SALLY MORRIS: MORE INSANITY
Some readers may be aware that I have a website devoted to the teaching of reading - Reading Is the Key. Occasionally I find a story which I feel should…...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: A GOOD LOOK AT MINNESOTA AND MARK DAYTON - WHAT ARE WE THINKING??
I am going to just give you the link to this story and let it speak for itself, with one admonition: Let's elect Jeff Johnson to the governorship this year!…...
SALLY MORRIS: A GOOD LOOK AT MINNESOTA AND MARK DAYTON - WHAT ARE WE THINKING??
I am going to just give you the link to this story and let it speak for itself, with one admonition: Let's elect Jeff Johnson to the governorship this year!…...
Saturday, May 19, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME - WHERE DID IT GO . . . AND WHY?
It is a lovely spring day in Grand Forks - after a halting season of late thawing and sudden warmth we should find a spirit of optimism in the air,…...
Saturday, May 12, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: AMERICA THE “INVINCIBLE”
We’ve all lamented that adolescents think they are invincible. We warn them repeatedly - “don’t drive over the speed limit,” “don’t drink and drive - ever!”, “just because Jared jumps…...
Thursday, May 03, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: I AGREE WITH PIERS MORGAN
Tonight I found myself in agreement with Piers Morgan. I know - unbelievable, right? This shows the depths to which the British health system has sunk. Even Morgan, usually lined…...
Thursday, April 26, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: SILENCE
As the story of Alfie Evans continues relentlessly to its end, we see the iron fist of the state raised again and again against the people - of Britain, in…...
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: THE POWER OF THE STATE - ALFIE EVANS’ FIGHT FOR LIFE
Again we are witnessing the unfolding of another human tragedy in the UK. As I write this, the parents of Alfie Evans are in a life-and-death struggle with Alder Hey…...
Thursday, March 29, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: A SIMPLE FIX TO MAKE TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRITY POSSIBLE IN WASHINGTON
I just read an email from the office of Minnesota Congressman Tom Emmer. The gist of it was that he had voted NO on the recent omnibus spending bill and…...
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: LET’S ALL MARCH TO ABOLISH BACKPACKS
While we debate the concept of eliminating our Second Amendment, we should also consider that there are a lot of other ways to kill than with guns. No one seemed…...
Monday, March 05, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: Ummm . . . NO.
For the past two weeks one would think the world had stood still while everyone emotes hysterically over the admittedly tragic shooting that took place on February 14, in Parkland,…...
Thursday, March 01, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: WILL WE ALLOW HISTORY TO REPEAT ITSELF?
I read an article today on a site called "In Touch", an obviously left-leaning pop news/opinon site. The article was about a Derek Dillard and his infamous "slamming" of the…...
Monday, February 26, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: HUMAN SACRIFICE OR COMMON SENSE?
The debate rages on: arm teachers or continue the gun-free zone mentality that has created 17 more victims. Last week President Trump took a position on gun control -…...
Monday, February 19, 2018
SALLY MORRIS: GUNS AND DRUGS
Last week Americans were presented with another horrific mass shooting of innocent school kids by another deranged young man with a gun. And in the media dog bit man again.…...
Thursday, December 14, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: THE GREATEST DANGER TO AMERICAN CIVILIANS?
America is descending into a dangerous police state. We see again and again incompetent or malicious police practices and outrageous injuries to innocent citizens. In the recent past we have…...
SALLY MORRIS: ARE WE TEACHING BOYS THAT IT’S OKAY TO ASSAULT GIRLS?
It was just an endearing, hilarious little video clip. At an elementary school wrestling match between a little girl and a little boy, both aged 5, the 2-year-old brother of…...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: A VOW OF SILENCE TO ENABLE CRIME
I have long argued that taxpayers should not allow Congress one penny more than is necessary to carry out its Constitutional duties. I have said we should demand that our…...
Sunday, November 12, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: ROY MOORE - A DILEMMA FOR THE GOP
After a hard-fought primary season Alabama handed Judge Roy Moore a convincing victory last month in his bid for the U.S. Senate. He overcame President Trump’s heavy-handed campaigning for crony…...
Thursday, November 09, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: SELF-PRESERVATION IN AMERICA IN 2017
Some mass shootings are unpredictable. Others are very predictable. We don’t know much yet of the story of the Las Vegas killer – perhaps because a lot is being deliberately…...
Monday, November 06, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: CALIFORNIA HELL
We have all watched in horror as California has been going up in the flames of its wildfires. Nothing can remedy the tragic loss of life – more than 40…...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: WHAT SHALL WE DO ABOUT ALL THIS KNEELING?
With a pivotal senate primary race in Alabama, with terrorist incidents erupting on a daily basis throughout the (formerly) civilized West, with hurricanes whipping our southern and eastern coasts and…...
Friday, September 22, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: SHOULD WE AGREE TO STARVE THE INFIRM?
In a recent decision, a British judge has ruled that not only is it permissible to withdraw nutrition and hydration from a 50-year-old patient in a "vegetative state", but that…...
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: FEDERAL ARMING OF LOCAL POLICE A MISTAKE
Last week President Trump announced his decision to lift a ban on turning over excess military equipment – presumably surplus and decommissioned – to municipal and county law enforcement agencies.…...
Sunday, August 06, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: HOMESTEAD ACTS WERE NOT “HANDOUTS”
This is really a response to several comments by various contributors to the Fargo Forum on the topic of immigration. I would direct the reader to the Forum's opinion page,…...
Monday, July 24, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: GREED - THE CAUSE AND CURE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
What if the minimum wage for American citizens is raised to $15/hour? What if the minimum wage for LEGAL immigrants is raised to $50/hour? And ILLEGAL immigrants' wages are set…...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: MOHAMMED NOOR RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HIRING PRACTICES
Many are convinced that America should end immigration of people identified as Muslim. Now we should consider whether those who are already here who so identify should be given loaded…...
Tuesday, June 27, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: SLEEPWALKING TO SERFDOM
Last week the voters of Grand Forks – by a slim majority – decided to endorse an economic system that went out of style in America in 1789, with the…...
Saturday, April 15, 2017
SALLY MORRIS: TIME TO GET CITY GOVERNMENTS OUT OF LOCAL BUSINESS
The Grand Forks City Council has a well-earned reputation for manipulating voters. Sadly they are living up to that reputation once again. Time after time the City has engineered…...
Sunday, November 13, 2016
SALLY MORRIS: ANOTHER CASE FOR SMALLER GOVERNMENT
Tomorrow the Grand Forks City Council will hold a meeting to consider what is to be done about the proposed demolition and sale of Arbor Park. If any of you…...
SALLY MORRIS: IT’S TOO EARLY TO “DISBAND” #NEVERTRUMP
Okay. Congratulations have been given out to the winner, we’ve all admitted we were wrong about who would win. Conservatives long ago were resigned anyway – when Indiana handed us…...
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