GARY EMINETH: LAYTON FREBORG
The Influence of One Man’s Life He was born in a small town in ND. He grew under the watchful eye of pioneer grandparents with the values and ideals they…...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
GARY EMINETH: “BUSINESS AS USUAL”
This past legislative session was business as usual. The North Dakota Legislature decided to take a position of status quo. There was little change in the way legislators approached…...
Thursday, April 24, 2025
GARY EMINETH: IT’S ALL ABOUT POWER
Whether it’s a nuclear equation or a chemical reaction, it all comes down to power. Plain and simple. Either Jesus Christ had enough power to put down the enemy’s attempts…...
Monday, April 14, 2025
GARY EMINETH: THANK A TRUCKER
In America, next to liberty and freedom, commerce is king, and nothing happens in the U.S. without the moving of products. This happens predominately in America with trucks (18-wheelers).…...
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
GARY EMINETH: AVOID THE ND LEGISLATURE SPENDING FRENZY
I love to take my 12-year-old granddaughter shopping. In doing so I have learned a thing or two. First of all, set the expectation on how much she has…...
Monday, February 24, 2025
GARY EMINETH: HOW NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA WILL HELP ADVANCE TRUMP AGENDA
The speed and efficiency with which the Trump administration has begun to execute the mandate given by the American people in November is impressive. The necessary components came four…...
Monday, February 10, 2025
GARY EMINETH: HB 1445 - Revenge by any Other Name is Still Revenge
I don’t usually weigh in on specific bills because I believe that exercise is for the citizens. My TV show on BEK has served as an outlet for information for…...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
GARY EMINETH: THE COUNTRY FAIR AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE
I recall as a young teenager the excitement of going to the county fair. It was a time when the carnival came to town and there were all kinds of…...
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
GARY EMINETH: A CHRISTMAS CONVERSATION
My granddaughter (she is 12 going on 16) and I were having a little talk about the celebration and meaning of Christmas. She slowly shook her head of strawberry blonde hair…...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
GARY EMINETH: THE INVISIBLE FOOT OF GOVERNMENT
Adam Smith uses the term “invisible hand” to describe how free markets motivate individuals or companies acting in their own self-interest or in that of their shareholders to produce what…...
Monday, December 02, 2024
GARY EMINETH: ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES ON PRIMARY RESIDENCES
It is time for the North Dakota Legislature and Governor-elect Armstrong to give all property owners across the state a tax break. I suggest they eliminate property taxes on the…...
Monday, November 18, 2024
GARY EMINETH: IT’S TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS
Republicans had a decisive victory across America, giving them a mandate to lead. The numbers were even more impressive in North Dakota although not unexpected. Americans have spoken now…...
Thursday, October 31, 2024
GARY EMINETH: IT’S A MATTER OF HEART
It’s all about how you vote on election day. Your vote makes a difference. Exercise your right to vote in the most consequential election in the short life of our country. …...
Monday, October 21, 2024
GARY EMINETH: WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE ND GOP?
Many people have been asking me lately, “What is going on in the Republican party?” The answer is quite simple. It is the political industrial complex. The party over…...
Monday, October 07, 2024
GARY EMINETH: MY THOUGHTS ON THE ND MEASURES IN “24”
Elections involve the right for citizens to choose, and we all know that choices have consequences! Through the democratic process, we elect our representatives. The same system gives us a…...
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
GARY EMINETH: REVIVAL
I recently heard a message from a pastor on revival. It prompted me to think of the political opportunity before both parties this election cycle. Revival definition: an improvement in the…...
Friday, July 12, 2024
GARY EMINETH: TRUMP BURGUM TICKET
I don’t always vote my philosophy. Sometimes I go with my instincts—my “gut” you might say. That I was the first delegate from North Dakota in 2016 to come out…...
Monday, June 24, 2024
GARY EMINETH: I’M DOUBLING DOWN
My Response to the outcome of the 2024 Primary: I’m doubling down. Doubling-down is commonly known as a strategy in a card game. Practically, it means to strengthen one's…...
Thursday, June 06, 2024
GARY EMINETH: NORTH DAKOTA’S FRACTURED GOP
There is a fracture in the Republican Party; it is real and about to split the party into pieces. It is no more apparent than watching the primary battles play…...
Monday, May 27, 2024
GARY EMINETH: MEMORIAL DAY AND ME
I’ve often wondered over the years if Cleo Nordquist realized the impact she had on me (and many of her other students in her fifth and sixth grade classes) with…...
Monday, May 20, 2024
GARY EMINETH: NORTH DAKOTA’S POLITICAL MOCKINGBIRDS
I am a birdwatcher and am always excited as I catch various birds migrating through or deciding to spend the summer. This past week I discovered an app that I…...
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
GARY EMINETH: THE IMPORTANCE OF HONORING YOUR WORD
Words matter. When you are a mischievous ten-year-old you discover that when your father says “no” he means it. Why? Because he said so. How did I know he meant it?…...
Monday, April 22, 2024
GARY EMINETH: NORTH DAKOTA REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATES DIE NOT DISAPPOINT
Congressional Candidate debate on The Flag... click on link below to watch... It starts about 19 minutes into the video... Debate on The Flag Congressional Candidates Below are…...
Monday, April 08, 2024
GARY EMINETH: HISTORY OF THE U.S. AND THE STRENGTH OF IT’S PEOPLE
Whether we’re talking politics, economics OR religion, there are plenty of challenges to the American way of life as we’ve known it. For most of our relatively short tenure as…...
Monday, April 01, 2024
GARY EMINETH: THE POWER OF AN IDEA
Victor Hugo said, “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” What comes to mind when you think of power? Is it a nuclear bomb or the…...
Monday, March 18, 2024
GARY EMINETH: LET’S GO BRANDON!
There’s an old song that runs through my heard every time every time I read something circulating through the newspapers or on social media these days. Especially something like…...
Friday, March 01, 2024
GARY EMINETH: OPEN RANGE WITH WANDERING BUFFALO ACCROSS THE PLAINS
My father always said he bought a grocery store because it was the only way he could afford to feed six kids. Furthermore, it was a way for all of to…...
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
GARY EMINETH: OPEN RANGE WITH WANDERING BUFFALO ACROSS THE PLAINS
I was born and raised in small town America. I should say, I was raised in a small town in North Dakota which in itself is a small city with a…...
Monday, February 19, 2024
GARY EMINETH: LIBERTY REQUIRES VIGILANCE
Liberty requires vigilance. Ben Franklin knew this to be true as he answered the question posed to him at the conclusion of the Second Continental Congress debates and revisions of…...
Monday, February 12, 2024
GARY EMINETH: A TIME FOR RESSOURCEMENT
When Pope Benedict XVI wanted to lead the church into the third millennium of its existence, he turned to something termed "Ressourcement," which involves a “return to the authoritative sources” of…...
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