OP-ED COLUMNS
MARILYN HAGERTY: 1987 sees Red River football team go to state 
Greg Murphy always seemed to have his hands on the football. Mike Kuntz usually found a way to get his hands on football carriers. Together, they headed a 10-2 Grand Forks Red River team in 1987 that always found ways to win.
By Marilyn Hagerty , November 06, 2012
LLOYD OMDAHL: Searching for responsive government
Measures are initiated for the ballot when supporters feel the Legislature will not give their case a fair hearing or lawmakers already have turned a deaf year to the message.
By Lloyd Omdahl , November 05, 2012
Brad Crabtree, Bismarck, column: Endorsement misled on Christmann
In endorsing Randy Christmann for public service commissioner, Forum Communications, the Herald’s parent company, disregarded its own editorial positions and misled its 150,000 readers statewide by knowingly withholding important information.
By Brad Crabtree , November 04, 2012
Lynn Helms, Bismarck, column: Oil-production unit ensures ‘greatest possible good’ for N.D.
With all of the debate surrounding the approval of the Corral Creek oil-production unit, it’s easy to lose sight of why the unit was created in the first place: to manage the resources of the area for the greater good and to significantly minimize the impact of oil development.
By Lynn Helms , November 04, 2012
Randy Christmann, Hazen, N.D., letter: Crabtree ignores own standards
My opponent has focused his campaign on a myriad of false accusations of wrongdoing. His claims of illegal contributions simply are not true.
By Randy Christmann , November 04, 2012
Wilfred Volesky, Mandan, N.D., column: Let Kirsten Baesler improve N.D.’s schools
Baesler has worked collaboratively with teachers and administrators on a variety of issues. She has worked with and lobbied legislators at the national level to make school changes. These experiences give her the skills to deal effectively with lawmakers to make schools better in our state.
By Wilfred Volesky , November 03, 2012
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., column: Count on Heitkamp to support coal, oil
If she is elected to the Senate, I know that Heidi Heitkamp always will put North Dakota’s energy interests and our country’s future ahead of politics.
That’s why our country needs her.
By Joe Manchin , November 03, 2012
House Speaker Al Carlson, R-Fargo, column: Vote Republican on Tuesday
America was built on opportunity, not dependency. It’s our responsibility to do as our parents did — to leave this county a better place than we found it.
By Al Carlson , November 02, 2012
Thomas Friedman, The New York Times, column: In Minnesota, ‘a fight for the GOP’s soul'
The state House and Senate Republican caucuses today are dominated by the tea party and libertarian followers of Ron Paul.
But here’s what’s telling. These GOP hard-liners, while able to win their more conservative “exurbia” and rural districts, are not doing well when it comes to overall state politics.
By Thomas Friedman , November 02, 2012
Cynthia Moothart, Minneapolis, column: Huge questions dog Voter ID amendment
Since statehood, changes to Minnesota’s election laws occurred only when a bipartisan majority agreed. The proposed amendment upends that history, given that it passed with only Republican support.
By Cynthia Moothart , November 01, 2012
Tony Cornish, Vernon Center, Minn., column: Claims about Voter ID don’t hold up
Up to 500,000 people vote in Minnesota without any verification of their identity or address. That’s how people register from coin-op laundries and addresses that don’t exist.
By Tony Cornish , November 01, 2012
MARILYN HAGERTY: 1912 saw 3,257 telephones in Grand Forks
Lilac Hedge Farm northeast of the city became one of the showplaces of Grand Forks 100 years ago. In its early days, it was a bonanza farm, and it was said the land was misused.
By Marilyn Hagerty , October 30, 2012
LLOYD OMDAHL: ‘Poll tax’ provision was not about race
In 1889, the poll tax was not about racial discrimination but financing roads — an argument that continues today.
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 29, 2012
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Yvonne Prettner Solon, St. Paul, column: GOP calls Minnesota’s debt a ‘surplus’
In fact, there is no surplus. To make matters worse, lawmakers left the next Legislature with another huge deficit to clean up next year. Its estimated size ranges from $1.1 billion to $4.5 billion when we take into account all of the dishonest shifts and gimmicks passed by the GOP Legislature.
By Yvonne Prettner Solon , October 28, 2012
Barbara Lach, Kansas City, Mo., column: Let Measure 5 disperse cruelty’s threatening cloud
Following too many political seasons of apathy and stormy arrogance in Bismarck comes a rainbow of opportunity to pass a law to stop some of the most extreme forms of human cruelty.
By Barbara Lach , October 26, 2012
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