OUR OPINION
OUR OPINION: The scandals’ key casualty is trust
Revelations and headlines steadily erode the Obama administration’s most valuable resource, the asset it most desperately needs: trust.
By Tom Dennis , May 16, 2013
OUR OPINION: Shirvani’s management style matters — a lot
Here’s an idea for Chancellor Hamid Shirvani as he approaches a performance review by the North Dakota University System’s board: "I'm sorry" goes a long way.
By Tom Dennis , May 14, 2013
OUR OPINION: Marriage, traditional values and majority rule
Our view: In modern America, values hold sway only as long as most people say they do.
By Tom Dennis , May 14, 2013
OUR OPINION: 'Game changers' needed to stop military sex abuse 
Today, the military must combat a new erosion in public esteem. The problem is the issue of sexual abuse.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , May 11, 2013
OUR OPINION: Nitrogen power
Congratulations to Northern Plains Nitrogen, to North Dakota’s corn growers, to the EDC and the state Commerce Department and everyone else involved in planning a proposed fertilizer production plant.
By Tom Dennis , May 09, 2013
OUR OPINION: No excuses: Open-meetings violations shame NDUS
It’s vital for board members and the chancellor to understand how utterly disappointed North Dakotans are in the board’s “pervasive” and seemingly willful disregard of the state’s Open Meetings and Records law.
By Tom Dennis , May 08, 2013
OUR OPINION: GF, UND make complicated events look easy
Grand Forks is a college town, and recent events here show an enlightened attitude toward higher ed and its many different roles. Those roles have pop-culture as well as high-culture elements — and successful college communities such as Grand Forks do a good job of handling both.
By Tom Dennis , May 06, 2013
OUR OPINION: Flood forecast fizzled? Fine
Fargo spent $2 million preparing for the “flood that wasn’t,” as The Associated Press put it.
By Tom Dennis , May 06, 2013
OUR OPINION: Projects promise lasting improvements for N.D. higher ed
North Dakota State Sen. Robert Erbele is a rancher and North Dakota State University graduate from Lehr, N.D. And in part, perhaps, because of those factors, when the time came to vote to improve a key piece of North Dakota infrastructure -- in this case, the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at UND -- Erbele didn't hesitate.
By Tom Dennis , May 05, 2013
OUR OPINION: Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Great Race
How do we build a good and prosperous society? That’s a question for the ages. But a fascinating, large-scale experiment now underway should provide a few answers. Best of all, the experiment is happening in real time — and right down the street.
By Tom Dennis , May 02, 2013
OUR OPINION: Slam the gate on ‘crossing the border’ fee
Put simply, we’re going to make it easier to conduct the trade and travel that creates jobs, and we’re going to make it harder for those who would do us harm and threaten our security.”
By Tom Dennis , May 02, 2013
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
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