Month: June 2020

Meridian Energy Group, the fly-by-night California startup company that proposes to put an oil refinery next to Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota, came one step closer to being able to start construction this week when the North Dakota Supreme Court upheld the Permit to Construct the refinery, issued by the state’s Department … Continue reading I’m Pretty Ashamed Of North Dakota Today

And so we’re a week into Summer, emerging from what I think is the darkest Spring of my life (my personal style book says capitalize the seasons, but I am almost reluctant to do so this year—this Spring doesn’t really deserve any recognition). The only Springs darker that I can recall are 1968, the year … Continue reading Ribs And Tacos: It’s The Little Things That Matter, After A Long Trip Through The Darkness

The Lamoureux twins, Jocelyne and Monique, who led the United States Olympic Women's Hockey Team to a gold medal in the 2018 Winter Olympics, have been named recipients of the North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt  Rough Rider Award, the state's highest honor. Finally. They are the first and only North Dakotans ever to win Winter Olympic … Continue reading Congratulations, Jocelyne and Monique

Four years ago, on the morning after the 2016 North Dakota Primary Election, I wrote a column for The Prairie Blog with the headline “What The Hell Just Happened?” Doug Burgum pulled off one of the biggest upsets in North Dakota political history, giving Wayne Stenehjem a sound beating in their race for the Republican … Continue reading Nobody Ever Got Rich Betting Against Doug Burgum