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    September 7, 2018
    “I Voted” stickers are ready for voters to take after they hand in their ballots at West Acres mall in south Fargo on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014. Forum file photo
    Commentary: Poll: 68 percent of North Dakotans support Measure 2 banning non-citizen voting
    Gary Emineth, a Republican state Senate candidate from the Bismarck area, is also the organizer behind what will be Measure 2 on our general...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 7, 2018 - 3:26pm
    September 4, 2018
    A screenshot from a 2008 video filmed by former left wing blogger Chad Nodland who, during the 2012 election cycle, attempted to remove it from public view. In the video Heidi Heitkamp, years before her first Senate campaign, expresses strong support for both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
    Commentary: Heidi Heitkamp’s feelings about her party’s presidential candidates change so often it can make you dizzy
    Over the holiday weekend Senator Heidi Heitkamp was asked about whether or not she’d like President Barack Obama to campaign for her here in...
    opinion/columnsSeptember 4, 2018 - 10:00am
    August 23, 2018
    The North Dakota State University campus. Forum file photo
    Commentary: Enrollment numbers are the wrong metric by which to measure higher education success
    News from North Dakota’s two largest universities – UND in Grand Forks and NDSU in Fargo – is that fall enrollment is down this year. Based...
    opinion/columnsAugust 23, 2018 - 12:08pm
    August 7, 2018
    A cameraman watches the crowd, as the crowd watches the live nuptials of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from the official viewing grounds in Windsor, England, May 19, 2018. (Alexander Coggin/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    Commentary: The summer of Meghan Markle and all the tired ways we talk about royal women
    The first summer of Meghan Markle's royalty is coming to an end and, as a diligent student of her tabloid coverage, here is what I have learned:...
    opinion/columnsAugust 7, 2018 - 9:48am
    August 6, 2018
    Minnesota Vikings safety Andrew Sendejo (34) tackles Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman (24) during a game last season. Jason Getz / USA TODAY Sports
    SHIPLEY: For NFL, controlling the message no longer possible
    The NFL's new "helmet rule" made an uneasy debut during the Hall of Fame Game between the Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens on Saturday, Aug....
    sports/footballAugust 6, 2018 - 6:44pm
    A screenshot of an ad from the Senate Majority PAC, a political action committee closely aligned with Senate Democrats, claims Congressman Kevin Cramer "sold out" North Dakotans by voting for policy changes on meat labeling which Senator Heitkamp also voted for.
    Commentary: Heidi Heitkamp’s allies say Kevin Cramer 'sold out North Dakota' by supporting policy reforms Heitkamp also voted for
    Over the weekend my colleague John Hageman wrote an article about the third party attack ads which are flooding North Dakota’s Senate race...
    opinion/columnsAugust 6, 2018 - 10:20am
    August 1, 2018
    President Donald Trump enters Scheels Arena in Fargo on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. David Samson / The Forum
    Commentary: Poll: Majority of Americans, including 81 percent of Trump voters, back President Trump’s 'farmer bailout'
    When President Donald Trump decided to do something about something Republicans and Democrats alike acknowledge is a problem – China’s unfair...
    opinion/columnsAugust 1, 2018 - 1:56pm
    July 30, 2018
    Joel Heitkamp (submitted photo)
    Commentary: The Heitkamp political machine will attack anyone questioning the narrative
    It’s ironic that when Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s talk radio host brother really wants to reach an audience he turns to my employers at the...
    opinion/columnsJuly 30, 2018 - 11:00am
    July 25, 2018
    Commentary: Can you sickos stop acting like a female teacher molesting a male student is some fantasy come true?
    Recently news broke about a West Fargo teacher who was arrested for allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to two teenage boys, one 16...
    opinion/columnsJuly 25, 2018 - 10:01am
    July 23, 2018
    A screenshot from a video ad being run by the left-wing organization VoteVets in support of Senator Heidi Heitkamp's re-election campaign
    Commentary: Group that called President Trump a traitor trying to help self-styled Trump ally Heidi Heitkamp
    The decision by Senator Heidi Heitkamp’s re-election campaign to brag about her close relationship with President Donald Trump – she votes...
    opinion/columnsJuly 23, 2018 - 9:11am
    July 3, 2018
    Flags fly at half-staff at Hector International Airport in Fargo in honor of the Colorado shooting victims. David Samson / The Forum
    Commentary: We should stop lowering the flags for mass shootings
    Last night the Washington Post reported that President Donald Trump was refusing to order the nation’s flags lowered as a gesture to the awful...
    opinion/columnsJuly 3, 2018 - 9:54am
    June 21, 2018
    North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (left) and Lt. Gov. Brent Sanford stand outside the White House Thursday, June 8, 2017, before attending meetings on infrastructure. Video screenshot courtesy of the governor's office.
    Commentary: Governor Burgum says he’d send National Guard troops to the border if asked
    One element of the political posturing around the issue of President Donald Trump’s new zero tolerance policy at the southern border, which...
    opinion/columnsJune 21, 2018 - 10:06am
    June 6, 2018
    Sen. Heidi Heitkamp is cheered on by delegates at her nomination for the United States Senate at the 2018 ND Democratic convention. Photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Commentary: Poll: Heitkamp approval goes underwater among North Dakotans, 50 percent say elect someone else
    Morning Consult has released their monthly tracking polling of key states in the midterm elections, and much like last month it’s ugly news...
    opinion/columnsJune 6, 2018 - 8:31am
    May 29, 2018
    Senator Heidi Heitkamp in a campaign ad in which she embraces a comparison to battery acid. YouTube
    Commentary: As Native American voters abandon her, Democrat Heitkamp touts comparison to a caustic chemical
    “I take ‘battery acid’ as a compliment,” Senator Heidi Heitkamp says in her latest campaign ad. It’s supposed to be a positive ad –...
    opinion/columnsMay 29, 2018 - 9:25am
    May 20, 2018
    Will Gardner accepts the party's endorsement for Secretary of State at the 2018 NDGOP state convention at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. photo by Eric Hylden/Grand Forks Herald
    Commentary: The NDGOP cannot stand behind a convicted peeping Tom
    UPDATE: Gardner has withdrawn from the race, though as I note below I don’t believe he can get his name off of the primary ballot at this time....
    opinion/columnsMay 20, 2018 - 12:01pm
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