Category: Law, Government, Politics

Lillian and I took a drive Monday morning to see if we could find the Snowy Owls that had been reported south of Mandan, ND. Sure enough, we found 5, including this mature Snowy who stopped in for a visit to the Bohemian Hall. That's him, over on top the power pole, in the picture … Continue reading Snowy Owl

Somehow, yesterday, when I posted my Weekenders report on this blog, I missed the second half of an e-mail sent to me by a Williston friend. I feel badly, because the most poignant parts were missing. So I'm going to reprint his e-mail in its entirety today. Here it is. There's nothing I could add … Continue reading Someone Is Going To Die Out On The Roads Up Here . . .

WATCH US GROW Someone at the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) learned animation and put up this interesting map of the progress of drilling in the Bakken Formation over the last 25 years or so. Fascinating to watch. I'm not very good at technology, but I did manage, I think, to put it in this … Continue reading Weekenders (Year Enders?)

It started with this coupon Lillian gave me a couple of weeks ago when I was on my way to the grocery store—75 cents off if you buy two, two-pound packages of C&H dark brown sugar. As often happens on really good deals, at Central Market in Bismarck, the store I regularly go to on … Continue reading Way More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Sugar

We said good-bye yesterday to a strong North Dakota voice at a remembrance service for Ardell Tharaldson. Cancer claimed my longtime friend last week, freeing him at last from a body that multiple sclerosis long ago confined to a wheelchair.  But it never stilled his mind, which plotted and schemed scenarios for liberal takeovers of … Continue reading The Best Of Ardell Tharaldson

Where I grew up, in Hettinger in southwestern North Dakota, the big brick Post Office building sat at the most prominent corner in town, the intersection of Main Street and U.S. Highway 12. Still does. A federal building, owned now by either the United States Government or the U.S. Postal Service—I’m not sure which. When … Continue reading Who Owns YOUR Post Office?

If you go to the Williston Herald website and click on “News” today, here is a partial list of what you will find. Just another day in the oil patch. Uffda. Local News Trenton woman dies of carbon monoxide poisoning The name of a 49-year-old woman who died in Trenton Sunday has been released. Parshall … Continue reading Just Another Day In The Oil Patch

Have you ever noticed that people who don’t have much to say often talk about the weather? It’s like they just need to be saying something, but there’s not much going on upstairs, so, let’s talk about cold, or hot, or snow, or wind. One of the ways this manifests itself frequently, I’ve noticed, is … Continue reading Matters of Opinion?

The Legislature is coming to town Monday, ostensibly to draw new Legislative district lines, but more urgently to fix some of the state’s problems that cannot wait until the regular Legislative session in 2013. One of them is flood relief. Probably the most important one. For the record: I was not personally affected by the … Continue reading $10,000 – No Questions Asked

The purpose of this post is to remind you that this is the week during which you need to submit comments to the U.S. Forest Service on the issue of mining gravel at Theodore Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch site. Comments should be submitted to Ron Jablonski at the address below (I listed the wrong address and … Continue reading Don’t Mess With The IRS