Loon Star State: ‘Hail to the…’
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Pat Owens, mayor who led Grand Forks through historic 1997 flood, dies at 83
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Former Grand Forks Mayor Patricia “Pat” Owens, who led the community through the historic Red River Flood of 1997, has died. The face of Grand Forks, N.D. mayor Pat Owens shows the strain of trying to … Continued
Thomas Friedman: Netanyahu: A small man in a big time?
When I think about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address on Wednesday to a joint meeting of Congress, the first thing that comes to mind is the famous dictum “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where … Continued
Bruce Yandle: Biden’s effort to bring housing relief with price controls: Easy to conceive, hard to deliver
Calling for price controls to bring down inflation is like having a baby — easy to conceive but hard to deliver. In an ironic but understandable turn of events, given that it is “crazy season” when desperate politicians try almost … Continued
Greg Meyer: Too often, police shootings show the perils of ‘de-escalation’
Recent reporting has highlighted the prevalence of shootings by police of people wielding knives and other edged weapons. These cases, often involving individuals in crisis, show two deadly problems: There are limits to what “de-escalation” can accomplish. And officers too … Continued
F.D. Flam: Guns maybe aren’t as good for self-defense as America thinks
A couple of hours before a young man shot an AR-15 rifle at former President Donald Trump, killing one bystander and wounding others, I had been finishing a column about gun violence as a public health threat. It was an … Continued