Politics/Government
Call It, Dem-NPL
When what you’ve been doing does not work, you have to change course. The alternative is insanity.
Climate Crisis
Climate Crisis at Continent Center
Climate-Crisis refugees are headed this way. Could Fargoans at least grab some good grub?
Climate Crisis
Keep the Roosevelt Equestrian Statue Out of North Dakota
Transport a racist, oppressive and caste-affirming sculpture as far as you want. It’s still racist, oppressive and caste-affirming.
Blogging
Top 10 IV Words Blog Posts of 2021
In the spirit of end-of-year Top lists, here are the 10 best IV Words posts of the year. Judged by me.
Poems
Fieldwork ’95
Let me tell you how bad it is: / Last week / my neighbor was out in the field / trying to get some kind of crop in. / He got stuck….
Climate Crisis
Coal Babies
The North Dakota GOP is throwing a fossil-fuel tantrum. The state’s citizens shouldn’t put up with it.
Climate Crisis
CARES Act Funds for Fracking: An Oil Industry Idea
Kinda makes you wonder who’s actually running North Dakota, doesn’t it?
Climate Crisis
ND GOP Sinks Head Deeper Into Proverbial Coal… er, um… Sand
Instead of getting ahead of clean opportunities, North Dakota’s GOP is clinging to a dirty past. The state’s citizens will wind up paying the price.