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Opinion
05/12/2008 12:00 AM
It’s not just good law to let young people “opt out” of the Pledge of Allegiance if they choose.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — The roving police patrols that took place in the Grand Forks area last weekend are the most effective way to maximize DUI arrests and save taxpayer money (“Law enforcement saturations lead to 8 DUI arrests,” Page B1, May 5).
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — In less than a month, Grand Forks residents will go to the polls to determine the fate of an icon of Grand Forks history, the Riverside Pool.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — About the Jewish student at UND who was treated so shabbily: I have faith that the UND administration and law enforcement will deal with the perpetrators of those actions appropriately.
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05/12/2008 12:00 AM
“This meeting is not official,” Ork Dorken, chair of the town’s Homeland Security Committee, declared as he entered the community hall where 10 of the town’s 13 qualified electors were exchanging gossip and killing time until they could harass Ork for calling too many meetings.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — I am sending this letter in support of Mike Brown for another term as mayor of Grand Forks.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
ST. PAUL — Legislative leaders are getting creative as they work to address the state’s budget deficit in the final days of session. One idea that may be creative — but is bad policy — is to take the premiums paid to Minnesota health plans and use them to provide health care coverage for people on General Assistance Medical Care.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
MADISON, Minn. — In a world of finger-pointing, farmers have had to shoulder the blame for the increased costs of food — when in reality, the facts point to other influences that contribute to the rising costs.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
HANNAFORD, N.D. — I am part of the generation that is the fuel for such social-networking sites as Facebook and Myspace. These sites have been great tools for such things as projects, organizations and groups but especially for social-networking.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
OUR VIEW: More than in most states, Minnesota’s history offers useful lessons for the state’s future.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
BISMARCK — People who know Sister Thomas Welder are apt to use superlatives when speaking of her.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
GARDEN CITY, Minn. — When faced with difficult times, it’s our basic instinct to try to identify the cause of that difficulty and find a way to address it.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
ST. PAUL — Minnesota agriculture is riding high — perhaps too high for the ride to be sustained.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — President John F. Kennedy signed the law designating May 15 as National Peace Officer’s Memorial Day. The calendar week within which May 15 falls is National Police Week.
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05/11/2008 12:00 AM
EMERADO, N.D. — Mark Rolfes made an eloquent argument for Big Stone II (“Utility workers value a clean environment,” Page A4, May 7). Eloquent, that is, if you overlook the fact that Big Stone II will emit carbon dioxide — maybe not quite as much as its predecessors, but far more than our atmosphere can tolerate.
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05/10/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — Imagine. You are a patient in the hospital. You call for your nurse, but no one responds. Is this a nightmare, or is this North Dakota in 2020?
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05/10/2008 12:00 AM
BEMIDJI — How far should state government intrude into the affairs of its citizens? That’s a question that can be raised on just about any issue lawmakers consider, with the guideline that the state needs to intrude when it is considered necessary for public safety or the common good.
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05/10/2008 12:00 AM
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — John Keydash, a Navy guy who now has a second career as an English teacher, noticed it the very first time he assigned his students an essay six years ago. And he wasn’t LOLing, if you get my drift.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
Suppose the federal government tried to force the Minnesota Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty to raise state taxes. How would Pawlenty respond?
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, 60, Illinois native and Arkansas lawyer, became, retroactively, a lifelong Yankee fan at age 52 when, shopping for a U.S. Senate seat, she adopted New York state as home sweet home.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
PHILADELPHIA — When Israel’s independence was proclaimed in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948, as leaders of the nascent state sang “Hatikva” (Hope), few could have imagined the vibrant state that exists today.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — We join with our colleagues, students, family members and professional academic organizations to condemn the chronic inactions of our UND president and vice presidents, associate and assistant vice presidents and provosts, deans and associate deans, unit directors and officers.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
BISMARCK — It was heartwarming to learn that the late Woodrow Keeble has been selected for North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
BISMARCK — In North Dakota, we enjoy the friendliness of the people and the fact that if we don’t know someone, we probably know someone who does.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — The Democrats have been talking about a new oil refinery as though it’s a new idea. Little do they know that the state of North Dakota under Gov. John Hoeven has already led the charge in studying the feasibility of a refinery, and one such project is already in the permitting process.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — As Greater Grand Forks began preparing to host the 2008 Men’s World Curling Championships and the 2008 North Dakota Democratic-NPL State Convention, it was expected our hotels, stores, restaurants, etc. would be very busy. There were a couple of small details that we didn’t expect, however: 1) the 2008 Men’s World Curling Championships would set the attendance record for a curling event in the U.S., and 2) we would be welcoming both Democratic presidential candidates.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
EAST GRAND FORKS — Less than two weeks to go in the session, and there continues to be a major game of “chicken” in St. Paul regarding not only budgetary issues but also legislation affecting state policy. This seems to be an every year occurence, with sometimes a special session required.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
Seventy-seven million baby boomers provide an undeniable demographic point; the stakes are huge. As state Sen. Becky Lourey, DFL-Kerrick, says, the current situation is a “train wreck” owing to the tough economic times, an aging population — and the fact that two-thirds of the nursing home beds are paid for by public money.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — Recently, a group of rural residents filed a lawsuit against the city of Grand Forks. In reporting this, both the Herald and TV news focused on the landfill site in Rye Township.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
When the modern Supreme Court rules on partisan issues, the outcome usually is 5-4. So, 6-3 rulings on deeply contentious matters usually suggests that the winning side really did have the stronger case.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
EAGEN, Minn. — The combination of Delta and Northwest means changes for North Dakota, but not the kind of changes Herald readers might expect when large corporations merge. The new Delta will be the premier U.S. flag carrier that offers travelers more choices and provides employees greater job security. Not only will the hubs of both airlines be retained, we intend to build on both airlines’ proud histories of connecting small and medium-sized communities to the world.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
BIG STONE CITY, S.D. — Since the Big Stone II participants announced their intention to build a second-generating unit on the Big Stone site, critics have accused us of not being candid about the project. We’ve heard that Big Stone II is not needed and that it will degrade the environment.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — On May 5, some professors at UND decided to speak out about the “institutionalized” racism at UND (“UND stands indicted for institutionalized racism,” Page A4).
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05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Nearly two out of three nursing homes in northwestern Minnesota are in danger of closing, according to a stunning story in Sunday’s Herald.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
Our view: Young people’s urge to ‘rage against the machine’ helps explain but doesn’t justify recent acts of vandalism and insensitivity at UND.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — We, as members of UND’s Department of Anthropology, are deeply troubled by the recent reports of anti-Semitism found on the UND campus.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
VALLEY CITY — A few days ago, about 500 migrating ducks landed in a toxic tailings pond operated by Syncrude in the tar sands of northern Alberta. An all-out effort was made to rescue them, but despite the best efforts of rescuers and veterinary science, only five birds were still alive at last count.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — While there are ways other than the state income tax to do this, Americans for Prosperity should be credited with addressing a tax problem where it actually originates. And while I and most of the people I talk to agree with AFP’s tax cut and will vote for it if the group manages to get it on the ballot, the folks at AFP might be wise to recognize that the situation is changing.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
GRAND FORKS — If there was a war going on, but the traditional media neglected to report on it, did it really happen?
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
“Events are not overwhelming; events are themselves shapeable — and often shaped — by the deliberate decisions of identifiable circles of men.”
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Let us live lightly on the Earth
Dorreen Yellow Bird
There’s a never-ending search in Grand Forks for a place to put our refuse. The response has been “Not in my backyard”; and, unfortunately, we’ve heard that a time or two in the past few years.
CCC boys left a lasting mark
Marilyn Hagerty
Few, if any, of the CCC boys who helped build trails and buildings in Turtle River State Park near Arvilla, N.D., 75 years ago are around today.
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