Thanks Town & Country for the reminder…

I was scanning The Forum online today (InForum) and one of those advertisements that populate the online edition's page caught my eye.  I must say, I am always a bit reticent to click on any of these advertisements based solely on curiosity as I know that some programming gizmo is capturing my every click and [...]

Elated!

I was elated -yes, elated - to read that Minnesota's Governor Mark Dayton is closing Minnesota schools Monday due to predicted frigid temperatures of 15 to 20 below.  The temperature lows overnight leading into to the next week are expected to be the coldest temperatures in a decade at a predicted 30 below.  It makes [...]

Well now, that is concerning.

The lovely Amy Dalrymple, The Forum reporter in the oil patch and formerly a local education beat reporter (which is how I came to know her), recently penned an  article about oil well blowouts.  The article hit InForum late in the day on Labor Day - which I thought was entirely appropriate given that it [...]

We’re number one! Go ahead, have another. :-(

Well, this is a designation I think North Dakota could live without: More beer shipped to North Dakota in 2012 per capita than any other state.  I caught this article by Erik Burgess on InForum before my family headed out to vacation in Canada and made a special effort to save it so I could [...]

Common sense delivered by Dr. Thomas Jacobsen…

Today I want to utilize my blog to both applaud a good citizen and to further spread his thoughtful words.  I know my blog readers extend far beyond my local area and beyond North Dakota.  I also recognize that not all the folks who read my blog who live locally read The Forum newspaper or [...]