A little while ago I inherited a collection of North Dakota History magazines from some really old (well, older than me) neighbors, who moved away to assisted living and had to disperse a lot of things they had collected over the years. Some date back to as early as 1973. I aleady have a bunch … Continue reading ‘The Future Of The Common People’
Month: January 2025
Focus On Education
(My friend Darrell Dorgan is comfortably ensconced in his condo in south Florida, spending his days walking his dog Coco on the beach, but, as a lifelong newsman in North Dakota, he's keeping up with the news back home in Bismarck. He spent some time last week digging into what's going on in the North … Continue reading Focus On Education
Ukrainian swimmer gliding to success for DHS
DHS junior swimmer Bohdan Shevchenko prepares for his race at the West River Community Center. I'm reprinting this story from The Dickinsn Press. It's one of the most heart-warming stories I've found in a newspaper in a long, long time. By Jacob Cheris The Dickinson Press January 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM DICKINSON — DHS junior … Continue reading Ukrainian swimmer gliding to success for DHS
‘The New Boy Just Could Not Sing’
The new Bob Dylan movie (which was excellent) has generated a lot of talk about Bob, and newspapers and magazines are writing about it a lot. Here in North Dakota, The Forum has done a few stories, because Dylan did a brief stopover there between Hibbing and New York. He played with a couple of … Continue reading ‘The New Boy Just Could Not Sing’
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