. That number is expected to increase substantially in the next couple of decades.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
I recently read a column by Sen. Byron Dorgan about his efforts to pass a new, strengthened G.I. Bill. I’m writing this letter to commend him for it.
As a veteran of the Vietnam War, I can attest to the benefits of having a G.I. Bill first hand. After returning home from overseas, I utilized the G.I. Bill to attend the North Dakota State College of Science for training in business management. I learned many skills at NDSCS, which I use as a state legislator to this day.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
I write in response to John Kubenski Jr.’s recent letter criticizing both Democratic candidates for president.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Time magazine has published another one of those silly and meaningless lists some in the media occasionally and irritatingly compile to validate their self-importance. It is the 100 “most influential people in the world.” I didn’t make it, but then I don’t make other lists like People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” which must be an oversight.
Time never tells us what qualifies these people as influential. Dictionary.com defines influence as, “the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others.”
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
Anglers hoping to hit Lake Sakakawea this year can expect smaller walleye and salmon, but a healthy population of catfish to pursue.
This week’s Webcast on the North Dakota Game and Fish Web page opens with Missouri River System Fisheries Supervisor Dave Fryda giving his prognosis for the big lake.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
All politicians adapt and mold themselves to fit their audience, but Hillary Clinton has elevated the art of identity politics to a science of morphology.
She doesn’t just show people what they want in order to convince them that she’s their “man” — and we no longer use that word entirely metaphorically. She becomes the people she wants to sway.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
The American people have heard President Bush and his spokespeople say many times that the U.S. government does not engage in torture.
Whether Bush was believed or not is another story — especially in light of the photographic evidence of the abuse of prisoners in Abu Ghraib, the prison near Baghdad. It’s understood that many of the photos are too sadistically graphic to be made public.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
As Gov. John Hoeven’s North Dakota Commission on Education Improvement now focuses its attention on the adequacy of education in our state schools, it needs to address the issue raised by Dickinson Public School Board President Dean Rummel.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
The North Dakota Legislature held a meeting March 16 to hear issues relating to the child custody study.
There was testimony given by the North Dakota Bar Association. The association has not come up with any resolution to the adversarial custody issues now used in North Dakota.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
County roads are called public roads because they are utilized by a diverse group of people. When was the last time you drove on a county road?
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
I do get amused by all the finger pointing during the silly season of elections. Republicans blame Democrats for all the ills while Democrats blame Republicans for all the ills.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
As I was reading the letter submitted by John Kubenski last week, I was saddened for a couple of reasons. He is entitled to his political opinions and welcome to them as well. I really don’t care who he votes for. In her response, Kim Caseman handled his feelings about African Americans quite well, so I won’t go there. His comments about what it means to be a Christian, and about Hispanic immigrants, however, need to be answered.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
“Tail Wags and Purrs” to Judy Bennett in her “Letter to the Editor” in last week’s Jamestown Sun, letting people know exactly where those cute little puppies come from in the pet stores. Also to Oprah Winfrey for getting the word out on her show and highlighting the terrible conditions these puppy mill dogs must go through to supply the pet stores with dogs and cats.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
North Dakota deals with the problem of people using tobacco by giving a lot of money to water projects and public school education. A bit of money goes to deal with the problem of people’s use of tobacco. How much sense does that make?
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
“Events are not overwhelming; events are themselves shapeable – and often shaped – by the deliberate decisions of identifiable circles of men.”
This is the quote from C. Wright Mills that opened the first chapter of “Insurgents,
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
In celebration of National Nurses Week (May 6 –12), I would like to pay a special tribute to the nurses at Jamestown Hospital and all nurses in our community for providing highly skilled, safe and quality care in a variety of healthcare settings. These dedicated nurses provide that care professionally and compassionately, at times during difficult situations, and I would like to express my personal appreciation and thank them for the difference that they have made in many people’s lives.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
The Associated Press article of a dying man being refused a transplant because he used medical marijuana disgusts me. Are we living in the 21st century or the early 20th?
The reasoning behind this refusal for a transplant is extremely flawed and only proves that political agendas are more important in this country than human life.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
During the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the CCC, provided three million young unemployed men — among them Alvin Graf, the man profiled in the April 17 Jamestown Sun — with food, shelter, education and a precious $30-a-month stipend. Those young men dramatically improved the nation’s infrastructure and public lands.
In creating the CCC, President Franklin D. Roosevelt took two crises — a decayed infrastructure and massive unemployment — and combined them to form a single success.
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