• Franz, Chapman and the Minard Hall Collapse Behind the Scene.
• NDSU, however one defines it, hasn't done anything wrong: only two individuals, one, the Fargo Forum's man of the year
• This coming Monday. the mostly unqualified NDSU Presidential Search Committee will announce which of the under qualified candidates it prefers to be NDSU's next president.
• Steve Swiontek , chair of the presidential search committee at NDSU, even though not being formally associated with the University, announced the finalists for the position.
• American's accomplishment should not be belittled. We scored in sports for which the podium had been only viewed from a distance by US athletes.
• Cormac McCarthy(Brokeback Mountain, No Country for Old Men), The Road, is no playing on the off Broadway screen at the Fargo Theatre.
• Obama Pays North Dakota Big in 2009 Healthcare Debate
• This decline has been going on at NDSU for well over thirty years, and I see it as a crisis.
• Condition of NDSU is Bleak....Creeping Meatballism
• Graduation North Dakota State University 2009

Ralph Nader…What a Irritating Loser? Literally. Fargo ND. Back in Feburary, Ralph Nader suddenly announced his candidacy for the presidency. He went on Meet The Press, did the cable rounds. Then he slunk back into obscurity, because no one had really missed him and he didn’t really add to the proceedings. Now, months later, he’s back, and has a beef with Barack Obama. Apparently... 

Blogger Politics North Dakota. By:Mean Mr Mustard Many readers know about Talking Points Memo or Huffington Post. A New York Times article shows that in state races smaller, local blogs may have greater impact on a race. The Franken-Coleman race in Minnesota provides the backdrop to the story. Apparently an independent blogger who has previously worked for the Republican Party in Moorhead has found... 

How To Catch a Wild Pig. Fargo ND. There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had... 

Sad… But True. Fargo ND. With Mr. Mukasey’s confirmation in doubt over his refusal to state a clear legal position on a classified Central Intelligence Agency program to interrogate terrorism suspects, Mr. Bush took the unusual step of summoning a small group of reporters into the Oval Office to preview remarks he planned to make later in the day at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative... 

Fargo ND. Symptoms of A Depressed Economy, Here Even Goes The Crappy Jobs! 1. Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide A company spokeswoman said the company hasn’t revealed which stores will be shuttered. It will let the stores that will close this fiscal year know over the next month. 2. Eddie Bauer to close more stores – Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and plans... 

Fargo ND….So Barack Obama tells Jake Tapper that we can fight terrorists and follow the constitution at the same time (”for example, the first attack against the World Trade Center, we were able to arrest those responsible, put them on trial”), and we get the standard talking point reaction from the McCain team. You know the drill: naive, September 10th mindset, etc. etc. All the... 

The greatest lie in the world… Fargo ND. “Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world,” declared Thomas Carlyle. Enter Al Gore. A privliged Senator’s son, a former Vice President, a Global Warming Jihadist, and of course – a Nobel Peace Prize winning statesman right next to Yasser Arafat, who now more than ever - Mr. Gore has a popular opinion. This superstar global...