This past week, some of America observed the heroism of one Martin Luther King Jr., who was murdered because he thought that “we, the people” should include more than white European immigrants. While some celebrated, others did not, doing their best to see that Black lives did not matter.
After a COVID-19 driven timeout last year, March for Life returns this year to Washington, D.C., for the 49th year, noting the anniversary of and support to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision of Jan. 22, 1973. This began the era of legal abortion in the USA.
Social scientist Dr. Lawrence Eppard is joined by editor-at-large of the Bulwark Bill Kristol and University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle. Both Kristol and Wehle help sort through elector fraud in the 2020 presidential election and how to fix the Electoral Count Act.
On Jan. 13, The Bismarck Tribune carried a story about gender inclusion policy at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. According to the story, “A group that represents North Dakota’s Catholic bishops is contacting parents of students at the University of North Dakota and asking tha…
Episode 30: Richard Kyte and Scott Rada also discuss whether automated traffic enforcement is a better way to keep people safe.
Commentary: We should not be complacent about the way the words we use shape our perception of the world around us.
I’ve been trying to imagine some kind of strategic vision behind the Biden administration’s recent decision-making — the strange pivot from the stalled-out Build Back Better negotiations to election reform theatrics, in which a president with miserable approval ratings managed to advertise h…
I’ve been trying to imagine some kind of strategic vision behind the Biden administration’s recent decision-making — the strange pivot from the stalled-out Build Back Better negotiations to election reform theatrics, in which a president with miserable approval ratings managed to advertise h…
I have been a homeowner many times over. There was the Fisher Price Loving Family dollhouse with pink trim and baby blue shingles. Family videos show toddler-me dragging my baby sister by the ankles to prevent her from reaching my carefully placed configuration of figurines.
Would you have predicted that the first big political blunder of 2022 would be committed by the freshly inaugurated mayor of New York? Would you have thought that Eric Adams, the African American former cop, political moderate and skilled campaigner who represented a better path for Democrat…
All the reporting these days is about rising prices. And I get that: A 7% surge in the consumer price index over the past year comes as a shock, especially because so many people, myself included, didn’t see it coming.
In June a statistic floated across my desk that startled me. In 2020, the number of miles Americans drove fell 13% because of the pandemic, but the number of traffic deaths rose 7%.
If the Democratic Party plans to influence public policy in North Dakota, it will need cognitive flexibility in abundance. Right now, it is in short supply.
We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January -- this year, Jan. 17.
Social scientist Dr. Lawrence Eppard is joined by Bob Inglis, a former Republican South Carolina Congressman, to talk about how conservative principles can help solve the problem of climate change, the future of the GOP, and more.
On Monday, Russian president-for-life Vladimir Putin explained that the "peacekeeper" paratroopers he sent to Kazakhstan to help quash civil unrest were part of his larger policy of preventing "color revolutions" in former Soviet-bloc countries.
Does anyone trust anyone anymore?
By virtually every measurement, McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) ranks as Chief Justice John Marshall’s greatest opinion, and, in the view of many legal scholars, the most important decision ever rendered by the Supreme Court. McCulloch is a landmark case among landmark cases.
Several years ago, I read about how people who live in wintry climates need to embrace the cold. The article mentioned residents of Oslo, and the Norwegian and Danish concept of “hygge” (pronounced hue-gah), which is essentially to pursue coziness, well-being or zen. It referenced how during…
For the U.S. economy, 2021 was both the best of times and the worst of times — well, maybe not that bad, but still.
When it comes to elections, the Republican Party operates within a carapace of lies. So we rely on the Democrats to preserve our system of government.
The dramatic decline of the newspaper industry has been continuing as community newspapers across the country have been folding left and right.
As we await findings and conclusions of the House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 attack, let's take a moment and do our own soul-searching about what is going on.
"Don't Look Up," Adam McKay's dark comedy released on Netflix just before Christmas, has gotten an enormous amount of attention, despite the fact most film critics tend to agree it doesn't hold together too well artistically, even as some welcome it for its propagandistic value.
Social scientist Dr. Lawrence Eppard is joined by a political scientists to discuss a variety of topics including Joe Manchin, the Electoral Count Act, the future of American political parties, and more!