OUR OPINION
OUR OPINION: Grand Forks offers reasonable road memorial plan 
In light of competing concerns, Grand Forks’ new proposal to let families buy a standardized memorial seems reasonable.
By Tom Dennis , April 30, 2013
OUR OPINION: 911 Amnesty laws deserve support
North Dakota Legislature should have passed bill letting people call to report a drug overdose without the fear of getting themselves or the overdosed person arrested.
By Tom Dennis , April 29, 2013
OUR OPINION: UND Law School’s renovation needs approval
The North Dakota House’s higher-education funding bill both authorizes too little money for infrastructure projects and mandates too many delays in spending it. Those are two good reasons why a conference committee should lean toward the Senate’s much stronger bill.
By Tom Dennis , April 23, 2013
OUR OPINION: A Commission on Higher Ed Governance
Would the North Dakota Senate adopt the proposal to replace the state Board of Higher Education — a proposal senators had rejected as recently as last week?
By Tom Dennis , April 22, 2013
OUR OPINION: Keep CRP at work in new Farm Bill
Back in 1985, America’s duck and other waterfowl populations “were in trouble,” Ducks Unlimited reports. Mallards, pintails and bluewinged teal were seeing “populations at or near their lowest in the 30-year history of the surveys.”
By Tom Dennis , April 21, 2013
OUR OPINION: Talent, humility and courage bring honor to Erdrich
There are many ways to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Louise Erdrich.
By Mike Jacobs , April 14, 2013
OUR OPINION: Reject amendments that would hammer higher-ed funding
N.D. House members should turn back a subcommittee’s recommendations.
When it comes to voting wisely on major construction projects or dramatic reforms, two years of study and preparation for lawmakers is a lot better than two weeks. Let alone two days.
By Tom Dennis , April 13, 2013
OUR OPINION: Ed Schultz’s strange claim hammers his credibility
The sound of palms slapping foreheads echoed up and down the Red River Valley on Thursday, as residents reacted to the news that Ed Schultz had called Fargo’s teenage sandbag-fillers “slave labor.”
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , April 11, 2013
OUR OPINION: Does N.D. need dental therapists? Study will find out
Not exactly under the radar, but maybe under the dental X-ray machine, legislation advanced in Bismarck this week that could dramatically change and possibly improve access to dental care in North Dakota.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , April 10, 2013
OUR OPINION: Don’t let lawmakers usurp Minnesota’s Legacy fund
If hunters, anglers and conservationists in Minnesota thought the Outdoor Heritage Fund was safe under a DFL –controlled state government, they should think again.
By Tom Dennis , April 09, 2013
OUR OPINION: At last, a federal budget that angers all sides
For years in Washington, the outline of a budget compromise has been clear: It will require both a tax hike and spending cuts, especially cuts to entitlement spending.
By Tom Dennis , April 08, 2013
OUR OPINION: Park District should leave ‘snus’-users alone
As flat as it is, Grand Forks seems to be home to at least one very slippery slope. And testing their footing on the slope’s snow-and-ice-slicked surface right now are members of the Grand Forks Park Board, who are debating whether to ban chewing tobacco from areas of Grand Forks’ outdoor parks.
By Tom Dennis , April 06, 2013
OUR OPINION: Let K-12 students keep career options open
In Minnesota and other states, a “skills gap” keeps unemployment high even as jobs in welding, robotics and other high-paying fields go unfilled, authorities report.
By Tom Dennis , April 04, 2013
OUR OPINION: In N.D. as elsewhere, zealotry makes bad law
In recent weeks, the North Dakota Legislature has seen too much lawmaking for a cause and not enough lawmaking for the state. Case in point: The so-called “Grande amendment” to Senate Bill 2368, mercifully stripped out of the bill Tuesday by a conference committee.
By Tom Dennis , April 02, 2013
OUR OPINION: Think twice in Minnesota before revamping test
For four years in a row, one state has led the nation in the reading
and math scores achieved by fourth- and eighth-graders. That state is Massachusetts. And Minnesota should take note.
By Tom Dennis , April 01, 2013
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